Soffía Bjarnadóttir

Soffía Bjarnadóttir: is an Icelandic novelist and poet born in Reykjavík 1975. Her first novel, Segulskekkja (Magnetic Declination) was published 2014 and translated into French, J’ai toujours ton coeur avec moi, in 2016. Her first poetry collection, Beinhvít skurn (Bone White Shell, 2015), later followed Ég er hér (I Am Here), 2017. Soffía received the New Voices Grant from Icelandic Literature Fund for her novel Segulskekkja. This year, work from her book, I Am Here will be published in UNESCO’s World Poetry Book (trans. Meg Matich), and her short play, Erfidrykkjan, will be staged in a collaborative effort between the Reykjavík City Theatre and the Art Festival in Reykjavík.