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Ævar Þór Benediktsson

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in Iceland

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http://www.aevarthor.com

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Children's, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Since 2014, Ævar has been one of the most popular authors in Iceland. He has won several awards for his work, including the Icelandic Children's Book Awards, The Bookseller's Awards and a special award, by the Ministry of culture and education, in recognition of his contribution to work on the Icelandic language.
He was nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and YA Books in 2016 (for The Robot Attack) and in 2017 (for Your Very Own Fairy Tale) and was finalist and first International Selection of the DeBary Outstanding Children’s Book Awards 2016 (for Dinosaurs in Reykjavik). In 2017 Ævar was chosen as one of the Aarhus39 - a collection of the 39 best emerging writers for young people from across Europe. On top of that he ha ...more

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	Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by Ævar Þór Benediktsson (Goodreads Author), Anne Wilson (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 297 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risaeðlur í Reykjavík 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Þín eigin þjóðsaga 4.04 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Þín eigin hrollvekja 4.29 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lokes Barn by Ævar Þór Benediktsson (Goodreads Author), Evana Kisa (Illustrator), Sara Lindberg (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Published on October 21, 2016 14:30

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Skólaslit (2 books)
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“Það er alltaf ljótt að gera grín að fólki – jafnvel þótt það sé bara að reyna að lyfta ketti.”
― Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Þín eigin goðsaga

tags: goðafræði, humor, nordic-mythology, ævar

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“Risastór stjarna, miklu stærri en við getum ímyndað okkur, sprakk í þúsund, milljón mola. Rykið úr henni þeyttist á methraða út um allt og lét ekkert stoppa sig – svolítið eins og Íslendingar á útsölu!”
― Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Gestir utan úr geimnum

tags: humor, iceland, icelandic, science, ævar

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, horseradish, lemony-snicket, true

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“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

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tags: humor, iceland, icelandic, science, ævar

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“Það er alltaf ljótt að gera grín að fólki – jafnvel þótt það sé bara að reyna að lyfta ketti.”
― Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Þín eigin goðsaga

tags: goðafræði, humor, nordic-mythology, ævar

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“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: humor, talking, writers

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