Guðbergur Bergsson

Guðbergur Bergsson is an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík on 16 October 1932. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He is one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland.[1] In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer Jaime Salinas Bonmatí.

Born	16 October 1932 Grindavík, Iceland
Occupation	Teacher Author Translator of Spanish works
Language	Icelandic
Nationality	Icelandic
Citizenship	Iceland
Alma mater	University of Iceland University of Barcelona
Period	1961-present
Notable works	Svanurinn (The Swan)
Notable awards	Icelandic Literary Prize 1997 Faðir og móðir og dulmagn bernskunnar: skáldævisaga Icelandic Literary Prize 1991 Svanurìnn (The Swan)

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.[2] In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.

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, 2014[3]

Adaptation

In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie The Swan, the adaptation of the Svanurinn.[4]

References

1. Bokmenntir Archived 2006-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
2. Keller, Ursula; Raku?a, Ilma (2004-01-01). Europa Schreibt. Was Ist Das Europ"ische an Den Literaturen Europas?. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9241-90-9.
3. Guðbergur Bergsson, Forlagid.is Archived 2013-02-18 at Archive.today
4. 'The Swan': Film Review, hollywoodreporter.com, 27 October 2019

Further reading

• Birna Bjarnadóttir, Recesses of the Mind: Aesthetics in the Work of Guðbergur Bergsson (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012)