| Birth Date: | 1 June 1958 |
| Occupation: | Writer, poet, playwright |
| Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir (born 1 June 1958) is an Icelandic writer, poet, and playwright.[1]
She was born in Reykjavík, grew up there and still lives there. She works as a nurse part-time. Her poetry began appearing in newspapers in 1982. In 1990 she published her first book of poetry Bláþráður ("Hanging by a thread"). Two of her plays have been performed in Reykjavík. In 2003, she published her first book of prose Lygasaga ("A Story of Lies").[2]
In 1993, Linda received the literary prize awarded by the DV daily newspaper[3] for her poetry collection Klakabörnin ("Ice Children"). Her collection of poetry Frelsi ("Freedom") received the DV literary prize in 2015;[2] it was nominated for the 2017 Nordic Council Literature Prize.[4]
"Öll fallegu orðin / Alle schönen Worte. Frostfiðrildin / Frostschmetterlinge: Ljóð / GedichteBernd Koberling (Illustrator), Tina Flecken (Übersetzer), Buchkunst Kleinheinrich, D-Münster; (1. Auflage 1. Oktober 2011)