Born January 8, 1959 (age 58) ( 1959-01-08 ) Reykjavík, Iceland Occupation Writer, motivational speaker, footballer(retired) Spouse(s) Ragnhildur Eiriksdottir (m. 1990) Awards Icelandic Children's Book Prize
1997, 2010
City artist of Reykjavík
2013 Award Icelandic Children's Book Prize | ||
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Þorgrímur Þráinsson (born 8 January 1959 in Reykjavík), is a writer, motivational speaker and a former Icelandic footballer. For the past twenty years, Thorgrimur has been Iceland’s most popular author of books for teenagers. His writing has sold extremely well in Iceland, a country with a population of just 330,000. Individually, his books have sold between 5,200 and 9,200 copies.
In 2010 Thorgrimur won the Icelandic Children's Book Prize for his book Ertu Guð, afi?; Previously he had won the same award in 1997 for Margt býr í myrkrinu.
In January 2016, Thorgrimur announced his intention to run for President of Iceland in the 2016 presidential election.
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