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Gyrðir Elíasson

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Gyrðir Elíasson (fæddur 4. apríl 1961) er íslenskur rithöfundur, ljóðskáld og þýðandi. Gyrðir hefur hlotið ýmsar viðurkennningar, og þar á meðal bókmenntaverðlaun Norðurlandaráðs 2011 fyrir bók sína, Milli trjánna. Hann er austfirðingur að uppruna en ólst upp á Sauðárkróki. Faðir hans, Elías B. Halldórsson, var myndlistarmaður, og einnig báðir bræður hans, Sigurlaugur Elíasson og Nökkvi Elíasson. Gyrðir gaf út fyrstu ljóðabók sína, Svarthvít axlabönd, árið 1983 og fyrsta skáldsagan, Gangandi íkorni, kom út 1987. Gyrðir þykir góður stílisti og eru bækur hans mjög ljóðrænar. Útgáfa ljóðaþýðinganna „Flautuleikur álengdar“, sem út komu árið 2008 hjá Uppheimum, markaði tuttugu og fimm ára rithöfundarafmæli hans. --- Gyrðir Elíasson (born 4 April 1961) is an author and translator in Iceland. Gyrðir was born in Reykjavík, but was raised in Sauðarkrókur, a small town in the northern part of the country. He graduated from the Fjölbrautarskóli Nordurlands Vestra in Saudárkrókur in 1982. While trying various academic options at universities of education, he began writing poetry. His first book, a collection of poetry titled Svarthvít axlabönd (Black-and-White Suspenders), was published in 1983. He also began translating works into Icelandic, considering it the duty of Icelandic writers to give a hand in translations. Among his translations are four works by Richard Brautigan. He also has an interest in works about the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Gyrðir has written ten volumes of poetry and five books of prose. His style is called "highly personal" among other things.

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