Örvar Smárason is a poet, writer, composer and a musician. Svefngríman is his first short story collection, but before he had published the novella Úfin, strokin and a poetry collection, Gamall þrjótur, nýir tímar. Örvar received The Grassroot Grant from The Icelandic Literature Center for Svefngríman and he has also been awarded the Juliana festival award for one of the short story in the collection.