Born 1961 · Iceland
Icelandic Literary Prize 2014 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Copper Field”
Gyrðir Elíasson · 53 when first published
Short stories · 178 pages · Nature
AI-generated summary:Thirty-two short stories of stillness, solitude and quiet unease: writers who cannot write, journeys, and memories of a childhood that feels strange and heavy.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2012 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The South Window”
Gyrðir Elíasson · 51 when first published
Novel · 134 pages
AI-generated summary:A writer staying in a friend's summer house near a small village struggles with a novel that refuses to take the shape he wants, while his typewriter stands untouched for days on end.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2009 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Among the Trees”
Gyrðir Elíasson · 48 when first published
Short stories · 270 pages
AI-generated summary:Forty-seven short stories of strangeness and dread, loneliness, dreams, journeys, childhood memories and visions of the future, laced with sly humour.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2003 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Twice-Found Land”
Gyrðir Elíasson · 42 when first published
Poetry · 68 pages · Nature
AI-generated summary:Poems about feelings and the rich inner life of the mind, and above all about nature.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2000 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“The Yellow House”
Gyrðir Elíasson · 39 when first published
Short stories · 125 pages
AI-generated summary:Stories in which dream and waking life merge until anything seems possible, others drawn from Icelandic folk belief; some leave the reader uneasy, others are marked by quiet, understated humour.