Ófeigur Sigurðsson is a poet, novelist and translator. Ófeigur has worked in many jobs from uniformed night watchman to dock worker. He studied Philosophy at the University of Iceland. His second novel, Jón became the first Icelandic novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. Ófeigur’s latest book, the bestseller. Öræfi received the Icelandic Literary Prize.
Ófeigur Sigurðsson is a poet, novelist and translator. Ófeigur has worked in many jobs from uniformed night watchman to dock worker. He studied Philosophy at the University of Iceland. His second novel, Jón became the first Icelandic novel to receive the European Union Prize for Literature. Ófeigur’s latest book, the bestseller. Öræfi received the Icelandic Literary Prize.
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