Born 1950 · Iceland
Icelandic Literary Prize 2023 · Winner
Ból
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir · 73 when first published
Novel · 213 pages · Love, Nature
AI-generated summary:LínLín, a survivor of heavy losses, faces a crisis when a volcanic eruption threatens the beloved country retreat her parents built, and she sets out to meet the danger and her past.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2019 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Twilight”
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir · 69 when first published
Poetry · 92 pages · Nature
AI-generated summary:Poems full of striking images of nature that move from a child's wonder at a white, eternal mountain to the uncertainty and change of the present: a love letter to land and glacier.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2011 · Shortlist
Jójó
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir · 61 when first published
Novel · 190 pages
AI-generated summary:The second-to-last patient of the day stirs a memory in a doctor; slowly he must face himself and the life he has led while confronting the hardest decision of his career: does everyone have a right to be treated?
Icelandic Literary Prize 2009 · Shortlist
Góði elskhuginn
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir · 59 when first published
Novel · 191 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:On a cold winter night an Icelander who left the country long ago finds himself outside the home of his first love on Seltjarnarnes; they had seven months together seventeen years ago and have not met since.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2005 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Sunshine Horse”
Steinunn Sigurðardóttir · 55 when first published
Novel · 186 pages · Family, Love, Coming of age
AI-generated summary:Two small siblings are left to fend for themselves in a big house on Sjafnargata by parents who are doctors, busy saving other children; when their beloved housekeeper leaves, the girl looks for warmth elsewhere.