Gunnar Gunnarsson

Gunnar Gunnarsson ( born May 18, 1889 Fljótsdalur, † November 21, 1975 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic poet.

Life

Gunnar was born the son of a poor farmer on the farm Valþjófsstaður in Fljótsdalur and grew up there. In 1897 his mother died. He attended only the simple elementary school. At 18, he was able to attend the community college for two years in Askov. Here in Jutland he learned Franzisca Jorgensen, whom he married on August 20, 1912.

In 1912, the first part of his novel was published People on credit, to which was followed by three more parts. He became famous through these novels. He wrote his books in Danish, which is far more common than Icelandic.

1918, 1921 and most recently for his novel Seven days of darkness, he was nominated by Adolf Noreen for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In 1926 he returned to Iceland, where he first settled near Vopnafjörður. In 1938 he was able to purchase the farm Skriðuklaustur near his birthplace. Ten years later he moved to Reykjavík, where he began his works to be translated into Icelandic.

Gunnar Gunnarsson died in 1975 in Reykjavík, and was buried on Viðey.

Works

His book The Advent is his most famous work. It has been released in Germany first in 1936 and most recently in 2012.