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Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born Reykjavík, 1958) is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet.

Early life

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born in Reykyavik in 1958. She studied the history of art at Sorbonne, Paris.[1]

Career

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir works as an assistant professor of Art history at the University of Iceland.[2] For a time, she was the director of the university's Art Museum.[3]

Her first novel Upphækkuð jörð (Raised Earth) was published in 1998. It set the stage for her future works in its fine dissection of the smaller things in life.[4]

Her book Rigning í nóvember (Butterflies in November) was lauded as a "moving, layered and optimistic piece of writing".[5] The book won the Tómas Guðmundsson Literary Award.[4]

In 2009, she published Afleggjarinn (The Greenhouse) to mixed reviews. It was described as meticulous and finely crafted, yet lacking a tension both in its language and friction in its emotion.[6] It was also described as a sweetly comic and wry observation of sex, manhood, death and parenthood.[7]

Works

Novels

  • Upphækkuð jörð (Raised Earth), 1998
  • Rigning í nóvember, 2004, in English as Butterflies in November, in German as Ein Schmetterling in November [8]
  • Afleggjarinn, 2007, in English as The Greenhouse, also translated into French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian[9][10]
  • Undantekningin (The Exception), 2012

Poetry

  • Sálmurinn um glimmer (The Psalm of Glimmer), 2010

Theatre

  • Swans mate for life (National Theatre of Iceland, 2014)[11]

Awards

  • Tómas Guðmundsson Literary Award of the City of Reykavik, 2004.
  • Menningarverðlaun Award, 2008
  • Prix Page des Libraires, 2010

Personal life

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir has revealed that her sojourn in Catholic countries and her deep interest in their art and music led her to convert to Roman Catholicism.[12]

References

  1. ^ Peras, Delphine (May 5, 2014). "Audur Ava Olafsdottir, Islandaise d'exception". L'Express. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir". Pushkin Press. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Dagsdóttir, Úlfhildur (2011). "Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir". Literature.is. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Interviews with Icelandic Authors: Auður A. Ólafsdóttir". Icelandic Literature Center. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Berwick, Isabel (December 27, 2013). "Butterflies in November, by Audur Ava Olafsdóttir". The Financial Times. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Schottenius, Maria (March 23, 2015). "Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir: "Rosa Candida"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Kyzer, Larissa (December 5, 2011). "Three Percent Review: The Greenhouse". Three Percent. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  8. ^ DNB entry for Schmetterling in November
  9. ^ Worldcat entry for The Greenhouse
  10. ^ Worldcat entry for Rosa Candida
  11. ^ Walton-Lange, Lucy (November 7, 2013). "Exclusive interview with Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir". Female First. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  12. ^ Guerrera, Antonello (July 16, 2013). "Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir - "Il vero segreto? Sconfiggere la crisi con lo humour"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved June 28, 2015.
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