Guðbergur Bergsson

Guðbergur Bergsson was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland. In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer.
His first book came out in 1961. He has had twenty books in all including poetry and children's literature. He has won the Icelandic Literary Prize twice. In 2004, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.
Bergsson died on 4 September 2023, at the age of 90.

Works

Músin sem læðist, 1961Tómas Jónsson, metsölubók. Translated by Lytton Smith as Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller.Ástir samlyndra hjóna, 1967Anna, 1968Það sefur í djúpinu, 1973Hermann og Dídí, 1974Það rís úr djúpinu, 1976Saga af manni sem fékk flugu í höfuðið, 1979Sagan af Ara Fróðasyni og Hugborgu konu hans, 1980Hjartað býr enn í helli sínum, 1982Leitin að landinu fagra, 1985Froskmaðurinn, 1985 Svanurinn. Translated by Bernard Scudder as The Swan.Sú kvalda ást sem hugarfylgsnin geyma, 1993Ævinlega, 1994Lömuðu kennslukonurnar, 2004Leitin að barninu í gjánni - Barnasaga ekki ætluð börnum, 2008Missir, 2010Hin eilífa þrá, 2012Þrír sneru aftur, 2014

Adaptation

In 2017, the Icelandic film director Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir shot her first movie , the adaptation of the ''Svanurinn.''