Böðvar Guðmundsson

Icelandic writer

Böðvar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic writer born 9 January 1939; he grew up in Borgarfjörður, specifically Kirkjuból í Hvítársíðu.^[1] He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books. 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.^[2] He lives in Denmark and is still writing.

Böðvar's most recent novels are the novel Enn er morgunn ([Akranes]: Uppheimar, 2009; ISBN 9789979659518; 9789979659730), his fourth, which is about Nazi sympathisers in Iceland around the Second World War and which led to controversy when Böðvar's ex-wife Helga demanded its recall, reading it as a personal attack on the reputation of her parents Bruno Kress and Kristína Thoroddsen;^[3] and Töfrahöllin ([Akranes]: Uppheimar, 2012; ISBN 9789935432742; 9935432742), his fifth.

References

^ "Fyrst og fremst saga um persónur – Vísir". Visir.is. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
^ "Helga Kress: Þetta var einkapóstur til Böðvars – DV". Dv.is. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
^ "Enn er morgunn – klögumál vegna skáldsögu « Silfur Egils". Eyjan.pressan.is. 2009-11-16. Retrieved 2016-04-23.