List of Icelandic women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Iceland or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (born 1938), novelist
• Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958), novelist, poet
• Auður Jónsdóttir (born 1973), novelist, playwright, journalist

B

• Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), politician, poet, editor
• Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982), novelist
• Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir (born 1970), children's writer

E

• Elín Ebba Gunnarsdóttir (born 1953), short story writer
• Elísabet Jökulsdóttir (born 1958), poet, short story writer, playwright, journalist
• Erla Stefánsdóttir (born 1935), writings on elf habitats in Iceland

F

• Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (born 1940), novelist, short story writer
• Yvonne K. Fulbright, Icelandic-American sexologist, writings on sex and sex education since 2003

G

• Gerður Kristný (born 1970), poet, short story writer, novelist, children's writer
• Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 1954), film director, screenwriter
• Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (born 1976), acclaimed novelist
• Guðrún Helgadóttir (born 1935), children's writer, playwright

H

• Hallgerður Gísladóttir (1952–2007), ethnologist, writings on Icelandic food, poet
• Hulda, pen name of Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind, poet, short story writer, novelist

I

• Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (born 1942), poet, translator

J

• Jónína Leósdóttir (born 1954), novelist, playwright, journalist

K

• Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir (born 1963), children's writer, journalist
• Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949), novelist, playwright
• Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962), poet, playwright, novelist
• Kristín Steinsdóttir (born 1946), children's writer, playwright

L

• Lilja Sigurdardottir (born 1972), crime-fiction novelist, playwright, screenwriter
• Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 1958), poet, playwright

N

• Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000), playwright, poet, novelist

O

• Ólína Þorvarðardóttir (born 1958), politician, journalist, non-fiction writer

R

• Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 1962), short story writer, poet, translator
• Rósa Guðmundsdóttir (1795–1855), poet, writer of ballads and folk tales

S

• Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c.1640–c.1710), poet
• Steinunn Refsdóttir (10th century), pre-Christian poet
• Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950), poet, novelist, journalist
• Svava Jakobsdóttir (1930–2004), feminist politician, leading novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright

T

• Þórdís Gísladóttir (born 1987), children's writer, poet, translator
• Torfhildur Þorsteinsdóttir (1845–1918), first Icelandic woman novelist, short story writer, writer of folk tales

V

• Vigdís Grímsdóttir (born 1953), poet, short story writer, novelist, children's writer
• Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (born 1930), modernist poet, feminist, children's writer, translator
• Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (born 1965), novelist, journalist

Y

• Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963), internationally successful crime-fiction novelist, children's writer

See also

• List of Icelandic writers
• List of women writers

References

External links

• Index of Icelandic women writers from The History of Nordic Women's Literature

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