Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born January 21, 1949 in Hafnarfjörður) is an Icelandic writer.
Background She received her degree in 1991 from the University of Iceland in the fields of German and Icelandic.
Writing Her first novel Mávahlátur (Seagull's Laughter) became a play and film. Her work has been translated into German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. Within Iceland, her 'work has [...] been important in breaking down the borders between elite and popular culture', her novels tending to focus on 'women's issues in contemporary urban society'.Ástráður Eysteinsson and Úfhildur Dagsdóttir, 'Icelandic Prose Literature, 1940—2000', in A History of Icelandic Literature, ed. by Daisy Nejmann, History of Scandinavian literatures, 5 (University of Nebraska Press: 2007), pp. 404—70 (p. 457).
Honors On November 16, 2011, Kristín Marja received the Jónas Hallgrímsson Award, given every year to an important Icelandic writer. According to the jury's verdict, "Kristín Marja's subject matter is the reality of Icelandic women. She illuminates the life and work, dreams and longings of women."
Novels Mávahlátur (The Seagull's Laughter) 1995 Hús úr húsi (From House to House) 1997 Kular af degi (As the Day gets colder) 1999 Mynd af konu ( Portrait of a woman) 2000 Kvöldljósin eru kveikt (The Nightlights are on) 2001 Karitas án titils (Karitas untitled) 2004 Óreiða á striga (Chaos on Canvas) 2007 Karlsvagninn (The Big Dipper) 2009 Kantata (Cantata) 2012 Svartalogn (Black Calm) 2016 Gata mæðranna (Street of the Mothers) 2020
External links A page about Kristín Marja on the Icelandic website Bokmenntir.is Website about Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, who played the character Freyja in the film version of "Mávahlátur"
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