AÐALSTEINN ÁSBERG SIGURÐSSON

Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson was born in Húsavík, north Iceland, in 1955, and grew up in the region. After attending the Commercial College of Iceland in Reykjavík, he studied Icelandic language, music and acting. In 1977 he made his literary bebut with a book of poetry, Ósánar lendur (Virgin Soil). Since then he has published 20 books of poetry and translated poetry, one novel and 12 children´s books. Apart from the books he has also produced many recordings of his lyrics and songs. He has won several prizes for his works and his poems and children´s books are translated into a dozen of languages. From 1998-2006 he was the president of the Writer´s Union of Iceland. Sigurdsson lives in Reykjavík as a full-time writer, translator, editor and publisher.

 

Books of poetry:

Ósánar lendur (Virgin Soil), 1977

Förunótt (Wandering Night), 1978

Gálgafrestur (Waiting at the Gallows), 1980

Fugl (Bird), 1982

Jarðljóð (Earth Poems), 1985

Draumkvæði (Dream Poems), 1992

Eyðibýli (Abandoned Farms), 2004

Hjartaborg (Borough of the Heart), 2007

Sjálfsmyndir (Self-portraits), 2012

Sumartungl (Summer-Moon), 2016

 

Translated poetry:

Tré hreyfa sig hægt (Trees Moving Slowly),

selected poems by Norwegian poet Paal-Helge Haugen, 1992 

Ljóð á landi og sjó (Poems of Land and Sea),

selected poems by Finnish (Åland Islands) poet Karl-Erik Bergman, 1996

Vegurinn blái (The Blue Road),

selected poems by Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown, 1998

Sagði mamma (Mother Said), by New York poet Hal Sirowitz, 2001

Sagði pabbi (Father Said), by New York poet Hal Sirowitz, 2006

Beinhvít ljóð (Bonewhite Poems),

selected poems by Lithuanian poet Gintaras Grajauskas, 2009

Hjaltlandsljóð (Shetland Poems),

selected poems by modern poets from Shetland, 2012

Ekkert nema strokleður (Nothing but Eraser),

Selected poems by Palestinian poet Mazen Maarouf, 2013

Nýsnævi (New Snow), 15 modern European poets, 2015

Heimferðir (Homefairin),

selected poems by Shetlandic poet Christine De Luca, 2017

 

Main works for children:

Dvergasteinn (Dwarfstone), 1991

Glerfjallið (Glass Mountain), 1992

Álagaeldur (The Fire Spell), 1993

Furðulegt ferðalag (A Strange Journey), 1996

Berrössuð á tánum (Bare Toes) music cd, 1998

Bullutröll (Twaddle Trolls) music cd, 2000

Brúin yfir Dimmu (The Bridge Over River Gloom), 2000

Ljósin í Dimmuborg (The Lights in Gloomton City), 2002

Blóð og hunang (Blood and Honey) short stories/audio book, 2004

Romsubókin (The Book of Reeling Rhymes), 2005

Segðu mér og segðu … (Tell me, please, tell ...), 2009

Dimmubókin (The Book of Dimma), 2014.

Kvæðið um Krummaling (Tiny Little Raven), 2017