Education
Ragnheiður graduated as a teacher from the Kennaraskóli Íslands in 1973, and took a degree in art history at Aarhus University in 1979. She also studied literature at the University of Iceland.
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Ragnheidur Gestsdottir
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Ragnheiður worked as a teacher in Reykjavík for several years, and was editor of Iceland"s National Centre for Educational Materials 1990-1996. She has both illustrated and written books for children and teens. Her first book, Ljósin lifna, was published in 1985.
Ragnheiður has retold and illustrated various Icelandic folktales, pre-eminently in her book Sagan af Hlina konungssyni.
Her most recent novels include the 2009 Hjartsláttur and the 2012 Myndin í speglinum. Ragnheiður lives in Hafnarfjörður.
2005 - Nordic Children"s Book Prize: Sverðberinn.
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