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Icelandic author and folklorist
Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir
(born 24 March 1982) is an
Icelandic
author and folklorist. She started her writing career at fifteen when she co-authored the book Orðabelgur Ormars ofurmennis (The Wordballoon of Worm Wonderman). In 2011 she published her second book, the children's book
Flugan sem stoðvaði striðið
(The Fly Who Ended the War) which won the
Icelandic Children's Book Prize
(2011).
In 2014 she published the young adult book
Hafnfirðingabrandarinn
(The Local Joke) which won both the
Icelandic Literary Prize
(2014) and the
Icelandic Women's Literature Prize
(or Fjoruverðlaunin 2014).
Bryndis is an
adjunct professor
at
Iceland Academy of the Arts
.
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Activism
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In 2015 Bryndis Bjorgvinsdottir, Using social media, has actively encouraged the
Icelandic government
and Icelandic people to help out and open their homes for fleeing Syrian refugees, during the
Syrian Civil War
.
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The call for activism has indeed helped the Icelandic government to rethink their immigrant policies.
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See also
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