Gerður Kristný was born on June 10, 1970 and brought up in Reykjavík. She graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992. She is a full- time writer. She won the Icelandic Literature Awards 2010 for her book of poetry Blóðhófnir which is based on an ancient Nordic myth, told in the Eddic poem Skírnimál, about the attempt of the Nordic fertility god Freyr to fetch the poet‘s namesake Gerdur Gymisdóttir from her far-away home as his bride. Blóðhófnir was also nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize. She is one of the most prolific contemporary writers in Icelandic. She has published collections of poetry and short stories, novels, books for children and a biography, for which she received The Icelandic Journalism Award in 2005. Her play, The Dancing at Bessastadir, based on two of her children’s books, premiered in the Icelandic National Theatre in Reykjavík in February 2011 and was acclaimed by the public and critics alike. Other awards for her work include The Icelandic Children’s Choice Award in 2003, The Halldór Laxness Literary Award in 2004 and The West-Nordic Children’s Literature Award in 2010. She lives in Reykjavík but travels regularly around the world to present her work, giving readings in, among other places, Kampala, Cox’s Bazar, Maastricht and Colgata.
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