About Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir
Lived 1940 – 2010 (aged 69). Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir was an Icelandic librarian, novelist, writer and literary scholar.
Fríða Áslaug Sigurðardóttir (born December 11, 1940, in Hornstrandir- died May 7, 2010, in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic novelist and short story writer. She made her literary debut in 1980 with the collection of short stories titled Þetta er ekkert alvarlegt ("Nothing Serious"). She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1992 for the novel Meðan nóttin líður ("Through the Night").
Awards Icelandic Literary Prize (Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunin) 1990 Nordic Council's Literature Prize 1992
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Icelandic writer (1940–2010)
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Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir was born on 10 December 1940 in Hornstrandir.
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Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir died on 7 May 2010 in Reykjavík.
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Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir was a librarian, novelist, writer and literary scholar.
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Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir was Icelandic.
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