Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (born December 6, 1859 in Vallanes , † May 21, 1938 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic writer .
Life
Einar was the son of pastor Hjörleifur Einarsson and his wife Guðlaug Eyjólfsdóttir. He studied in the Danish Copenhagen Economics However, his studies broke off. From 1885 to 1895 he lived in Winnipeg , Canada, where he worked as a journalist and edited Icelandic publications. In 1895 he returned to Iceland, where he continued to work as a journalist and editor in Reykjavík and Akureyri . He also wrote prose and dramas . His first book was the 1908 novel Ofurefli . In 1913 he received a scholarship from the Icelandic government, which allowed him to devote himself entirely to writing.
Einar, who was born under the name Einar Hjörleifsson , took the family name Kvaran in 1916, together with his brothers and their sons.
In 1923 a poll found that Einar was Iceland's most popular writer at the time. Halldór Laxness, who later won the Nobel Prize, developed admiration for Einar's work . Some of his books have also been translated into German . Today, however, they are rather unknown.
Topics in Einar's work include Christian values and spirituality . He also describes the social conditions in Iceland and life in the country.
bibliography
- Novels
- Ofurefli (1908) - German Die Übermacht ( Erich von Mendelssohn , S. Fischer, Berlin 1912, Download )
- Gull (1911)
- Dramas
- Lénharður fógeti (1913)
- Syndir annarra (1915)
- Novella
- Litli-Hvammur (1898) - German Klein-Hvammur (Franz Kuntze, Reclam, Leipzig 1909)
- Others
- Ritsafn (Collected Works, 1943/1944)
literature
- Horst Bien and others: Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literatures, Leipzig 1978
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kvaran, Einar Hjörleifsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vallanes |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1938 |
| Place of death | Reykjavík |