Lit in Translation

Sigurður Guðmundsson

Born 1942 · Iceland

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Icelandic Literary Prize 2010 · Shortlist

    Dýrin í Saigon

    Title translated by AI:“The Animals in Saigon”

    Sigurður Guðmundsson · 68 when first published

    Novel · 228 pages · Autofiction, Love

    AI-generated summary:During ten months in Vietnam an artist tries to live without language, leave his own culture behind and live like a wise animal; inside him live a horse who is a poet, a gay swan, an English-speaking gull and a girl philosopher.

  • No English yet

    Icelandic Literary Prize 2000 · Shortlist

    Ósýnilega konan

    Title translated by AI:“The Invisible Woman”

    Sigurður Guðmundsson · 58 when first published

    Novel · 182 pages · Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:Three figures live inside an artist and world traveller, the Man, the Woman and the Casing; for a year they live his life, quarrel over his work and see his life and art through the eyes of three sexes.