Gerður Kristný

Gerður Kristný (born 1970) is an Icelandic poet; she has also written short stories, novels and books for children.

Gerður Kristný was born on June 10, 1970 and brought up in Reykjavík. She graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992.

Gerður has published collections of poetry and short stories, novels, books for children and a biography. Her play The Dancing at Bessastadir, based on two of her children’s books, premiered in the Icelandic National Theater in Reykjavík in February 2011, and was acclaimed by the public and critics alike.

In 2005, Gerður received the Icelandic Journalism Award for her biography Myndina af pabba. In 2010, she won the Icelandic Literature Award for her book of poetry Blóðhófnir (Bloodhoof) which is based on an ancient Nordic myth, told primarily in the Eddic poem Skírnismál, about the attempt of the Nordic fertility god Freyr to fetch the poet's namesake Gerður Gymisdóttir from her far away home as his bride. Blóðhófnir was nominated to the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2011.

Other awards for her work include The Icelandic Children's Choice Awards in 2003, The Halldór Laxness Literary Award in 2004 and The West-Nordic Children's Literature Award in 2010.

Gerður Kristný lives in Reykjavík but travels regularly around the world to present her work, giving readings in places like Kampala, Cox's Bazar, Java, Maastricht and Colgata.

• Hestvík, Mál og Menning, 2016, ISBN 9979337060
• Drápa, Mál og Menning, 2014, ISBN 9789979334828
• Ljóðasafn, Mál og Menning, 2014, ISBN 9789979334347
• Strandir, Mál og Menning, 2012, ISBN 9789979333111
• Forsetinn, prinsessan og höllin sem svaf, Mál og menning, 2011, ISBN 9789979332756
• Blóðhófnir, Mál og Menning, 2010, ISBN 9789979331872
• Prinsessan á Bessastöðum, Mál og menning, 2009, ISBN 9789979331148
• Garðurinn , Mál og Menning, 2008, ISBN 9789979330110
• Höggstaður, Mál og Menning, 2007, ISBN 9789979328780
• Ballið á Bessastöðum, Mál og menning, 2010, ISBN 9979329084
• Land hinna týndu sokka, Mál og Menning, 2006 ISBN 9979327847
• Myndin af pabba - Saga Thelmu Vaka-Helgafell, 2005 ISBN 9979218894
• Bátur með segli og allt, Vaka-Helgafell, 2004, ISBN 9789979218821
• Jóladýrin, Mál og Menning, 2004, ISBN 9979325526
• Marta smarta, Mál og Menning, 2002, ISBN 9979323361
• Launkofi, Mál og Menning, 2000, ISBN 9789979321040
• Eitruð epli, Mál og Menning, 1998, ISBN 9979323760
• Regnbogi í póstinum, Mál og Menning, 1996, ISBN 9979314109
• Ísfrétt, Mál og menning, 1994, ISBN 9789979306412

• Sewing Sisters
• Poems in NorthWords
• Bloodhoof, Translated by Rory McTurk, Arc Pub., 2012, ISBN 9781908376107