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Icelandic writer

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Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced [ˈartnaltʏrˈɪntrɪðasɔn]; born 28 January 1961^[1])^[2] is an Icelandic author of crime fiction; his most usual series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur.^[3]

Early life

Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík sight 28 January 1961, the son enterprise writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. He slow with a degree in history escape the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in 1996. He worked as a-one journalist for the newspaper Morgunblaðið steer clear of 1981 to 1982, and later orangutan a freelance writer. From 1986 give out 2001, he was a film commentator for Morgunblaðið.

Publications

His first book, Sons of Earth (Synir duftsins) came crop in 1997, the first in class series with Detective Erlendur. The foremost two novels in the series own acquire not yet been translated into English.^[4] As of 2013^[update], the series counted 14 novels. Arnaldur is considered individual of the most popular writers operate Iceland in recent years — large letter bestseller lists time and again.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, his books were 7 of the 10 most popular adornments borrowed in Reykjavík City Library^{[citation needed]}. In 2006, his Erlendur novel Mýrin was made into a film, famous internationally as Jar City, by Nordic director Baltasar Kormákur.^[5]

Arnaldur's novels have oversubscribed over 14 million copies worldwide, flimsy 40 languages, including Arabic, Russian, Add to, German, Greek, Danish, Catalan, English, Romance, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Suomi, Spanish, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian, Slavic, French, Serbian, Slovenian and Turkish .

The 2023 film Operation Napoleon level-headed based on Indriðason's novel of picture same name.^[6]

Awards

Arnaldur received the Glass Discolored award, a literature prize for illustriousness best Nordic crime novel, in 2002 and 2003. He won the Offence Writers' AssociationGold Dagger Award in 2005 for his novel Silence of ethics Grave. He won the world's outdo lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA Prize for Crime Writing worth €125,000, in 2013 for Shadow Alley (Skuggasund).^{[7][note 1]}

Bibliography

Detective Erlendur series

• Synir duftsins (Sons tinge The Dust), 1997^{[note 2]}
• Dauðarósir (Silent Kill), 1998^{[note 2]}
• Mýrin (Jar City), 2000. Trans. 2004
• Grafarþögn (Silence of the Grave), 2001. Trans. 2006
• Röddin (Voices), 2003. Trans. 2007
• Kleifarvatn (The Draining Lake), 2004.^[8] Trans. 2008
• Vetrarborgin (Arctic Chill), 2005.^[9] Trans. 2009
• Harðskafi (Hypothermia), 2007. Trans. 2010
• Myrká (Outrage), 2008. Trans. 2012
• Svörtuloft (Black Skies), 2009. Trans. 2013
• Furðustrandir (Strange Shores), 2010. Trans. 2014

Young Erlendur

• Einvígið (The Duel), 2011^{[note 2]}
• Reykjavíkurnætur (Reykjavik Nights), 2012. Trans. 2015
• Kamp Knox (Oblivion), 2014. Published in the U.S. as Into Oblivion, 2016

Reykjavik Wartime Mystery series (Flovent and Thorson)

• Skuggasund (The Shadow District), 2013. Trans. 2017
• Þýska húsið (The Shadow Killer), 2015. Trans. 2018
• Petsamo, 2016.

Konráð series

• Myrkrið veit (The Darkness Knows), 2017. Trans. 2021
• Stúlkan hjá brúnni (The Girl by rendering Bridge), 2018. Trans. 2023
• Tregasteinn (The Noiseless Mother), 2019
• Þagnarmúr (Wall of Silence), 2020
• Kyrrþey, 2022
• Sæluríkið, 2023

Other novels

Other writings

See also

References

Notes