Davíð Stefánsson

Davíð Stefánsson ( born January 21, 1895 in Fagriskógur on Eyjafjörður; † March 1, 1964 in Möðruvellir ( Hörgárdalur ) ) was a writer from Iceland. His most famous works are the poetry collection Svartar fjaðrir and often performed in Iceland play Gullna hliðið.

Life

Davíð was born on the farm Fagriskógur on 21 January 1895. Therefore, he also moved his nickname DAVID Stefánsson frá Fagraskógi.

His parents were Baldvin Stefán Stefánsson, farmer and later a member of parliament, and Ragnheiður Davíðsdóttir of court in Hörgárdal.

Davíð the school closed Gagnfræðaskólinn á Akureyri from 1911 with the final exam. The years 1915-1916 he spent in Copenhagen, where he began to write and publish. Later he went to high school Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík and made in 1919 Abitur. In the same year his first volume of poetry appeared fjaðrir entitled Svartar.

Davíð Stefánsson spent repeatedly time abroad, eg 1920 in Italy and 1923 in Norway. From 1925 he took a job as a librarian in the Office Library in Akureyri, which he held until the year 1951.

He lived until his death in Akureyri, where he died on 1 March 1964. He is buried with his family in Möðruvellir.

Individualist and neo-romantic

Davíð Stefánsson was in many ways a typical poet of romanticism, it being noted that the literary movements in Iceland often arrived later and lasted longer than in other European countries. He focused more on the inner life of the individual as on the Human Environment. His poetry is characterized by the expression of strong feelings and antagonisms. A strong national feeling, hero worship, aestheticism and freedom of thinking are the defining elements of his lyrics.

Last published poems by him posthumously in 1966.

Prices

The Icelandic Writers Union awarded during the years 1991-2000 a year the writer price Davíðspenninn in memory of Davíð Stefánsson, who had been in 1945 one of the founders of the association.

Museum

In Akureyri his former home ( Davíðshús ) was converted into a museum. There is also a poet apartment in him. The house is located not far from Nonnahús.

Works

Poetry anthologies

• Svartar fjaðrir, 1919
• Kvæði, 1922
• Kveðjur, 1924
• Ný kvæði, 1929
• Í byggðum, 1933
• Að Norðan, 1936
• Ný kvæðabók, 1947
• Ljod frá liðnu sumri, 1956
• Í dögun, 1960
• Síðustu Ljod, 1966 ( posthumously )

Plays and novels

• Munkarnir á Möðruvöllum, 1926
• Gullna hliðið,
• Sólon Islandus I-II, 1941 ( novel about Sölva Helgason ).
• Vopn guðanna, 1944
• Locale ID gleymda, (premiered in 1953, first edition 1956).