Jóhann Sigurjónsson

Jóhann Sigurjónsson ( born June 19, 1880 in Laxamýri, Norður - Þingeyjarsýsla; † August 31, 1919 in Copenhagen) was an Icelandic playwright. He wrote pieces in the Icelandic and Danish.

Life

The son of a farmer studied at the University of Copenhagen, where he was influenced by Georg Brandes and the philosophy of Nietzsche.

His most famous drama is Bjærg - Eyvind og hans hustru (1911, Ger: Berg- Eyvind and his wife ), which tells of the outlawed as shown Fjalla - Eyvindur and his wife Halla. For this piece was also known in Iceland sad lullaby Sofðu Hungarian Astin mín. The original was taken up in 1918 by the Swedish director Victor Sjöström and with himself in the lead role filmed (Swedish Original title: Mountain Ejvind och hans hustru ).

Almost as well known is his drama Galdra - Loftur ( Loftur the spellcaster ); The Danish title is Ønsket ( The request). It was shot in 1915, the believing in the magic power of desire Loftur tried by sorcery to gain infinite power. ; power is an end in itself and he gets so into the dilemma between good and evil.

Sigurjónsson died at age 39 of tuberculosis.

Works

• Dr Rung (1904 )
• Bóndinn á Hrauni (1908 )
• Bjærg - och hans Eyvind hustru (1911 )
• Galdra loptur (1915 )
• Ritsafn
• Fjalla Eyvindur
• Løgneren (1917 )
• Ønsket
• Smaadigte (1920 )