About

Lív Maria Róadóttir Jæger

Lív Maria Róadóttir Jæger (born in 1981) published the poem recording "Mítt navn við hondskrift" (‘My Name in Handwriting’) in 2014, and her first poetry collection, "Hvít sól" (‘White Sun’) in 2015. She holds an MA in Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. Eg skrivi á vátt pappír is her second poetry collection.

"Eg skrivi á vátt pappír" is about writing to understand relationships and the relationship between your own thoughts and the thoughts of all the others, and about understanding yourself as a child, a young woman and a human being participating in the lives of others. The title indicates the poet’s linguistic awareness and in addition (almost correctly inviting) a wonderfully outgoing and analytically sensitive gaze that passes in shifting forms through the eight parts of the collection. "Eg skrivi á vátt pappír" is nominated for the Nordic Literature Prize 2021.

Works

2020, Eg skrivi á vátt pappír, Forlagið Eksil
2015, Hvít sól, Mentaunargrunnur Studentafelagsins
2014, Mítt navn við hondskrift, Steinprent

Translations

2021, Jeg skriver på vådt pappir, Batzer & Co