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Thor Vilhjalmsson
Thor Vilhjálmsson in 2008
Born	(1925-08-12)12 August 1925 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	2 March 2011(2011-03-02) (aged 85)
Occupation	Icelandic writer
Awards	Nordic Council Literature Prize Swedish Academy Nordic Prize

Thor Vilhjálmsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtʰouːr ˈvɪlçaulmˌsɔn]; 12 August 1925 – 2 March 2011) was an Icelandic writer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the course of his life Vilhjálmsson wrote novels, plays, and poetry and also did translations. In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel Justice Undone (Icelandic: Grámosinn glóir). In 1992, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.

Bibliography (partial)

1950 Maðurinn er alltaf einn
1954 Dagar mannsins
1957 Andlit í spegli dropans
1968 Fljótt, fljótt sagði fuglinn
1970 Óp bjöllunnar
1972 Folda : þrjár skýrslur
1975 Fuglaskottís
1976 Mánasigð
1977 Skuggar af skýjum
1979 Turnleikhúsið
1986 Grámosinn glóir (English translation Justice Undone ISBN 1-899197-10-9)
1989 Náttvíg
1994 Tvílýsi
1998 Morgunþula í stráum
2002 Sveigur

References

Claes Wahlin (23 February 2017). "Så in i Norden prisvärda". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

External links

Site on Icelandic writers

v t e Nordic Council Literature Prize winners
1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist
1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson
1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad
1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup
2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Baboon – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson
2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö 2015: Wakefulness, Olav's Dreams & Weariness – Jon Fosse 2016: Songs and Formulae – Katarina Frostenson 2017: Memories of Love – Kirsten Thorup 2018: Hotel Silence – Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir 2019: Efter Solen – Jonas Eika
2020s	2020: Who killed Bambi? – Monika Fagerholm 2021: Flower Valley – Niviaq Korneliussen 2022: Om udregning af rumfang – Solvej Balle 2023: Ihågkom oss till liv – Joanna Rubin Dranger
List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

v t e List of Swedish Academy Nordic Prize winners
1986: Villy Sørensen 1987: William Heinesen 1988: Nils Erik Enkvist 1989: Rolf Jacobsen 1990: Henrik Nordbrandt 1991: Tomas Tranströmer 1992: Thor Vilhjálmsson 1993: Paavo Haavikko 1994: Inger Christensen 1995: Lars Ahlin 1996: Arne Næss 1997: Bo Carpelan 1998: Lars Forssell 1999: Klaus Rifbjerg 2000: Lars Huldén 2001: Willy Kyrklund 2002: Torben Brostrøm 2003: Lars Norén 2004: Guðbergur Bergsson 2005: Göran Sonnevi 2006: Pia Tafdrup 2007: Jon Fosse 2008: Sven-Eric Liedman 2009: Kjell Askildsen 2010: Per Olov Enquist 2011: Ernst Håkon Jahr 2012: Einar Már Guðmundsson 2013: Sofi Oksanen 2014: Lars Gustafsson 2015: Thomas Bredsdorff 2016: Monika Fagerholm 2017: Dag Solstad 2018: Agneta Pleijel 2019: Karl Ove Knausgård 2020: Rosa Liksom 2021: Eldrid Lunden 2022: Naja Marie Aidt 2023: Sjón

List of Swedish Academy Nordic Prize winners

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