Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir

Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir (also Vala Thorodds) (born March 31, 1989) is an Icelandic poet, publisher,[1] translator and literary curator.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Valgerður.
Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir
Born (1989-03-31) March 31, 1989
Reykjavík, Iceland
OccupationPoet, publisher, literary curator
LanguageIcelandic, English
NationalityIcelandic
GenrePoetry

Valgerður is the founder and director of two independent publishers of poetry and prose – Partus Press, based in the UK, and Partus forlag, based in Reykjavík, Iceland.[2][3][4] Her first chapbook, the booklet-length poem Það sem áður var skógur (What Once Was Forest), was edited by Sjón and published in the chapbook series Meðgönguljóð in Iceland in 2015.[5][6] She edited and translated from the Icelandic the selected poems of Kristín Ómarsdóttir, Waitress in Fall, which was co-published in the UK in 2018 by Carcanet Press and Partus Press.[7]

See also

Partus Press

References
  1. "Textival » ○ ◇ ◆ Program > ETT RUM TILL 24-27/9 ◆ ◇ ○" (in Swedish). textival.se. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  2. "About |". valathorodds.com. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  3. "Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir". Meðgönguljóð. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  4. "From Iceland — Partus Gives Birth Abroad: The Icelandic Publisher Goes International". The Reykjavik Grapevine. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  5. "Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir – Meðgönguljóð". partuspress.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  6. "Það sem áður var skógur". Forlagið bókabúð (in Icelandic). 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  7. Kristín Ómarsdóttir, 1962- (2018). Waitress in fall : poems. Partus Press & Carcanet Press. ISBN 1-78410-682-8. OCLC 1045585791.
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