Einar Kárason

{{short description|Icelandic writer (born 1955)}}

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| image = Kárason Einar.IMG 3678.JPG

| caption = Einar Kárason performing in Tallinn Literary Festival HeadRead 2010

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland

| language = Icelandic

| alma_mater = University of Iceland

| notableworks = Devil's Island (1983)

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Einar Kárason (born 24 November 1955 in Reykjavík, Iceland){{Cite web|url=http://www.literature.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-3396/6134_read-47/RSkra-47|title=Höfundar|website=www.literature.is|language=en|access-date=2017-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004842/http://literature.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-3396/6134_read-47/RSkra-47|archive-date=2016-04-13|url-status=dead}} is an Icelandic writer.Stevens, Patrick J. Icelandic Writers. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale, 2004. (Dictionary of literary biography, v. 293.) He has been a full-time writer since 1978. He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980. In 1981 he published his first novel. He is best known for his novel Þar sem djöflaeyjan rís. which was translated into English as Devil's Island.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43785921 WorldCat item record] The book was also made into the film Devil's Island. He has been on the board or acted as chairman for several Icelandic writing associations.

He wrote a book about the Sturlungar family clan, Óvinafagnaður, in which all the most famous Vikings from Iceland come together and finally battle for power over Iceland.

In 1993 Einar Kárason bit Guðjón Þórðarson.Gettu Betur Spilið