Born 1976 · Iceland
Icelandic Literary Prize 2019 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Ways to Survive”
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir · 43 when first published
Novel · 166 pages
AI-generated summary:Chance brings together a newly widowed woman, an overweight computer man, a young woman with an eating disorder and the eleven-year-old son of a single mother.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2016 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Rasputin's Beard”
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir · 40 when first published
Novel · 317 pages · Family, Love
AI-generated summary:Eva and Matti have moved from central Reykjavík to a small town, but their problems come with them; then Eva befriends Ljúba, a Russian-speaking market gardener with a colourful family history.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2011 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“Everything Awakens with a Kiss”
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir · 35 when first published
Novel · 353 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:When Davíð receives the papers left by his mother's late partner, he sets out to discover what happened in the autumn of 2003 and what part his mother played in the fates of her friends Indi and Jón.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2008 · Shortlist
Skaparinn
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir · 32 when first published
Novel · 278 pages
AI-generated summary:Sveinn, a solitary craftsman devoted to making beautiful, finely made sex dolls, helps a woman named Lóa change a tyre outside his window, asks her in, and is drawn into her family troubles while facing his own life.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2000 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“A Lecture on Happiness”
Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir · 24 when first published
Novel · 167 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A Reykjavík family saga following three generations through childhood, love, grief and triumph.