Arndís Þórarinsdóttir

Arndís Þórarinsdóttir (born 1982) is an Icelandic children's author and the president of Iceland's International Board of Books for Young People (IBBY á Íslandi).

Biography

Arndís studied at the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, took a BA in literature at the University of Iceland, and an MA in creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is the head of the ancient and popular culture departments of the Kópavogur Public Library.^[1] She has been on the board of IBBY á Íslandi since 2008, and its president since at least 2011.^[2]

Works

Writing

In addition to short stories for children and adults, Arndís has published:

• Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds (Reykjavík: Mál og menning, 2011)
• Lyginni líkast (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2013)
• Sitthvað á sveimi: lestrarbók (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2014)
• Gleraugun hans Góa (Kópavogur: Námsgagnastofnun, 2015)

Translating

• Bjólfskviða: Forynjurnar og fræðimennirnir [translation of J. R. R. Tolkien 'Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics'] (Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, 2013)

Editing

• Örþrasir: ljóðakver Listafélagsins, ed. by Arndís Þórarinsdóttir, Vésteinn Valgarðsson, and Haukur Þorgeirsson ([Reykjavík: Skólafélagið], [1999])

External links

• Interview in Morgunblaðið, 24 October 2011

References

1. 'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015.
2. 'Stjórn IBBY á Íslandi', http://ibby.is/um-ibby/stjorn-ibby-a-islandi/, accessed 5 September 2015; http://bokvit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/hofundur-jatninga-mjolkurfernuskalds.html; cf. Kjartan, 'Grunnskólarnir hlusta', Fréttablaðið (29 March 2012), p. 34.