FEDORA - Sjón

Sigurjon (Sjon) Sigurosson

Short Bio

Born on the 27th of August, 1962, in Reykjavik, Iceland, Sjón began his literary career at the tender age of 15 when his first poetry collection, Sýnir (Visions), was published in 1978. He was one of the founding members of the neo-surrealist group Medúsa and early on acquired a high profile on the Reykjavík cultural scene. He has published numerous poetry collections and seven novels, as well as written plays, librettos and picture books for children.In 2005 Sjón won the prestigious Nordic Council’s Literary Prize for his fifth novel Skugga- Baldur (Schattenfuchs in German) which has been sold to publishers in 21 countries. In 2009 the English edition of Skugga-Baldur was nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Sjón’s latest novel Rökkurb!snir (From the Mouth of the Whale in English/Gleißen der Nacht in German) from 2008 has recently been published to much acclaim in German by S. Fischer, in Spanish by Nordica Libros, in English by Telegram Books, among others. In 2013 The Whispering Muse (Argóarflísin) was published in the USA and Canada by Farrar, Straus & Giroux gathering great reviews on both sides of the border.

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