1. Halldór Laxness (1902)

Icelandic Writer

An Icelandic author and the 1955 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, he is best known for such novels as The Atom Station, Iceland's Bell, and The Fish Can...

2. Sjón (1962)

Icelandic Writer

Icelandic poet, author, and lyricist who is known for From the Mouth of the Whale, The Blue Fox, I've Seen It All, and other works.

3. Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (1958)

Icelandic Writer

Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic writer born on 1 June 1958. Her poetry began appearing in newspapers in 1982 and by 1990 she had a book of poetry. She is...

4. Hannes Pétursson (1931)

Icelandic Writer

Hannes Pétursson is an Icelandic poet and writer who has authored a number of books of poetry and other works and received many awards. He is amongst the most widely...

5. Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir (1938)

Icelandic Writer

Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir is an Icelandic writer who was born in Reykjavík on 18 March 1938. After high school she went to Spain and later worked on her doctoral thesis at...

6. Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942)

Icelandic Writer

Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir is an Icelandic poet and translator. She lived in Cuba from 1970 to 1975 and also lived in the U. S. S. R. for a time. She has...

7. Hallgrímur Helgason (1959)

Icelandic Writer

Hallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic painter novelist translator and columnist.

8. Bjarni Bjarnason (1965)

Icelandic Writer

Bjarni Bjarnason is an Icelandic writer born on 9 November 1965 in Reykjavík. He started writing poetry in his teens and by twenty had a play. He has received the...

9. Jón Magnússon (author) (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Jón Magnússon was an Icelandic Lutheran pastor and author of the Píslarsaga which recounts the physical and mental torments he believed he had suffered as a result of witchcraft.

10. Hermann Stefánsson (1968)

Icelandic Writer

Hermann Stefánson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on December 25 1968. His novel Oblivion has been called a landmark in Icelandic literature. He has also written some books...

11. Guðmundur Steingrímsson (1972)

Icelandic Writer

Guðmundur Steingrímsson is an Icelandic politician and son and grandson of former Icelandic Prime Ministers Steingrímur Hermannsson and Hermann Jónasson.

12. Jónína Leósdóttir (1954)

Icelandic Writer

Jónína Leósdóttir is an Icelandic novelist playwright and former journalist. She is the author of a dozen plays six novels two biographies and a collection of articles she originally wrote...

13. Sindri Freysson (1970)

Icelandic Writer

Sindri Freysson is an Icelandic novelist and poet. His first book a collection of poems entitled Fljótið sofandi konur was published in 1992. His first novel Augun í bænum received...

14. Gerður Kristný (1970)

Icelandic Writer

Gerður Kristný is an Icelandic poet; she has also written short stories novels and books for children.

15. Þórarinn Eldjárn (1949)

Icelandic Writer

Þórarinn Eldjárn is an Icelandic writer. He studied at the University of Lund and the University of Iceland. He has written numerous poems stories and novels. He has also translated...

16. Þórbergur Þórðarson (1888)

Icelandic Writer

Þórbergur Þórðarson was an Icelandic author and Esperantist. On 30 June 2006 Þórbergssetur was opened as a museum and cultural center in Hali Suðursveit.

17. Þorsteinn frá Hamri (1938)

Icelandic Writer

Þorsteinn frá Hamri is an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.

18. Nina Björk Árnadóttir (1941)

Icelandic Writer

Nína Björk Árnadóttir was an Icelandic playwright poet and novelist.

19. Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (1930)

Icelandic Writer

Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir is an Icelandic poet. She published her first book of poetry in 1960 and became one of few women in Iceland to write modernist poetry. Her third book...

20. Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Eysteinn Ásgrímsson was an Icelandic poet who wrote Lilja the most famous and in most readers' opinion the best among religious poetry in Iceland in the Middle Ages.

