Portrait - Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

Auður
Ava Ólafsdóttir

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is a novelist, playwright and poet and also a lyricist for the Icelandic performance pop band Milkywhale. Her novels have been translated into over 25 languages, and they include Butterflies in November and Hotel Silence which won among others the Nordic Council Literature Prize, and the Icelandic Literary Prize. Auður Ava lives in Reykjavik.

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is a novelist, playwright and poet and also a lyricist for the Icelandic performance pop band Milkywhale. Her novels have been translated into over 25 languages, and they include Butterflies in November and Hotel Silence which won among others the Nordic Council Literature Prize, and the Icelandic Literary Prize. Auður Ava lives in Reykjavik.

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