Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir

Guðrún Steinþórsdóttir (University of Iceland)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

Born 21 Oct 1942
Died 7 Nov 2016

Places

Born in Iceland
Active in Iceland

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Poet

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Haraldsdóttir's Works

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Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on 21 October 1942 and died on 7 November 2016. After completing her secondary education, she moved to Moscow, where she pursued studies in film direction, earning her degree in 1969. Between 1970 and 1975, Ingibjörg worked as an assistant director at Teatro Estudio in Havana, Cuba. During her time abroad, both studying and working, she contributed articles and translations to Icelandic newspapers. In 1975, Ingibjörg returned to Iceland, where she worked for several years as a journalist and film critic for the newspaper

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. By 1981, roughly a decade after publishing her first poetry collection, she had transitioned to focus primarily on poetry and translation.

Ingibjörg is best known for her poetry. Her work often explores

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Citation: Steinþórsdóttir, Guðrún. "Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 December 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15147, accessed 30 December 2024.]