Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Ragnheiður.
Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir
Born (1953-05-01) 1 May 1953 (age 71)
Reykjavík, Iceland
OccupationAuthor
Known forChildren's books

Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (born 1 May 1953) is an Icelandic author, noted for her children's books.

Biography

Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir was born on 1 May 1953 in Reykjavík.

Ragnheiður was born in a family of painters and writers. She graduated as a teacher from the Kennaraskóli Íslands in 1973, and took a degree in art history at Aarhus University in 1979. She also studied literature at the University of Iceland.

Ragnheiður worked as a teacher in Reykjavík for several years, and was editor of Iceland's National Centre for Educational Materials 1990–96. She has both illustrated and written books for children and teens.

Her first book, Ljósin lifna, was published in 1985. Ragnheiður has retold and illustrated various Icelandic folktales, pre-eminently in her book Sagan af Hlina konungssyni. Amongst other prizes, Ragnheiður won the Icelandic Children's Book Prize for her 2000 book Leikur á borði; and the Nordic Children's Book Prize in 2005 for her novel Sverðberinn. Her most recent novels include the 2009 Hjartsláttur and the 2012 Myndin í speglinum.

Ragnheiður lives in Hafnarfjörður. She is married and has four children.

Prizes

References

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