Nominations for the Icelandic Women's Literature Prize 2015

The prize is handed out in three categories: fiction/poetry, books for children and young adults, and non-fiction.

5. January, 2015

The prize is handed out in three categories: fiction/poetry, books for children and young adults, and non-fiction.

Nominations for the Icelandic Women's Literature Prize 2015 were announced in at the Reykjavík City Library in December. The prize, awarded annually since 2007, was established by women within the Icelandic Writers' Union and The Association of Non-Fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland, as an encouragement for Icelandic women writers. The prize is handed out in three categories: fiction/poetry, books for children and young adults, and non-fiction.


Fiction/Poetry

 

Englaryk by Guðrún Eva Mín­ervu­dótt­ir.
Publisher: Forlagið /JPV útgáfa.


 

Lóa­borat­orí­um by Lóa Hlín Hjálm­týs­dótt­ir.
Publisher: Forlagið/Ókeibækur.


 

Ástin ein tauga­hrúga. Eng­inn dans við Ufsaklett by Elísa­bet Jök­uls­dótt­ir.
Published by the author. 





Books for Children and Young Adults


 

Hafn­f­irðinga­brand­ar­inn by Bryn­dís Björg­vins­dótt­ir.
Publisher: Forlagið / Útgefandi Vaka-Helgafell
(Also nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize) 

 

Á putt­an­um með pabba by Kol­brún Anna Björns­dótt­ir & Vala Þórs­dótt­ir.
Publisher: K:at

 

Vin­ur minn vind­ur­inn by Bergrún Írisi Sæv­ars­dótt­ir.
Publisher: Bókabeitan/Töfraland



Non-fiction

 

Saga þeirra, sag­an mín by Helga Guðrún John­son. 
Publisher: Forlagið / JPV útgáfa

 

Kjaftað um kyn­líf by Sigríður Dögg Arnardóttir. 
Publisher: IÐNÚ

 

Of­beldi á heim­ili – Með aug­um barna. Editor: Guðrún Krist­ins­dótt­ir.
Publisher: Háskólaútgáfan - Univeristy of Iceland Press





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