Arndís Þórarinsdóttir (born 1982) is an Icelandic children's author.
Biography Arndís studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, and took a BA in literature at the University of Iceland, and an MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London.'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015. She took a further MA in creative writing at the University of Iceland in 2018, with a thesis entitled Vetur fram á vor: Skáldsaga fyrir börn ("From Winter to Spring: A Novel for Children").Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, 'Blindur er brókarlaus maður', Hugrás: Vefrit Hugvísindasviðs Háskóla Íslands (15 October 2018). She is the head of the ancient and popular culture departments of the Bókasafn Kópavogs (Kópavogur Public Library).'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015. She had joined the board of IBBY Iceland by 2008, and was its president around 2011.'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015; http://bokvit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/hofundur-jatninga-mjolkurfernuskalds.html; cf. Kjartan, 'Grunnskólarnir hlusta', Fréttablaðið (29 March 2012), p. 34.
In 2019, her novel Nærbuxnanjósnararnir was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in the children's and young people's section,'Tilnefningarnar afhjúpaðar', Morgunblaðið (1 December 2019). and in 2020 her Blokkin á heimsenda, co-written with Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, won the Barnabókaverðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur (Guðrún Helgadóttir Children's Book Award).'Blokkin á heimsenda hlaut verðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur', Morgunblaðið (19 May 2020). Arndís's 2022 novel Kollhnís was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize.
Works Writing In addition to short stories for children and adults, Arndís has published:
Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2011) Lyginni líkast (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2013) Sitthvað á sveimi: lestrarbók (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2014) Gleraugun hans Góa (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2015) Nærbuxnaverksmiðjan (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2018), Nærbuxnanjósnararnir (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2019) and Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, Blokkin á heimsenda (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2020) Bál tímans: Örlagasaga Möðruvallabókar í sjö hundruð ár (The Inferno of Time: The Adventures of a Vellum Manuscript over 700 Years) (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2021). Illustrated by Sigmundur Breiðfjörð Þorgeirsson. Kollhnís (Somersault) (Reykjavík: Forlagið, 2022)
Translating Bjólfskviða: Forynjurnar og fræðimennirnir [translation of J. R. R. Tolkien 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'] (Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, 2013) Rosie Banks's Secret Kingdom series of children's books (Reykjavík: JPV).
Editing Örþrasir: ljóðakver Listafélagsins, ed. by Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, Vésteinn Valgarðsson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson ([Reykjavík: Skólafélagið], )
See also
List of Icelandic writers Icelandic literature
External links Personal website Interview in Morgunblaðið, 24 October 2011
References