Pétur Gunnarsson

Pétur Gunnarsson (born 15 June 1947) is an Icelandic writer.

Early life and education Pétur was born in Reykjavík. After graduating from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, he earned a master's degree (maîtrise) in philosophy from Aix-Marseille University in 1975.

Career His first publications were poetry: individual poems in Tímarit Máls og menningar followed by the collection Splunkunýr dagur in 1973. In 1976 he published his first novel, Punktur, punktur, komma, strik (Dot Dot Comma Dash), the first volume in a tetralogy with a shared protagonist, the Reykjavík city kid Andri Haraldsson. A 1980 film based on the novel was directed by Þorsteinn Jónsson; the last volume in the series, Sagan öll, was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1987.

Personal life He is married to Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdóttir; they have two sons and live in Reykjavík.

Works 1973 Splunkunýr dagur (poetry) Andri Haraldsson tetralogy: 1976 : Punktur, punktur, komma, strik 1978 : Ég um mig frá mér til mín 1982 : Persónur og leikendur 1985 : Sagan öll 1977 : Grænjaxlar (play) 1977 : Krókmakarabærinn (play) 1987 : Sykri og brauði 1989 : Vasabók 1990 : Hversdagshöllinn 1991 : Dýrðin á ásýnd hlutanna 1994 : Efstu dagar 1997 : Heimkoma 1999 : Aldarför Cycle Skáldsaga Íslands: 2000 : Myndin af heiminum: Skáldsaga Íslands I 2002 : Leiðin til Rómar: Skáldsaga Íslands II 2004 : Vélar tímans: Skáldsaga Íslands III 2003 : Að baki daganna (poetry) 2007 : ÞÞ - í fátæktarlandi: Þroskasaga Þórbergs Þórðarsonar (on the author Þórbergur Þórðarson) 2009 : ÞÞ - í forheimskunarlandi 2012 : Íslendingablokk: (tíðarandasaga) 2013 : Veraldarsaga (mín): aldarfarsbók 2014 : Veraldarsaga mín: ævisaga hugmynda