Arndís Þórarinsdóttir
Arndís Þórarinsdóttir is an Icelandic children's author.Biography
Arndís studied at the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, took a BA in literature at the University of Iceland, and an MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. She took a further MA in creative writing at the University of Iceland in 2018, with a thesis entitled 'Vetur fram á vor: Skáldsaga fyrir börn'. She is the head of the ancient and popular culture departments of the Kópavogur Public Library. She had joined the board of IBBY á Íslandi by 2008, and was its president around 2011. In 2019, her novel Nærbuxnanjósnararnir was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in the children's and young people's section, and in 2020 her Blokkin á heimsenda, co-written with Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, won the Barnabókaverðlaun Guðrúnar Helgadóttur.Works
Writing
In addition to short stories for children and adults, Arndís has published:
- Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds
- Lyginni líkast
- Sitthvað á sveimi: lestrarbók
- Gleraugun hans Góa
- Nærbuxnaverksmiðjan,
- Nærbuxnanjósnararnir
- and Hulda Sigrún Bjarnadóttir, Blokkin á heimsenda
Translating
- Bjólfskviða: Forynjurnar og fræðimennirnir
- Rosie Banks's Secret Kingdom series of children's books.
Editing
- Örþrasir: ljóðakver Listafélagsins, ed. by Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, Vésteinn Valgarðsson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson
