|
|
|
|
IÐUNN STEINSDÓTTIR was born in 1940 in Seyðisfjörður, a small fishing town on the east coast of Iceland where she spent her childhood. She was educated in Akureyri and Reykjavík and was an elementary school teacher in N-Iceland and in Reykjavík for a number of years. She is married and has three children and eight grandchildren. She made her debut as an author of children's books in 1982 and has published fifteen books for children and teenagers. She has also written number of books for the elementary school and the traffic school. Along with her sister, Kristín Steinsdóttir, she has written numerous plays for the stage and radio. One
of her books “Gegnum þyrnigerðið“ - “Durch die Dornenhecke“ was
published in Germany by Georg Bitter Verlag in the year 1993. Her present publisher is the SALKA PUBLISHING HOUSE Reykjavík. BOOKS
PUBLISHED IN ICELANDIC Knáir
krakkar (Smart Kids) Bókhlaðan,
Rvk. 1982 Fúfú
og fjallakrílin (The Mountain Gnomes)
Bókhlaðan, Rvk. 1983 Fjallakrílin,
óvænt heimsókn (The Mountain Gnomes -
Unexpected Visit) Bókhlaðan, Rvk. 1984 Bras
og þras á Bunulæk (Troubles and Squabbles at Bunulaekur) Námsgagnastofnun,
Rvk.1984 Jólasveinarnir
(The Santas) AB, Rvk. 1986 Olla
og Pési (Olla and Pete) AB, Rvk. 1987 Víst
er ég fullorðin (Days in Major and Minor)
AB, Rvk. 1988 Drekasaga
(The Good Dragon) AB, Rvk. 1989 Skuggarnir
í fjallinu (The Shadows in the
Mountains) AB, Rvk. 1990 Gegnum
Þyrnigerðið (Through the
Thornhedge) Vaka-Helgafell,
Rvk. 1991 10
smábækur um systurnar Fjársjóðurinn
í Útsölum (The Treasure of Utsalir) Iðunn,
Rvk. 1992 Er
allt að verða vitlaust? (Is
Everything Going Crazy?) Iðunn, Rvk.
1993 Með
bómull í skónum (Cotton Wool in Your Shoes) Iðunn,
Rvk. 1994 Ævar
á grænni grein (Ævar on the Top
of the World) Iðunn, Rvk.
1995 Þokugaldur
(Magic in the Fog) Iðunn, Rvk.
1996 Út
í víða veröld (Out in the Wide
World) Iðunn, Rvk. 1997 Haustgríma (Autumn Mask) Iðunn, Rvk. 2000 Snuðra og Tuðra í jólabakstri (Teeny and Weeny bake for Christmas), Salka, Rvk. 2002 Kynjaverur í Kverkfjöllum (Ice on Fire), Salka, Rvk. 2003 AWARDS Bras
og þras á Bunulæk (Troubles and Squabbles at Bunulaekur) won a prize in a
competition held by the Center for Educational Materials in 1984 Olla og Pési (Olla and Pete) won Reykjavík Educational Council Prize 1988. Gegnum Þyrnigerðið (Through the Thornhedge) won he Icelandic Children’s Books Award.Vaka-Helgafell 1991 and was entered in the IBBY roll of honour for 1992. Er allt að verða vitlaust? (Is Everything Going Crazy?) received an IBBY Iceland award
for 1994. In 1998 she got the “Hagþenkir“ prize for her textbooks on
Christianity, coscripted with Sigurður Pálsson,
written for use in the elementary school, but the prize is awarded for
outstanding textbooks. In 2000 she received Honorary Award of Icelandic Authors Librarium Fond. Her play 19. júní (June 19th), coscripted wih
her sister, Kristín, won a first prize in an Icelandic Natoinal Broadcsasting
Service competition in 1986 and their plays Mánablóm (Moon flowers) and
Randaflugur (Bumblebees) won joint second Prize in a Reykjavík City Theater
competition in 1989.
|
