Facts: - alt: sjon - notableworks: '' from the mouth of the whale '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- the '' i 've seen it all '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- blue fox '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- '' - birth name: sigurjon birgir sigursson - genre: fiction surrealism - birth date: 27 august 1962 - name: sjon - nationality: icelandic - image: sjonfreelicence.jpg - birth place: reykjavik , iceland - occupation: poet novelist lyricist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sjon .
sigurjon birgir sigursson -lrb- born 27 august 1962 -rrb- , known as sjon -lrb- -rrb- , is an icelandic poet , novelist , and lyricist .his pen name -lrb- meaning '' sight '' -rrb- is an abbreviation of his given name -lrb- sigurjon -rrb- .sjon frequently collaborates with the singer bjork and has performed with the sugarcubes as johnny triumph .his works have been translated into more than 25 languages .