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He studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Iceland.
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Steinar Bragi
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He has been called "Iceland"s foremost contemporary author, in the estimation of many". At the age of 23 he published his first book of poetry, Svarthol, and his first novel, Turninn, was published in 2000. Current affairs, particularly the 2008-2011 Icelandic financial crisis, are prominent in his work from 2008 onwards, such as Konur and Hálendið: Skáldsaga.
Steinar Bragi is sometimes considered to be in the "new wave" of younger Icelandic authors influenced by popular culture and in his case the grotesque, with influences from horror writers such as H. P. Lovecraft.
He is also notable as a poet.
