Álfrún Gunnlaugsdóttir was an Icelandic writer who was born in Reykjavík on 18 March 1938. After high school, she went to Spain and later worked on her doctoral thesis at Lausanne, Switzerland. She has written seven acclaimed novels in Iceland. See also List of Icelandic writers Icelandic literature References External links Iceland literature site 20th-century Icelandic novelists Gunnlaugsdottir, Alfrun Gunnlaugsdottir, Alfrun Icelandic women novelists 20th-century women writers