1. Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir
Born Reykjavík June 1st 1958
Part-time Work as Nurse’s Aid in Cardiac, Geriatric and Psychiatric Wards in
Reykjavík Hospitals 1978–2000.
Poetry:
Poems published in newspapers and magazines from 1982
First Collection of Poems 1990 Bláþráður (Hanging by Thread), other
collections 1992 Klakabörnin (Children of Ice), 1996 Valsarúr síðustu siglingu
(Waltzes from the last Sailing), 2000 (Öll fallegu orðin / All the beautiful
Words), 2006 (Frostfiðrildi / Frozen Butterflies), 2015 Frelsi (Liberty).
In English: Mona Lisa (1993, Greyhound Press, Colchester). In German (with
watercolour paintings by Bernd Koberling): Alle schönen Worte /
Frostschmetterlinge (2011, Kleinheinrich, Münster). Poems in various
anthologies in English, Swedish, French, German, Galician. Readings in
International Poetry Festivals in Kunming, Leipzig, Medellín, Nässjö,
Rotterdam. Poetry workshops and readings in i.e. Berlin, Biskops Arnö,
Colchester and other East-Anglian Cities, Edenkopen and other Cities in
Western Germany, Helsinki and Turku, Paris, Warsaw.
Readings on cassette, CD: Fellibylurinn Gloría (7 young Poets, Grammið 1985);
Konan (11 Women Poets, Reykjavík Art Festival / Sigurjónssafn 2002).
Novel:2003 Lygasaga(Storyof Lies).
TheaterPieces:Hotel Hekla (1997 Nordic House, Reykjavík, at Festivals in
Stockholm and Turku; e Reykjavík 1999).
TV Drama:2015 Life After Death, two-part miniseries for television, written
with Vera Sölvadóttir film director, will go into production by Saga Film and
RÚV early summer 2016.
Prizes: DV-newspaper’s Literary Prize 1993; 1st prize in the Ljóðstafur
Competition, Kópavogur, 2005; RÚV’s (National Broadcasting Service)Yearly
literary Recognition 2010; Booksellers Prize for best poetry collection 2015;
DV-newspaper´s Literary Prize 2015.