Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, born in Reykjavík, studied philosophy and psychology at University College Dublin. She made a name for herself at the age of nineteen with a volume of poetry entitled Continuances (Sifellur). Sigurðardóttir has since become one of Iceland’s most frequently translated writers, and one of the most lauded, having won the Icelandic Literature Prize and the national Bookseller’s Prize in 2011, among many other nominations. Sigurðardóttir’s extensive body of work includes numerous novels, a number of volumes of poetry, a couple volumes of short stories, radio plays, television plays, and a children’s book. Her novel The Thief of Time (Tímaþjófurinn) was adapted for film in France, directed by Yves Angelo and starring Emmanuelle Béart and Sandrine Bonnaire. After an extensive and fruitful career abroad, most notably in Germany and France, Place of the Heart became Steinunn Sigurðardóttir’s English-language debut. |
