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Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir

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Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 27 September 1939 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author and artist. She has received a number of awards as an artist and author of more than 130 books,[1] including children's books, books on nature, and the Óðsmál series.[2][3][4][5] The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture and Hagthenkir, the Association of Non-fiction and Educational Writers in Iceland, funded the Óðsmál series.[6][7]

Guðrún received a research grant from the Icelandic Government Cultural Council in 1988.[8] A model in her teens, she appeared in the Icelandic films Hrafninn flýgur (When the Raven Flies) and Myrkrahöfðinginn (Flames of Paradise).[9]

Guðrún graduated from the Commercial College of Iceland in 1962, and graduated from the Icelandic Art Academy (Myndlista-og handíðaskóli Íslands) in 1973.[10] She studied pedagogy at the University of Iceland, and was a distant-education student in the science of consciousness and physics at the Maharishi University of Management. Guðrún studied Sanskrit for several years.

A Heathen Gothi (goði) in Iceland, she grew up in Reykjavik and the Icelandic countryside, where many of her stories were written. Guðrún lives in Iceland, and has spent portions of her life in Scotland and Italy.

Work

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Ceramics

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  • Icelandic nature volcano souvenir (1984)

Scripts

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Dramas

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  • Halla, for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service (RÚV) in 1982[14]
  • Ég, hið silfraða sjal for RÚV (1983),[15] and featured in the magazine Vikan in 1981[16]
  • Í mjúku myrkri búa draumarnir, for RÚV (1988)[17]

Illustrated children's stories

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  • Stories for RÚV's Our Hour[18][19][20]
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, a book series published by the Icelandic National Center for Educational Materials in 1999[21]

Guðrún received first and second prize from the Icelandic National Center for Educational Materials for short stories for teenagers in 1992.[22]

Books

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  • 1000 stjörnur og fleira ljúft ISBN 9789979895640
  • Að leggja Bifröst lag fyrir lag ISBN 9789935467492
  • Apakríli, algjör dúlla! ISBN 9789979895084
  • Au pair ISBN 9789979895831
  • The Bairn of Trolls ISBN 9789935467454
  • Baldur Höður Loki: Lesum Óðsmál til að skilja ISBN 9789935467522
  • Baldur Höður Loki: What are we celebrating and why? Óðsmál gives intellectual understanding ISBN 9789935467539
  • Bína brúða ISBN 9789979895800
  • Búi skreytir jólatré ISBN 9789979895923
  • Consciousness and Mother Nature: What is Pure Consciousness and what is Mother Nature? ISBN 9789935467508
  • Dagdraumar og sorgarband ISBN 9789979895817
  • Draumahúsið ISBN 9789979895732
  • Drottinn blessi heimilið ISBN 9789979895503
  • Dívan skáldsins; -Góða nótt, sagði skáldið, og dó ISBN 9789979895244
  • Eru verkir með þessu? Fylgir þessu hiti, mamma? ISBN 9789979895701
  • Ég, hið silfraða sjal ISBN 9789979895466
  • Fluga ISBN 9789979895022
  • The Fly ISBN 9789935467461
  • Hagbarður og Hvutti ISBN 9789979895855
  • Hagbarður and Hvutti ISBN 9789935467423
  • Halla ISBN 9789979895220
  • Hnallur og Spói ISBN 9789979895091
  • The House of Dreams ISBN 9789935467478
  • How to Lay the Bridge Bifröst ISBN 9789935467485
  • Hreggnótt ISBN 9789979895053
  • Hrekkjusvín og ljósastaurar ISBN 9789979895213
  • Hrif ISBN 9789979895329
  • Huginn Jöruson, hornungur (sakamál) ISBN 9789979895848
  • Hvar voru hrossin í hríðinni? ISBN 9789979895206
  • Hver er hann þessi Jakob? ISBN 9789979895978
  • In Memoriam – skóflan ISBN 9789979895497
  • Í mjúku myrkri búa draumarnir ISBN 9789979895107
  • Japl, jaml og fuður ISBN 9789979895114
  • Jónki fór í réttirnar ISBN 9789979895572
  • Leyniþræðir ISBN 9789979895824
  • Melana, drottning frumskógarins ISBN 9789979895602
  • Mummi ISBN 9789979895565
  • My Bína Doll ISBN 9789935467430
  • Óðsmál ISBN 9979601655
  • Óðsmál in fornu: efnisyfirlit vefútgáfu ISBN 9789935409409
  • Valhallar Óðsmál in gullnu: Handa þróuðum, vísindi, skilningur og djúp þekking forfeðra okkar enduruppgötvuð ISBN 9789935409416
  • Óðsmál 2012: Ævi hver til uppljómunar ISBN 9789935409829
  • Óðsmál – The Unseen Reality: Science of Consciousness in Heathenry ISBN 9789935409843
  • Óðsmál – Norse Edda Spiritual Highlights: We should know why we choose to be born ISBN 9789935467003
  • Palli og englabjallan ISBN 9789979895268
  • Rakni og Þögn ævintýri, KLUKK leikir barna 1900-2000 ISBN 9789979895725
  • Saga Svaðilfara ISBN 9789979895619
  • Sál bróðurins, steinbítsbróðurins ISBN 9789979895251
  • Soul of a Brother ISBN 9789935467416
  • Sigga og hafragrauturinn ISBN 9789979895442
  • Skírnismál: helgileikar: handrit handa börnum / a script for bairns: ritual performance ISBN 9789935409836
  • Tíkin tóa og grey litli Krúsi ISBN 9789979895336
  • Tóta og þau ISBN 9789979895626
  • Tröllabarn ISBN 9789979895015
  • Vaknaðu, Lóa! Vaknaðu! ISBN 9789979895343
  • Vitund og móðir náttúra: Nemum upp ámáttkar fimbulrúnir ISBN 9789935467515
  • Who is Jakob? ISBN 9789935467447
  • Þetta er mitt hús ISBN 9789979895480

