Pétur Gunnarsson
Pétur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on 15 June 1947. He received his master's degree in Philosophy at Aix-Marseille University in 1975. He is best known as a novelist but has also translated several works of French literature and written song lyrics, plays, poetry, and screenplays. He received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon in January 2011.
Pétur Gunnarsson lives in Reykjavík with his wife Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdóttir. They have two grown sons.Works
- 1973 Splunkunýr dagur
- Andri Haraldsson tetralogy :
- * 1976 : Punktur, punktur, komma, strik
- * 1978 : Ég um mig frá mér til mín
- * 1982 : Persónur og leikendur
- * 1985 : Sagan öll
- 1977 : Grænjaxlar
- 1977 : Krókmakarabærinn
- 1987 : Sykri og brauði
- 1989 : Vasabók
- 1990 : Hversdagshöllinn
- 1991 : Dýrðin á ásýnd hlutanna
- 1994 : Efstu dagar
- 1997 : Heimkoma
- 1999 : Aldarför
- Cycle Skáldsaga Íslands :
- * 2000 : Myndin af heiminum: Skáldsaga Íslands I
- * 2002 : Leiðin til Rómar: Skáldsaga Íslands II
- * 2004 : Vélar tímans: Skáldsaga Íslands III
- 2003 : Að baki daganna
- 2007 : ÞÞ - í fátæktarlandi: Þroskasaga Þórbergs Þórðarsonar
- 2009 : ÞÞ - í forheimskunarlandi
- 2012 : Íslendingablokk:
- 2013 : Veraldarsaga : aldarfarsbók
- 2014 : Veraldarsaga mín: ævisaga hugmynda
Translated works
- Point, point, virgule, tiret
- Punkt punkt komma strich
- Ich meiner mir mich
- Die Rollen und ihre Darsteller
- Das vierte Buch über Andri
