Bragi &Oacute;lafsson was born in Reykjavik, and is most well known for playing in Bj&ouml;rk’s first band, The Sugarcubes. He is the author of several books of poetry and short stories, and four novels, including <i>Time Off</i>, which was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 1999 (as was <i>The Pets</i>), and <i>Party Games</i>, for which Bragi received the DV Cultural Prize in 2004. His most recent novel&mdash;<i>The Ambassador</i>&mdash;was a finalist for the 2008 Nordic Literature Prize and received the Icelandic Bookseller's Award as best novel of the year. Bragi is also one of the founders of the publishing company Smekkleysa (Bad Taste), and has translated Paul Auster's <i>The Glass City</i> into Icelandic. /images/bragi_olafsson.jpg 2008-03-17T12:28:20-07:00 Bragi 5 Ólafsson olafsson 2008-12-18T14:36:59-08:00