The Hannesar saga Grásteins series:

  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 1. bók: Branda skottlausa, amma Hannesar Grásteins ISBN 9789979895671
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 2. bók: Branda Bröndudóttir og synir hennar: Hafri og Elri Gúlli ISBN 9789979895695
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 3. bók: Hafri fer sér að voða, Elra Gúlla leiðist ISBN 9789979895718
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 4. bók; Hannes Grásteinn og Surtarbrandur ISBN 9789979895749
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 5. bók: Kettlingunum stolið ISBN 9789979895756
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 6. bók: Það eina, sem er kátara en kátur kettlingur, er: kátir kettlingar ISBN 9789979895763
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 7. bók: Hannes Grásteinn hverfur að heiman ISBN 9789979895770
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 8. bók: Hannes Grásteinn villiköttur á skrifstofu í vesturbænum ISBN 9789979895787
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 9. bók: Surtarbrandur fer sér að voða ISBN 9789979895794
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 10. bók: Hannes veiðikló ISBN 9789979895862
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 11. bók: Hefur kötturinn níu líf? ISBN 9789979895879
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 12. bók: Hannes flytur í nýtt hverfi ISBN 9789979895886
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 13. bók: Fleiri viðburðir: börn hvekkja Hannes; Hannes hvekkir stara ISBN 9789979895909
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 14. bók: Milli ISBN 9789979895916
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 15. bók: Snjótittlingaveiðar ISBN 9789979895930
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 16. bók: Nýi kettlingurinn ISBN 9789979895947
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 17. bók: Vor í lofti ISBN 9789979895954
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 18. bók: Hannes fer í sveit ISBN 9789979895985
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 19. bók: Hvolparnir ISBN 9789979895992
  • Hannesar saga Grásteins, 20. bók: Dánartilkynning ISBN 9789979708179

Krakka-Óðsmál in fornu, a 2011 40-book series (krakkar means "children" in Icelandic):

Óðsmál for bairns, a 2014 40-book English translation of Krakka-Óðsmál in fornu (bairns is another word for "children"):

References

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  1. ^ [Fréttablaðið 10 November 2011 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=338602&pageId=5329991&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  2. ^ [Helgarpósturinn 7 December 1995 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3194062&issId=233992&lang=da]
  3. ^ [Morgunblaðið 23 October 1996 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=128927&pageId=1864667&lang=is&q=Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  4. ^ [Óðsmál homepage: "Odsmal, profound edda, science of heathenry - Homepage -". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.]
  5. ^ [Vera 1 December 1996 (magazine) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=346405&pageId=5427829&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  6. ^ The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture 5 April 2011
  7. ^ [Morgunblaðið 27 September 2009 (newspaper) http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1302169/]
  8. ^ [Þjóðviljinn 14 May 1988 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=225520&pageId=2915269&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir21]
  9. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. 17 February 2023. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  10. ^ [Vísir 2 Apríl 1980 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=249929&pageId=3424661&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  11. ^ [Vera 1 December 1990 (magazine) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=346336&pageId=5425334&lang=is&q=h%E6ttur%20Farinn]
  12. ^ [Þjóðviljinn 24 October 1990 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=226160&pageId=2925932&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  13. ^ [Þjóðviljinn 17 February 1989 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=225740&pageId=2919186&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  14. ^ [Morgunblaðið 29 June 1982 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=118712&pageId=1558591&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  15. ^ [Morgunblaðið 10 November 1983 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=119389&pageId=1583057&lang=is&q=%C9g%20hi%F0%20silfra%F0a%20sjal]
  16. ^ [Vikan 15 January 1981 (magazine) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=299460&pageId=4493928&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
  17. ^ [Þjóðviljinn 5 January 1988 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2913313]
  18. ^ [Morgunblaðið 21 December 1985 (TV-program guide) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=120420&pageId=1625160&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAnu%20Krist%EDnu]
  19. ^ [Morgunblaðið 7 November 1993 (TV-program guide) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1795171]
  20. ^ [Dagblaðið Vísir–DV 27 February 1993 (TV-program guide) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=194570&pageId=2609519&lang=is&q=T%F3ta%20og%20%FEau]
  21. ^ [Morgunblaðið 20 July 1999 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=131914&pageId=1940730&lang=is&q=%C9g%20er%20h%E6ttur%20Farinn]
  22. ^ [Morgunblaðið 21 September 1994 (newspaper) http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=126696&pageId=1814081&lang=is&q=Gu%F0r%FAn%20Krist%EDn%20Magn%FAsd%F3ttir]
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