Óttar M. Norðfjörð

Óttar Martin Norðfjörð (born 1980) is an Icelandic writer, both of crime fiction and poetry. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Iceland. His first novel, Barnagælur, was published in 2005. His crime novels have been translated into Dutch, German and Spanish.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Óttar was born in Reykjavík, growing up in Norðurmýri, the son of the architects Sverrir Norðfjörð (17 June 1941 – 17 June 2008) and his Czech-born wife Alena Friðrikka Anderlova (b. 21 January 1945).[7] A chess competitor at junior school,[8] he proceeded to study at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, and graduated in spring 2000 with a specialism in the hard sciences.[9] He proceeded to take an MA in philosophy at the University of Iceland. He has continually studied visual arts, which has influenced his work,[10] and in 2004 he held an exhibition of his paitings at Gallari Tukt.[11]

Óttar's biography Hannes: nóttin er blá, mamma was for many weeks at the top of the Eymundsson best-seller list and was among Iceland's best-selling books of 2006.[12] In 2007, his novel Hnífur Abrahams was the 15th best-selling book in Iceland.[13]

Óttar is married to Elo Vazquez. They have collaborated on some projects, including cartoons which appeared in the Reykjavík Grapevine,[14] and directing a music video for the Spanish band I Am Dive in 2013.[15]

Political and social activism

Óttar has defined himself as a politically orientated artist. He was a candidate for the party Nýtt Afl in the Icelandic parliamentary election, 2003.[16] He has been an active campaigner for Torfusamtökin, an organisation seeking to preserve Reykjavík's architectural heritage. Óttar organised a campaign to prevent houses on Laugavegur from demolition.[17] Óttar was one of various authors who were noted for their participation in the 2008-9 Kitchenware Revolution.[18] In summer 2013, Óttar protested against an incident of police violence, in which a woman was knocked over against a bench in the street and in which the police commented that the positioning of the bench had been 'unfortunate',[19] by circulating a photograph of himself sitting on the bench holding a sign saying 'This bench is unfortunate'.[20]

Works

Norðfjörð's main works include:

Poetry

Cartoons and satires

Literary novels

Crime novels and thrillers

Biography

References

  1. ↑ "The Leading NY Hill Site on the Net". nyhil.org. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  2. ↑ "Barnagælur – kilja « Forlagið – vefverslun". Forlagid.is. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Íslensk skáldverk - Sögur útgáfa". Sogurutgafa.is. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  4. ↑ "Authors | Icelandic Literature | Fabulous Iceland | Sögueyjan Ísland". Sagenhaftes-island.is. 1980-01-29. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Óttar M. Norðfjörð". Ottarnordfjord.com. 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Sögur útgáfa". Sogurutgafa.is. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  7. ↑ Sverrir Norðfjörð: minning. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1225091/.
  8. ↑ „Karpov, Kamsky og Adams jafnir“, Morgunblaðið, 6. maí 1995, s. 40.
  9. ↑ „158 brautskráðir frá MH“, Morgunblaðið, 30. maí 2000, s. 13.
  10. ↑ „Læra mest á því að skoða“, Morgunblaðið, 22. nóvember 1987, s. 56.
  11. ↑ „Listopnanir“, Fréttablaðið, 31. janúar 2004, s. 43.
  12. ↑ „Nýhil gefur mæðrum bókargróða“, Morgunblaðið, 10. maí 2007
  13. ↑ Metsölulisti, 24 stundir, 4. janúar 2008, s. 16.
  14. ↑ Höfundarsíða Óttars hjá Reykjavík Grapevine
  15. ↑ „Myndband Óttars Norðfjörð spilað á MTV“, Vísir, 12. febrúar 2013.
  16. ↑ „Auglýsing landskjörstjórnar“, Fréttablaðið, 30. apríl 2003.
  17. ↑ „Húsavinir blása til sóknar“, Morgunblaðið, 19 December 2007, p. 2; „Lítil viðbrögð til varnar niðurrifi húsa“, Morgunblaðið, 18 January 2008, p. 10; „Borgin kaupir Laugaveg 4 og 6“, mbl.is, 25 January 2008.
  18. ↑ „Skáld í fremstu röð“, Fréttablaðið, 24 January 2009, p. 52.
  19. ↑ „Dæmdur fyrir harkalegu handtökuna“, Vísir, 6. desember 2013
  20. ↑ 'þessi bekkur er óheppilegur; „Þessi bekkur er óheppilegur“, Vísir, 11. júlí 2013.

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