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Sjón

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born

August 27, 1962 in Reykjavík, Iceland

gender

male

website

http://sjon.siberia.is/

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Sjón (Sigurjón B. Sigurðsson) was born in Reykjavik on the 27th of August, 1962. He started his writing career early, publishing his first book of poetry, Sýnir (Visions), in 1978. Sjón was a founding member of the surrealist group, Medúsa, and soon became significant in Reykjavik's cultural landscape.

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Books by Sjón

Average rating: 3.79 · 298 ratings · 58 reviews · 21 distinct works

	The Blue Fox by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translation) 3.90 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	My rating:
	From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translation) 3.61 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Splinten fra Argo by Sjón, Kim Lembek (Translator) 3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Dina ögon såg mig by Sjón, Anna Gunnarsdotter Grönberg (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sur la paupière de mon père 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Engill, pípuhattur og jarðarber 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Dine øjne så mig 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Whispering Muse by Sjón, Victoria Cribb (Translation) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Night of the Lemon by Sjón, David McDuff (Translator), Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Sýnir 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978	My rating:

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Quotes by Sjón

“And I would have answered:
"The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins...Yes, bring that piece to me...”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale

tags: life-and-living , strange , wise

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“Balderdash, I say, let the sword turn into an adder and the adder a salmon and the salmon a birch twig and birch twig a sword and the sword a tongue...Let it all run together so swiftly that it cannot be separated again...”
― Sjón, From the Mouth of the Whale

tags: life

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