Icelandic Authors

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Auður Jónsdóttir

Dutch English Enska Fiction German Hollenska Hungarian Litháíska Lithuanian Skáldverk Ungverska Þýska

Auður Jónsdóttir (b. 1973) is one of the most accomplished authors writing in Icelandic today. Her novels have aroused interest in Iceland, as well as abroad, for their rare blend of incisive candor and humor.

She won the Icelandic Literary Prize for The People in the Basement and the Icelandic Women's Literature Prize for Secretaries to the Spirits. Both of these novels were nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. Audur's novel, Quake, is probably her most successful publication to date and gathered a huge following among Icelandic readers of all ages, strengthening her position as an important writer of her generation. Quake was among World Literature Today‘s 75 most notable translations of 2022.

Several films have been made based on her novels.

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Work in translation

  • Stóri skjálfti (Quake) 2015

World English (Dottir Press), Germany (RandomHouse, btb), Hungary (Gondolat Kiado),Lithuania (Obuolys), The Netherlands (Uitgeverij Mozaïek), Film Rights (Ursus Parvus)


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