Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson
{{Short description|Icelandic playwright, author and director}}
Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson (born 1987){{cite web |title=Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson playwright |url=https://www.borgarleikhus.is/staff/256/ |publisher=borgarleikhus |accessdate=28 June 2018}} is an Icelandic playwright, author and director. He was educated at The Iceland Academy of the Arts until 2011, the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and Goldsmiths University of London from 2011-2012. He was one of ten people to receive the Outstanding Young Icelanders award in 2016.{{cite web |title=Tyrfingur er á topp 10 listanum yfir Framúrskarandi unga Íslendinga 2016 |url=http://framurskarandi.is/tyrfingur-tyrfingsson/ |website=Framúrskarandi ungir Íslendingar |accessdate=28 June 2018}}
Works
- Bláskjár/Blue Eyes
- The Commercial of the Year{{cite web |title=Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson: »Na Islandiji se vsi preveč trudijo, da ne bi koga prizadeli, in za umetnost je to seveda grozno.« {{!}} Koridor – križišča umetnosti |url=http://koridor-ku.si/literatura/tyrfingur-tyrfingsson-na-islandiji-se-vsi-prevec-trudijo-da-ne-bi-koga-prizadeli-za-umetnost-je-seveda-grozno/ |website=koridor-ku.si |accessdate=28 June 2018}}
- Harold Pinters Silence at Reykjavik Art Festival in 2015.
- Bláskjá{{cite web |title=Leikskáldið Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson |url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/leikskaldid-tyrfingur-tyrfingsson |website=RÚV |accessdate=28 June 2018 |date=2 April 2014}} for which he was awarded Grímuverðlaun.{{cite web |title=Tyrfingur Tyrfingsson: Snobb - Vísir |url=http://www.visir.is/g/2015150529200 |accessdate=28 June 2018}}
- Kartöfluæturnar{{cite web |title=Nýtt verk eftir Tyrfing í haust |url=https://www.mbl.is/folk/frettir/2017/06/30/nytt_verk_eftir_tyrfing_i_haust/ |accessdate=28 June 2018}}
- Wild Game
He has been awarded and nominated in a number of categories for Grima – awards for Performing Arts in Iceland.
References
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External links
- [https://www.maisonantoinevitez.com/fr/auteurs-traducteurs/tyrfingsson-1285.html Biography]
- [http://kvennabladid.is/tag/tyrfingur-tyrfingsson/ Kvennabladid reviews]
- [http://leikhusin.is/tag/tyrfingur-tyrfingsson/ Leikhusin news]
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Category:Icelandic dramatists and playwrights
Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Category:21st-century Icelandic writers
Category:Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts alumni