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Sjón

Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón (/ʃoʊn/ SHOHN;[1] Icelandic: [sjouːn]; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his first name), is an Icelandic poet, novelist, lyricist, and screenwriter. Sjón frequently collaborates with the singer Björk and has performed with The Sugarcubes as Johnny Triumph. His works have been translated into 30 languages.[2]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Sigurjón or Sjón.

Sjón

Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson
(1962-08-27) 27 August 1962
Reykjavík, Iceland

Poet
Novelist
Lyricist

Icelandic

Fiction
Surrealism

The Blue Fox (2003)
From the Mouth of the Whale (2008)
I've Seen It All (2000)

Early life[edit]

Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Sjón grew up in the city's Breiðholt district, where he lived with his mother.[3] He began his writing career early and published his first book of poetry, Sýnir (Visions), in 1978 at 16.

Personal life[edit]

Sjón has lived and worked in London, but he currently resides in central Reykjavík with his wife. He has two adult children.[3]

Night of Steel ("Stálnótt", Mál og menning, 1987)

Angel, Stovehat and Strawberries ("Engill, pípuhattur og jarðarber", Mál og menning, 1989)

Night of the Lemon (Greyhound Press, 1993)

Made in Secret / Your Eyes Saw Me ("Augu þín sáu mig", Mál og menning, 1994)

The Story of the Great Cap ("Sagan af húfunni fínu", Mál og menning, 1995)

Númi and his Seven Heads ("Númi og höfuðin sjö", Mál og menning, 2000)

With a Quivering Tear ("Með titrandi tár", Mál og menning, 2001)

The Story of the Strange Bird ("Sagan af furðufugli", Mál og menning, 2002)

("Skugga-Baldur", Bjartur, 2003)

The Blue Fox

The Whispering Muse / The Splinter from Argo ("Argóarflísin", Bjartur, 2005)

/ The Marvels of Twilight ("Rökkurbýsnir", Bjartur, 2008)

From the Mouth of the Whale

Moonstone – The Boy Who Never Was ("Mánasteinn – drengurinn sem aldrei var til", JPV/Forlagið, 2013)

(JPV/Forlagið, 2016)

CoDex 1962

Red Milk ("Korngult hár, grá augu", JPV/útgáfa, 2019)

1995: DV Newspaper Culture Prize for Literature for Made in Secret

1998: Icelandic Broadcasting Service Writers Fund for contribution to Icelandic literature

2002: DV Newspaper Culture Prize for Literature for With A Quivering Tear

2005: for The Blue Fox

Nordic Council's Literature Prize

2005: Icelandic Bookseller's Prize for Novel of the Year for The Whispering Muse

Sjón was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for the song "I've Seen It All" from the film Dancer in the Dark.[9]


In 2016, Sjón became the third writer chosen to contribute to the Future Library project.[10]

Official website

on Words Without Borders

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Words Without Borders interviews Sjón

Forlagið

Licht & Burr

at IMDb

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at Library of Congress, with 27 library catalogue records

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at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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