“Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Born in Reykjavík, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir studied the history of art at Sorbonne, Paris.^[2]

Career

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir works as an assistant professor of art history at the University of Iceland.^[3] For a time, she was the director of the university's Art Museum.^[4]

Her first novel Upphækkuð jörð (Raised Earth) was published in 1998. It set the stage for her future works in its fine dissection of the smaller things in life.^[5]

Her book Rigning í nóvember (Butterflies in November) was lauded as a "moving, layered and optimistic piece of writing".^[5] The book won the Tómas Guðmundsson Literary Award.^[6]

In 2009, she published Afleggjarinn (The Greenhouse) to mixed reviews. It was described as meticulous and finely crafted, yet lacking a tension both in its language and friction in its emotion.^[7] It was also described as a sweetly comic and wry observation of sex, manhood, death and parenthood.^[8]

Works

Novels

Poetry

Theatre

Awards

Personal life

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir has revealed that her sojourn in Catholic countries and her deep interest in their art and music led her to convert to Roman Catholicism.^[13]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir {{!}} Literature Web |url=https://bokmenntaborgin.is/en/literature-web/author/audur-ava-olafsdottir |website=City of literature UNESCO |accessdate=25 June 2018 |language=is-IS |date=15 April 2014}}
2. ^{{cite news|newspaper=L'Express|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/audur-ava-olafsdottir-islandaise-d-exception_1535236.html|title=Audur Ava Olafsdottir, Islandaise d'exception|last=Peras|first=Delphine|date=May 5, 2014|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|publisher=Pushkin Press|title=Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir|url=http://pushkinpress.com/author/audur-ava-olafsdottir/|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.literature.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-3903/6066_read-26493/RSkra-407|title=Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir|publisher=Literature.is|accessdate=June 28, 2015|last=Dagsdóttir|first=Úlfhildur|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606110243/http://literature.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-3903/6066_read-26493/RSkra-407|archive-date=2014-06-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}
5. ^{{cite news|newspaper=The Financial Times|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ad556e62-67fd-11e3-a905-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2piAPfCjt|title=Butterflies in November, by Audur Ava Olafsdóttir|last=Berwick|first=Isabel|date=December 27, 2013|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}
6. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.islit.is/en/promotion-and-translations/icelandic-literature/interviews-with-icelandic-authors/nr/1233|title=Interviews with Icelandic Authors: Auður A. Ólafsdóttir|publisher=Icelandic Literature Center|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}
7. ^{{cite news|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|language=Swedish|title=Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir: "Rosa Candida"|url=http://www.dn.se/dnbok/bokrecensioner/audur-ava-olafsdottir-rosa-candida/|date=March 23, 2015|accessdate=June 28, 2015|first=Maria|last=Schottenius}}
8. ^{{cite web|publisher=Three Percent|url=http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=3739|title=Three Percent Review: The Greenhouse|date=December 5, 2011|accessdate=June 28, 2015|last=Kyzer|first=Larissa}}
9. ^[//portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord¤tResultId=Woe%3D132271044%26any¤tPosition=0 DNB entry for Schmetterling in November]
10. ^[//www.worldcat.org/title/greenhouse/oclc/730415142?loc= Worldcat entry for The Greenhouse]
11. ^[//www.worldcat.org/search?q=rosa+candida+audur+ava&qt=results_page Worldcat entry for Rosa Candida]
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/books/auour-ava-olafsdottir-360131.html|title=Exclusive interview with Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir|publisher=Female First|last=Walton-Lange|first=Lucy|date=November 7, 2013|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}
13. ^{{cite news|newspaper=La Repubblica|url=http://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2013/07/16/news/il_vero_segreto_sconfiggere_la_crisi_con_lo_humour-63064651|title=Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir - "Il vero segreto? Sconfiggere la crisi con lo humour"|language=Italian|date=July 16, 2013|last=Guerrera|first=Antonello|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}

Early life