Guðmundur Daníelsson

Guðmundur Daníelsson (born October 4, 1910 in Guttormshagi ; † February 6, 1990 ) was an Icelandic writer. His works include novels, short stories, plays, poems and travelogues. The Lexicon of World Literature describes him as the author of u. a. Novels that are “close to national romanticism” and that “pay homage to a certain primitivism” but are in part of “high poetic beauty”.

Guðmundur was born the son of wealthy farmers and attended the teachers' college in Reykjavík from 1933 to 1934 . He traveled through Europe in 1936 and 1948/49 and was in the USA in 1945 . By profession he was a teacher and school director, from 1973 a freelance writer.

In the 1940s, Guðmundur lived in a house in Eyrarbakki , built in 1765 , which is one of the oldest in the country and is now a local museum. Seven of his books were written there.

Works

1935 - Bræðurnir í Grashaga 1936 - Ilmur daganna 1938 - Gegnum lystigarðinn 1940 - Á bökkum Bolafljóts 1941 - Af jörð ertu kominn 1941 - Eldur 1942 - Sandur 1944 - Landið handan landsins 1944 - Heldrimenn á húsgangi 1946 - Kveðið á glugga 1948 - Mannspilin and ásinn 1948 - Á langferðaleiðum (travel report) 1950 - Í fjallskugganum 1953 - Musteri óttans 1955 - blind training course

1955 - Vængjaðir hestar 1958 - Hrafnhetta 1961 - Sonur minn Sinfjötli 1963 - Húsið 1966 - Turninn og teningurinn 1968 - Staðir og stefnumót 1971 - Spítalasaga 1972 - Járnblómið 1975 - Óratóría 1976 - Bróðir minn Húni 1977 - Vestangúlpur garró 1979 - Dómsdagur 1981 - Bókin to Daníel 1985 - Tólftónafuglinn 1987 - Vatnið

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gero von Wilpert: Lexicon of world literature. dtv, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-423-59050-5 , p. 346
2. ↑ husid.com: Guðmundur Daníelsson October 4, 1910 - February 6, 1990. ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed December 2011.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Christine Knüppel: Icelandic literature in German translation 1860-2000. Seltmann & Hein, Cologne 2002. ISBN 3-934687-07-5 , p. 30 (PDF version)
4. ↑ husid.com: The House at Eyrarbakki - The Árnesinga Folk Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .