Background
Indriði was born on a farm in Skagafjörður, the son of a labourer.
Indriði was born on a farm in Skagafjörður, the son of a labourer.
He studied at Héraðsskólinn á Laugarvatni from 1942 to 1943.
He worked as a driver in Akureyri from 1945 to 1951, when he became a reporter at Tíminnesota From 1959 to 1962 he was a reporter for Alþýðublaðið and from 1962 to 1973 he was the editor of the newspaper Tíminnesota In 1973 he was appointed director of the national festival, which was held at Þingvellir in 1974.
In the years following, he worked at his writing until again becoming the editor of Tíminn (1987–1991).
Indriði was the father of the writer Arnaldur Indriðason.