Author Brynja Hjálmsdóttir

Brynja Hjálmsdóttir is from Reykjavík, Iceland, and is the author of two books of poetry and a novel. Her first book, Okfruman, was awarded Poetry Book of the Year by the Icelandic Booksellers’ Choice Awards and was nominated for the Icelandic Women’s Literary Award. Kona lítur við (A Woman Looks Over Her Shoulder) was nominated for the Maístjarnan Poetry Award. In 2022, Hjálmsdóttir received the Ljóðstafur Jóns úr Vör poetry prize and the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Encouragement Award. Her work has been translated into six languages.