Þorsteinn frá Hamri
Þorsteinn frá Hamri, was an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.Writings
Since his first book of poems released in the 1950s, Þorsteinn frá Hamri had published seventeen volumes of poetry and six of prose fiction by 2000.Novels, short stories and ''sagnaþættir'' (chronicles)
- 1963 – Skuldaskil
- 1969 – Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógadraumur – nominated for 1972 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- Haust í Skírisskógi
- Hallgrímur smali og húsfreyjan á bjargi,
- 1987 – Ætternisstapi og átján vermenn
- 1989 – Vatns götur og blóðs – nominated for 1992 Nordic Council Literature Prize
Poetry
- 1958 – Í svörtum kufli
- 1960 – Tannfé handa nýjum heimi
- 1962 – Lifandi manna land
- 1964 – Langnætti á Kaldadal
- 1972 – Veðrahjálmur
- 1977 – Fiðrið úr sæng daladrottningar – nominated for 1979 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1982 – Spjótalög á spegil – nominated for 1984 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1992 – Sæfarinn sofandi
- Það talar í trjánum
- Vetrarmyndin
- 1999 – Medan pu vaktir
Prizes and awards
- 1972 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1979 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1981 – Children's book literary award for translation, Reykjavík
- 1984 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1991 – Thorbergur Thordarson Literary Prize
- 1992 – short list – Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1992 – Icelandic Literary Prize
