Sigurður A. Magnússon

Sigurður A. Magnússon: (1928–2017) was an Icelandic author, translator, and editor, as well as a critic and journalist.  He published manifold poems, plays, travel books, memoirs, and short stories in his lifetime. He began to publish in 1953, and in 1980 received the DV Cultural Award. For many years, he worked as a journalist in Iceland and for the United Nations. He was formerly the director of the Iceland Writer’s Union and Amnesty International in Iceland. He was on the panel of the Nordic Council Literature Prize for nine years.