Career
He is said to be best known for the novels Híbýli vindanna (1995. Where the Winds Dwell) and Lífsins tré (1996. Tree of Life) He has done numerous translations of writers such as Roald Dahl and Heinrich Böll.
He was a teacher and guest lecturer at the University of Bergen in the 1980s.
He was at one time married to the Icelandic literary scholar Helga Kress. He currently lives in Denmark and is still writing.