Personal profile
Biography
Karítas Hrundar Pálsdóttir became the first Icelander to complete a PhD in creative writing upon passing her viva from the University of East Anglia in November 2023. She is the author of two flash fiction collections published by Una útgáfuhús in Iceland, Árstíðir (2020) and Dagatal (2022), for which she received The Icelandic Language Council Award 2022 and the Icelandic Gender Equality Fund 2020.
For a full bio, please see: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0786-6049
Key Research Interests
Creative writing, short stories, flash fiction, migration, belonging, and language learning
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Arts, Creative Writing, University of Iceland
Award Date: 22 Jun 2019
Bachelor of Arts, Icelandic (major) and Japanese (minor), University of Iceland
Award Date: 24 Jun 2017