Indriði Guðmundur Þorsteinsson (18 April 1926 – 3 September 2000)[1] was an Icelandic writer.
[1] He was also campaign director for Albert Gudmundsson's presidential run where he ceded to Vigdis Finnbogadottir.
It deals with the difficulties of a country boy who moves to the city and, more generally, the ongoing changes in Icelandic society brought by modernization and urbanization.
[4][5][6] The story was made into a film in 1962, a milestone in the history of Icelandic cinema.
[7][8] His novels Land og synir and Norðan við stríð were shortlisted for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1965 and 1973 respectively.