Born 1981 · Iceland
Icelandic Literary Prize 2025 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Movable Type”
Þórdís Helgadóttir · 44 when first published
Novel · 311 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:In a city flooded by rain during a pandemic, two employees keep a deserted printing museum going, drinking coffee, mending presses and waiting for the neighbour's cat.
Icelandic Literary Prize 2021 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Oil”
Fríða Ísberg, Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir, Sunna Dís Másdóttir, Þóra Hjörleifsdóttir, Þórdís Helgadóttir · Fríða Ísberg 29, Þórdís Helgadóttir 40 when first published
Novel · 182 pages
AI-generated summary:Six women of different ages and backgrounds who will not fit the roles they are given keep breaking old patterns and pouring oil on the fire; each chapter is written by one member of a writers' collective.