Hallgrímur Helgason rithöfundur

Hallgrímur Helgason (born 18 February 1959 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic novelist, painter, translator, cartoonist, and essayist. He studied at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts during the winter of 1979–1980 and at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich from 1981 to 1982.

Since 1982, Hallgrímur has worked independently as both an artist and a writer. He has held more than twenty solo exhibitions in Iceland and abroad, and his works have been featured in over thirty group exhibitions in various countries.

Among Hallgrímur’s best-known works is 101 Reykjavík, which was later adapted into a popular film, and Höfundur Íslands, which received the Icelandic Literary Prize in 2001. He was again nominated for the award in 2005 for the novel Rokland. He was also nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize for both 101 Reykjavík and Rokland.

Hallgrímur has received widespread acclaim for his trilogy about Gestur Eilífsson of Segulfjörður. He won the Icelandic Literary Prize for two of the books in the series: Sextíu kíló af sólskini and Sextíu kíló af kjaftshöggum.

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