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Svava Jakobsdóttir

Born

in Neskaupsstaður, Iceland

October 04, 1930

Died

February 21, 2004

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Drama

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Svava Jakobsdóttir was one of the foremost Icelandic authors of the twentieth century. She was also a leading figure in the campaign for women's rights and wielded a great deal of influence in her own time, through her stories, plays and academic works.
She turned over a new page in the art of Icelandic literature and few would dispute the level of innovation that she brought to both subject matter and narrative style. She was a leading light and a breaker of tradition both in the field of literature and, later in life, literary criticism.
Svava was awarded her BA in English and American Literature from Smith College in Massachusetts in 1952. She studied Old Icelandic Literature at Somerville College, Oxford for a year and, later, also spent ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 480 ratings · 47 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Leigjandinn 3.91 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gunnlaðar saga 3.34 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Veizla undir grjótvegg 4.40 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sögur handa öllum 4.44 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	12 konur 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hvað er í blýhólknum? by Svava Jakobsdóttir, Arni Ibsen (Editor), Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (Editor) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gefið hvort öðru really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lokaæfing 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undir eldfjalli 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kitchen to Measure: Ordinary Horror Stories by Svava Jakobsdóttir, Vala Þórsdóttir, Vala Thorsdottir (Dramatist) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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