Born in Reykjavik, Steinunn Siguroardottir studied philosophy and psychology at University College Dublin. She made a name for herself at the age of nineteen with a volume of poetry entitled Continuances (Sifellur, 1969). Siguroardottir has since become one of Iceland s most frequently translated writers, and one the most lauded, having won the Icelandic Literature Prize, the VISA Cultural Prize, and the Icelandic Broadcasting Service Writer s Prize, and having been nominated for the Nordic Council s Literature Prize and the Aristeion Prize. Siguroardottir s extensive body of work includes eleven novels, seven volumes of poetry, several short stories, radio plays, television plays, and a children s book. Her novel The Thief of Time (Tima jofurinn, 1986) was adapted to film in France (Voleur de Vie, 1998), directed by Yves Angelo and starring Emmanuelle Beart and Sandrine Bonnaire. After an extensive and fruitful career abroad, most notably in Germany and France, Place of the Heart is Siguroardottir s English-language debut.
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Winner of the Icelandic Literature Prize Single mother Harpa has always been a misfit. Her physical appearance is unique among Icelanders: so small she self-deprecatingly refers to herself as a dwarf, so dark-skinned she doubts her genetic link to her ... SEE MORE