14-04-2008
Kristín Steinsdóttir receives IBBY Iceland children’s literature award Sögusteinn 2008
On the International Day of Children’s Literature, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir presented the Icelandic writer Kristín Steinsdóttir with the prize Sögusteinn 2008. She was awarded the IBBY children’s literature prize Sögusteinn that amounts to 500 000 Icelandic krónur for her authorship of children’s books.
Kristín Steindóttir is one of the most famous authors of children’s books in Iceland. She has a teacher’s diploma, but has been a full-time writer since 1988. She has written a lot of children’s books, plays, short stories and film scripts that have received numerous recognitions. In 2007 Kristín received Peter Pan’s Silver Star (IBBY Sweden award) for the book ‘An Angel in the Neighbourhood’. In recent years she has also written for adults and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2008 for her novel ‘Á eigin vegum’ (‘Her Way’).
Edited by Pia Viinikka pia@nordice.is
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