Guðrún Eva Minervudóttir

The first writer in residence was the Icelandic fiction writer Guðrún Eva Minervudóttir

Silhouette behind column by Gudrun Eva Minervudottir Photograph by Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir

Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1976 and currently lives and works there. She was raised in several small towns around the coast of Iceland. For her high school years (1993-1996) she was a waitress and bartender. From 1996-1997, she worked as a freelance writer for daily newspaper Helgarpósturinn

From 1997 to present she has been an on-and-off philosophy student at the University of Iceland. She is the author of several books which include a collection of short stories and five novels. In addition, she has written a collection of philosophical stories for children. She also writes poetry and is responsible for the translation of two novels.

She was nominated for the National Book Award for novel Fyrirlestur um hamingjuna (2000); nominated for the “DV” Culture Award for novel Sagan af sjóreknu píanóunum (2002); and she won the DV Culture Award for novel Yosoy in 2005.