Böðvar Guðmundsson
Böðvar Guðmundsson (born 9 January 1939) is an Icelandic writer. He grew up in Borgarfjörður, specifically Kirkjuból í Hvítársíðu. He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books.
Also recorded as Bödvar Gudmundsson · Tree of Life
Böðvar Guðmundsson
- Born
- 1939.
- Nationality
- Iceland.
- Occupation
- translator, writer and poet.
- Languages
- Icelandic.
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Böðvar Guðmundsson (born 9 January 1939) is an Icelandic writer. He grew up in Borgarfjörður, specifically Kirkjuból í Hvítársíðu. He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books.
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He is said to be best known for the novels Híbýli vindanna (1995; Where the Winds Dwell) and Lífsins tré (1996; Tree of Life) He has done numerous translations of writers such as Roald Dahl and Heinrich Böll. He was a teacher and guest lecturer at the University of Bergen in the 1980s. He was at one time married to the Icelandic literary scholar Helga Kress. He lives in Denmark and is still writing.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation translator. Institutional cataloguing adds that böðvar Guðmundsson is recorded with the occupation writer. Institutional cataloguing adds that böðvar Guðmundsson is recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded with the occupation children's writer. It is also recorded that böðvar Guðmundsson is recorded as a citizen of Iceland. Institutional cataloguing adds that böðvar Guðmundsson is recorded with the gender male. Born on 9 January 1939.
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