He won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award in 2005 for his novel Silence of the Grave. Īrnaldur received the Glass Key award, a literature prize for the best Nordic crime novel, in 20. Īrnaldur's novels have sold over 14 million copies worldwide, in 40 languages, including Arabic, Russian, Polish, German, Greek, Danish, Catalan, English, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, French, Serbian, Slovenian and Turkish. In 2006, his Erlendur novel Mýrin was made into a film, known internationally as Jar City, by Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur. In 2004, his books were 7 of the 10 most popular titles borrowed in Reykjavík City Library. Arnaldur is considered one of the most popular writers in Iceland in recent years - topping bestseller lists time and again. As of 2013, the series included 14 novels. The first two novels in the series have not yet been translated into English. His first book, Sons of Earth ( Synir duftsins) came out in 1997, the first in the series with Detective Erlendur. From 1986 to 2001, he was a film critic for Morgunblaðið. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper Morgunblaðið from 1981 to 1982, and later as a freelance writer. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in 1996. Biography Īrnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of writer Indriði G. Arnaldur Indriðason at the Helsinki Book Fair, Finland, 2004Īrnaldur Indriðason (pronounced born 28 January 1961 ) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur.

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