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Indriði G. Þorsteinsson

Died in 2000

Indriði Guðmundur Þorsteinsson was born on 18 April 1926 on a farm in Skagafjörður, the son of a day labourer. A driver in Akureyri from 1945 to 1951, he made his name in 1951 by winning a short story competition. A journalist at Tíminn, then at Alþýðublaðið from 1959 to 1962, he edited Tíminn from 1962 to 1973 and again from 1987 to 1991, and organised the national celebration held at Þingvellir in 1974. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Nordic Council Prize. He was the father of the novelist Arnaldur Indriðason and died in Hveragerði on 3 September 2000.

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