Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

{{Short description|Icelandic writer (1940–2010)}}

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| name = Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1940|12|11}}

| birth_place = Hornstrandir

| death_date = {{Death date and age |2010|5|7|1940|12|11}}

| death_place = Reykjavík

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| nationality = Icelandic

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| occupation = Novelist and short story writer

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| awards = {{plainlist |

• Icelandic Literary Prize (1990)
• Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1992) }}

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Fríða Áslaug Sigurðardóttir (born December 11, 1940, in Hornstrandir- died May 7, 2010, in Reykjavík{{cite web|url=http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id%3D653%26author_id%3D27%26lang%3D8 |title=Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir |access-date=2010-10-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200232/http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=653&author_id=27&lang=8 |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}) was an Icelandic novelist and short story writer. She made her literary debut in 1980 with the collection of short stories titled Þetta er ekkert alvarlegt ("Nothing Serious").{{cite web|url=http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=653&author_id=27&lang=8 |archive-url=http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20051102045432/http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=653&author_id=27&lang=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2005 |title=Icelandic literature. Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir |access-date=23 December 2014 }} She was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1992 for the novel Meðan nóttin líður ("Through the Night").{{cite web |url=http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/media/literature-prizewinners-1962-2013 |title=Nordic Council Literature Prize. Literature Prizewinners 1962 - 2013 |access-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319235454/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/media/literature-prizewinners-1962-2013/ |archive-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}