Bio
Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1985 and grew up on the farm Úlfljótsvatn in the area of Grafningur. She graduated from the Kvennaskólinn secondary school in 2004, she holds a BA in psychology and creative writing as well as an MA in Literature, Culture and Media, both from the University of Iceland. She studied Chinese for foreigners at the University of Xiamen for a single school year.
Bergþóra has produced happenings and installations in collaboration with artist Rakel MacMahon.
Awards
2020 - Fjöruverðlaunin – The Women’s Literature Prize: Svínshöfuð
2018 - The May Star: Flórída
Nominations
2021 - The European Union Prize for Literature: Svínshöfuð
2019 - The Icelandic Literature Prize: Svínshöfuð
2018 - The Icelandic Literature Prize: Flórída
2018 - Fjöruverðlaunin – The Women’s Literature Prize: Flórída
Duft (Dust)
Read moreÁ hverjum mánudegi og miðvikudegi var stærsti salurinn fullur af rauðum og sveittum konum á öllum aldri, það var biðröð fyrir utan salinn. Tímarnir gengu svo vel að Halldóra bætti við fleiri og fékk skólastjórann til að auglýsa tímana með sínum eigin í dagblöðum. VILTU MISSA AUKAKÍLÓIN? KOMDU Í ERÓBIKK DANS FYRIR DÖMUR!Allt sem rennur (Everything that Flows)
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