Áslaug Jónsdóttir
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Áslaug Jónsdóttir (born 31 March 1963) is an Icelandic writer of children's books, illustrator and playwright.[1][2][3]
Early life and education[]
She grew up near Borgarfjörður in west Iceland and then attended Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in Reykjavik. She then studied in Copenhagen, Denmark at Skolen for Brugskunst (later the School of Design of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts).
Career[]
She published her first children's picture book in 1990. Her recent work includes collaboration with two other authors Swedish and Faroese on a series of six "Monsters" books published in Icelandic, Swedish and Faroese, starting with Nei! sagði litla skrímslið (No! Said Little Monster) in 2004.[1]
In 2002 she and Andri Snær Magnason collaborated on Sagan af bláa hnettinum which won the . It has since been translated and published in English (The Story of the Blue Planet, 2013, Pushkin: ISBN 9781782690061), Danish, Faroese, German, Italian, Korean and Polish.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Áslaug Jónsdóttir". Icelandic Literature Centre. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Áslaug Jónsdóttir". Reykjavik: Unesco City of Literature. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "About". Áslaug Jónsdóttir. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Formats and editions: The story of the blue planet". Worldcat. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
External links[]
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
- Icelandic children's writers
- Icelandic women writers
- Icelandic women children's writers
- 21st-century Icelandic women writers
- Icelandic dramatists and playwrights
- Icelandic writer stubs