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Icelandic literature refers to literature written in Iceland or by Icelandic people. It is best known for the sagas written in medieval times, starting in the 13th century. . As Icelandic and Old Norse are almost the same, and because Icelandic works constitute most of Old Norse literature, Old Norse literature is often wrongly considered a subset of Icelandic literatu
[a] This list includes authors of Icelandic literature, as well as writers in other literary disciplines; such as authors of fiction and non-fiction works, poets and skalds, playwrights, screenwriters, songwriters and composers, scholars, scribes, journalists, [b] translators, and editors of newspapers and magazines.
The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries ...
Icelandic literary awards (6 P) Icelandic poetry (7 P) Icelandic writers (17 C, 112 P) L. LGBTQ literature in Iceland (1 C, 3 P) Literary museums in Iceland (2 P) M.
He became the paper’s foremost literary critic and served as editor-in-chief during 1978 to 1992. [ 3 ] In addition to his work with Þjóðviljinn , Bergmann taught classes in literature, literary history, and various topics in Russian literature and language at the University of Iceland from 1973 until 2004.
Hannes has authored collections of poetry, fiction, narrative elements, short stories and travelogues, a book about the poet Steingrímur Thorsteinsson, a reference work on literature, and many translations. [5] He was awarded the Icelandic Literary Prize for his poetry collection Eldhylur in 1993 and the German Henrik Steffens Prize in 1975. [6]
The house was later donated to the Icelandic state and turned into a museum in the memory of the writer. In 1940 Gunnar travelled war-time Germany in an extensive lecture tour, also meeting with Adolf Hitler. In 1948 Gunnar moved to Reykjavík, where he started translating his own works into Icelandic. This task was almost completed before his ...
Icelandic novels by writer (2 C) B. Books by Björk (4 P) S. Sagas of Icelanders (1 C, 70 P) Works by Snorri Sturluson (7 P) Works by Sturla Þórðarson (3 P)