Guðbergur Bergsson (16 October 1932 – 4 September 2023) was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland.Bokmenntir In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer .
His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize twice. In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.
Bergsson died on 4 September 2023, at the age of 90.
Works Músin sem læðist, 1961 Tómas Jónsson, metsölubók (1966). Translated by Lytton Smith as Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller (Open Letter, 2017). Ástir samlyndra hjóna, 1967 Anna, 1968 Það sefur í djúpinu, 1973 Hermann og Dídí, 1974 Það rís úr djúpinu, 1976 Saga af manni sem fékk flugu í höfuðið, 1979 Sagan af Ara Fróðasyni og Hugborgu konu hans, 1980 Hjartað býr enn í helli sínum, 1982 Leitin að landinu fagra, 1985 Froskmaðurinn, 1985 Svanurinn (1991). Translated by Bernard Scudder as The Swan (Mare's Nest, 1997). Sú kvalda ást sem hugarfylgsnin geyma, 1993 Ævinlega, 1994 Lömuðu kennslukonurnar, 2004 Leitin að barninu í gjánni - Barnasaga ekki ætluð börnum, 2008 Missir, 2010 Hin eilífa þrá, 2012 Þrír sneru aftur, 2014Guðbergur Bergsson, Forlagid.is
Adaptation In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie , the adaptation of the Svanurinn.'The Swan': Film Review, hollywoodreporter.com, 27 October 2019
References
Further reading
Birna Bjarnadóttir, Recesses of the Mind: Aesthetics in the Work of Guðbergur Bergsson (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012)