Jón Kalman Stefánsson

Jón Kalman Stefánsson is an Icelandic author.

Biography

Jón Kalman was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked different jobs after finishing high school.
From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the University of Iceland, but did not pass an important exam. During this time, Stefánsson taught courses at high schools and wrote articles for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið. Between 1992 and 1995, he lived off various jobs in Copenhagen, Denmark. Afterwards he returned to Iceland and worked as a librarian for the Municipal Library in Mosfellsbær. Since then, he has been living as an independent author in Iceland.
In 2017 his novel Fish Have No Feet was nominated for the Man Booker [International Prize]. He has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize four times.

Novels

Skurðir í rigningu Sumarið bakvið Brekkuna Birtan á fjöllunum Ýmislegt um risafurur og tímann Snarkið í stjörnunum Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin / Summer Light and Then Comes the Night Himnaríki og helvíti / Heaven and Hell Harmur englanna / The Sorrow of Angels Hjarta mannsins / The Heart of Man Fiskarnir hafa enga fætur / Fish Have No Feet Eitthvað á stærð við alheiminn: ættarsaga / About the Size of the Universe Saga Ástu: Hvert fer maður ef það er engin leið út úr heiminum? Fjarvera þin er myrkur / Your Absence is Darkness Guli kafbáturinn

''Himintungl yfir heimsins ystu brún''

Poetry

Með byssuleyfi á eilífðina Úr þotuhreyflum guða Hún spurði hvað ég tæki með mér á eyðieyju

''Þyngsta frumefnið''