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Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson (born 27 August 1962), known as Sjón (/ ʃ oʊ n / SHOHN; Icelandic:; meaning "sight" and being an abbreviation of his first name), is an Icelandic poet, novelist, lyricist, and screenwriter.
“Sjón’s work is unlike anything else in contemporary fiction. Strange—but stunning.” “Sjón is more than a novelist; he is a storyteller in the ancient tradition, and this work may be remembered as his masterpiece.”
Jan 13, 2022 · Sjón’s full name is Sigurjón Birgir Sigurdsson — a cascade of soft G’s and rolling R’s that sounds, when he says it, like a secret liquid song, sung deep in his throat, to a shy baby horse.
Dec 16, 2016 · A Novel Without Myth Is Impossible: An Interview With Icelandic Writer Sjón. The Culture Trip talks to the Iceland novelist Sjón about the themes explored in his new novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was — sexual identity, taboo love, and the divide of disease. Catastrophe begets catastrophe.
Sjón is the president of the Icelandic PEN Centre and former chairman of the board of Reykjavik, UNESCO city of Literature. His novels have been published in thirty five languages. Follow me on Twitter
Jan 31, 2023 · Tags: Björk Lamb lars von trier Sjón the northman. With writing credits on The Northman and Lamb, we look at how Icelandic novelist-poet Sjón came of age in a conservative Reykjavik in the '80s.
Sjón is an internationally acclaimed Icelandic author, working in various literary forms and in all genres of film. His most recent work for the screen is the screenplay for the Cannes winning film Lamb, starring Noomi Rapace, that went on to become a top ten grossing film in the US and Iceland's entry for the Best International Film Oscar.
