Fríða Ísberg is an Icelandic author based in Reykjavík. Her books are the poetry collections Stretch Marks and Leather Jacket Weather, the short story collection Itch and her debut novel The Mark, which won the Fjara Literature Prize, The Icelandic Booksellers Award, and the P. O. Enquist Award. Ísberg is the 2021 recipient for The Optimist Award, awarded by the President of Iceland to one national artist. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages.
Fríða Ísberg is an Icelandic author based in Reykjavík. Her books are the poetry collections Stretch Marks and Leather Jacket Weather, the short story collection Itch and her debut novel The Mark, which won the Fjara Literature Prize, The Icelandic Booksellers Award, and the P. O. Enquist Award. Ísberg is the 2021 recipient for The Optimist Award, awarded by the President of Iceland to one national artist. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages.
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