Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Icelandic writer and art historian · Iceland · On the map · Writers · Born 1958 · age 68
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. She received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hotel Silence in 2018 and the Médicis Foreign Award for Miss Iceland in 2019.
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About this person
Country
Iceland
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68
Where to find them
The same award as Auður
Lars Saabye ChristensenBoth received Nordic Council Literature Prize
Hallgrímur HelgasonBoth received Icelandic Literary Prize
Tua ForsströmBoth received Nordic Council Literature Prize
Thor VilhjálmssonBoth received Icelandic Literary Prize
SjónBoth received Icelandic Literary Prize
Naja Marie AidtBoth received Nordic Council Literature Prize