Bragi Ólafsson

Bragi Ólafsson: his first published work, the poetry collection Dragsúgur (Draught), appeared in 1986. Since then, he has published poetry, short story collections, plays, and novels. His first novel, Hvíldardagar (Days of Repose) was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 1999 and his next novel, Gæludýrin (The Pets) was published in 2001. He received the DV Cultural Prize for the novel Samkvæmisleikir (Party Games) in 2004 and his novel Sendiherrann (The Ambassador) was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2008.