21. Ófeigur Sigurðsson (1975)

Icelandic Writer

Ófeigur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic poet and novelist. He was born in Reykjavik and studied philosophy at the University of Iceland. He graduated in 2007 writing a thesis on the...

22. Indriði G. Þorsteinsson (1926)

Icelandic Writer

Indriði Guðmundur Þorsteinsson was an Icelandic writer.

23. Böðvar Guðmundsson (1939)

Icelandic Writer

Böðvar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic writer born January 9 1939. He is known for plays poetry novels and children's books. He is said to be best known for the novels...

24. Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (1950)

Icelandic Writer

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then she has...

25. Ragna Sigurðardóttir (1962)

Icelandic Writer

Ragna Sigurðardóttir is an Icelandic writer and artist. She studied art and after graduating spent time in the Netherlands and Denmark.

26. Pétur Gunnarsson (1947)

Icelandic Writer

Pétur Gunnarsson is an Icelandic writer born in Reykjavík on 15 June 1947. He received his Master's Degree in philosophy at a French university. He has since translated several French...

27. Jón Helgason (poet) (1899)

Icelandic Writer

Jón Helgason was an Icelandic philologist and poet. He was head of the Danish Árni Magnússon Institute from 1927 to 1971 and professor of Icelandic studies at the University of...

28. Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859)

Icelandic Writer

Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran was an Icelandic editor novelist poet playwright and prominent spiritualist. Einar Kvaran was the son of Rev. Hjörleifur Einarsson and Guðlaug Eyjólfsdóttir. His name was originally Einar...

29. Ari Þorgilsson (1067)

Icelandic Writer

Ari Þorgilsson was Iceland's most prominent medieval chronicler. He is the author of Íslendingabók which details the histories of the various families who settled Iceland.

30. Einarr Hafliðason (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Einar Hafliðason 15 September 1307–22 September 1393 was an Icelandic priest and author. He became a priest in 1334 with the benefice of Höskuldsstaðir á Skagaströnd and in 1343 the...

31. Stefán Hörður Grímsson (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Stefán Hörður Grímsson was an Icelandic modernist one of the so-called Atom Poets. His first book of poetry came out in 1946 but he gained attention for his second book...

32. Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880)

Icelandic Writer

Jóhann Sigurjónsson was an Icelandic playwright and poet. Atypically Jóhann wrote plays and poetry in both his native Icelandic and in Danish. Jóhann was the son of an Icelandic farmer...

33. Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899)

Icelandic Writer

Jóhannes Jónasson úr Kötlum was an Icelandic author. He used the pseudonym Anonymus when he published poems written in modern style.

34. Jón Kalman Stefánsson (1963)

Icelandic Writer

Jón Kalman Stefánsson is an Icelandic author.

35. Jón Thoroddsen elder (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Jón Thoroddsen elder was an Icelandic author. His novels Piltur og Stúlka and Maður og Kona mark the beginning of the modern Icelandic novel. His son Þorvaldur Thoroddsen became a...

36. Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807)

Icelandic Writer

Jónas Hallgrímsson was an Icelandic poet author and naturalist. He was one of the founders of the Icelandic journal Fjölnir which was first published in Copenhagen in 1835. The magazine...

37. Gyrðir Elíasson (1961)

Icelandic Writer

Gyrðir Elíasson is an author and translator in Iceland.

38. Einar Kárason (Unknow)

Icelandic Writer

Einar Kárason is an Icelandic writer. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980. In 1981 he...

39. Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954)

Icelandic Writer

Einar Már Guðmundsson is an Icelandic author of novels short stories and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages.

40. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (1978)

Icelandic Writer

Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl is an Icelandic writer. For a long time most noted as an experimental poet he has recently come to prominence as one of Iceland's foremost prose writers...

41. Andri Snær Magnason (1973)

Icelandic Writer

Andri Snær Magnason is an Icelandic writer. He has written novels poetry plays short stories essays and CDs. His work has been published or performed in more than 16 countries....