Oddný Eir

Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir (born 1972) is an Icelandic writer. She has written three autobiographical novels, her best-known work being Jarðnæði (Land of love; plan of ruins) which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award in 2011 and which won the 2012 Icelandic Women's Literature Prize and the 2014 EU Prize for Literature.[1]

Oddný Eir
Native name
Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir
Born1972
NationalityIcelandic
Alma materSorbonne University
Genrenovels
Notable awardsIcelandic Literary Award

Life

Oddny Eir has a PhD from Sorbonne University. She runs a publishing company Apaflasa in collaboration with her brother the archaeologist Uggi Ævarsson.

Works
  • Ways in between : Gudbjörg Lind, Gudrun Kristjansdottir, Kristin Jonsdottir = Leidin a milli, Reykjavik : Þjóðminjasafns Íslands, 2007, OCLC 488422859
  • Land of love and ruins, Brooklyn, NY : Restless Books, 2016. ISBN 9781632060723, OCLC 972330336

References
  1. Bio


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