Oddný Eir


Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir is an Icelandic writer. She has written three autobiographical novels, her best-known work being Jarðnæði which was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Award in 2011 and which won the 2012 Icelandic Women's Literature Prize and the 2014 EU Prize for Literature.

Life

Oddny Eir has a PhD from Sorbonne University. She runs a publishing company Apaflasa in collaboration with her brother the archaeologist Uggi Ævarsson.

Works