Jón Kalman was born in
Reykjavík. He grew up there and in
Keflavík. From 1975 to 1982, he lived in western Iceland, where he worked different jobs after finishing high school. From 1986 to 1991, he studied literature at the
University of Iceland, but did not pass an important exam. During this time, Stefánsson taught courses at high schools and wrote articles for the Icelandic newspaper
Morgunblaðið. Between 1992 and 1995, he lived off various jobs in
Copenhagen,
Denmark. Afterwards he returned to Iceland and worked as a librarian for the Municipal Library in
Mosfellsbær. Since then, he has been living as an independent author in Iceland. In 2017 his novel
Fish Have No Feet was nominated for the
Man Booker International Prize. He has been nominated for the
Nordic Council Literature Prize four times. ==Bibliography==