Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born December 17, 1963) is an Icelandic author.

Biography

Stefánsson was born in Reykjavík. He grew up there and in Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked in different jobs after having finished high-school.

From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the University of Iceland, but did not pass an important exam. During this time, Stefánsson taught courses at high schools and writing articles for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið. Between 1992 to 1995, he lived off various jobs in Copenhagen, Denmark. Afterwards he returned to Iceland and worked as a librarian for the Municipal Library in Mosfellsbær. Since then he has been living as an independent author in Iceland.

Books

• Skurðir í rigningu (1996, “Ditches in rain”)
• Sumarið bakvið Brekkuna (1997, “The Summer Behind the Hill”)
• Birtan á fjöllunum (1999, “The Light on the Mountains”)
• Ýmislegt um risafurur og tímann (2001, “A Few Things about Giant Pines and Time”)
• Snarkið í stjörnunum (2003)
• Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin (2005, “Summer Light and Then Comes the Night”)

External links

• http://www.bokmenntir.is

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