| Icelandic Literature Awards Announced |
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| Friday, 27 January 2012 07:00 | |||
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“There was such a flood of good books and therefore it is particularly pleasing for me to have won the award. I was very satisfied with this book and allowed myself to hope for the first time that I would be presented with the award,” Guðrún Eva told Fréttablaðið.
Páll was awarded in the non-fiction category for his book about Icelandic independence hero Jón Sigurðsson, Jón forseti allur? Táknmynd þjóðhetju frá andláti til samtíðar. “The award came as a pleasant surprise,” Páll commented. He has studied Jón’s heritage for the past years. iceland
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| Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 11:09 |
The authors Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir and Páll Björnsson were presented with the Icelandic Literature Awards at a celebratory ceremony at the presidential residence Bessastaðir on Wednesday.
She was awarded in the fiction category for her novel Allt með kossi vekur (“Everything awakens with a kiss”).
