Bragi Ólafsson





Bragi Ólafsson

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born
August 11, 1962 in Reykjavík, Iceland

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Bragi studied Spanish at the University of Iceland and the University of Granada. He has had a number of different jobs in Reykjavík, at the post office, in a bank and in a record store. He was also a member of the Sugarcubes, and toured with them in Europe and America.
Bragi's first published work, the poetry collection Dragsúgur (Draught), appeared in 1986. Since then, he has published other books of poetry, short story collections, plays and novels. His first novel, Hvíldardagar (Days of Repose) was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize in 1999 and the next one, Gæludýrin (The Pets) also in 2001. He received the DV Cultural Prize for the novel Samkvæmisleikir (Party Games) in 2004 and his novel Sendiherrann (The Ambassador) was nomin...more


Average rating: 3.55 · 213 ratings · 45 reviews · 11 distinct works
The Pets
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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The Ambassador
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Samkvæmisleikir
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2004
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Handritað að kvikmynd Arnar...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010
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Klink
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1995
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Við hinir einkennisklæddu
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003
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Nöfnin á útidyrahurðinni
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Ytri höfnin
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Fjórar línur og titill
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Dragsúgur
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