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Guðbergur Bergsson

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Icelandic writer (1932-2023)

WritersLived 1932 to 2023 · aged 90
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Guðbergur Bergsson was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland.

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2013honorary doctorate at the University of Iceland
2004Swedish Academy Nordic Prize
1991Icelandic Literary Prize
Knights of the Order of the Falcon

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Guðbergur Bergsson was an Icelandic writer born in Grindavík. He attended the University of Iceland for his Teaching degree and then studied literature at the University of Barcelona. He was one of the leading translators of Spanish works in Iceland. In Barcelona, he met and engaged with the publisher and writer Jaime Salinas Bonmatí.

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Lived 1932 to 2023 · aged 90
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