Indriði Einarsson

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Indriði Einarsson (born April 30, 1851 in Húsabakki , Skagafjörður ; † March 31, 1939 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic playwright of the late Romantic period , translator and civil servant.

Life

Indriðis parents were the farmer Einar Magnusson and his wife Evfemía (or Eufemia ) Gísladóttir . He attended the Latin school in Reykjavík , where Sigurður Guðmundsson was able to inspire him for literature. Matthías Jochumsson also had a great influence on him . Indriði wrote his first play, Nýjársnóttin , which was premiered in 1871, while still at school. This piece, which draws its motifs from folk tales, was later revised and translated into German in 1910 . Indriði's second, thematically similar play Hellismenn was premiered in 1873. After that he was able to invest less time in his writing, but worked as a translator and promoted theater groups in Reykjavík.

From 1872 Indriði studied economics in Copenhagen . He graduated with distinction in 1877. This was followed by a one-year stay at the University of Edinburgh . On his return to Iceland, Indriði got a job as a tax officer. On July 20, 1880, he married Martha Maria Gudjohnsen , the daughter of the musician Pétur Gudjohnsen . The couple had a total of eight children. Three daughters, including Guðrún Indriðadóttir , later became actresses.

As an economist, Indriði was involved in founding two Icelandic banks, namely Landsbanki and Íslandsbanki . He also edited the Icelandic Statistical Yearbook. From 1909 to 1918 he was Iceland's chief financial officer.

In the 1890s, Indriði wrote some plays again. Sverð og bagall , which is considered to be the first historical drama in Iceland, received international attention . It was translated into German, Danish and, as the first Icelandic play, also into English .

From 1922 he mainly worked as a translator. He translated numerous works by William Shakespeare into the Icelandic language . In 1936 his memoirs and his last drama, Siðasti vikingurinn, eða Jörgen Jörgensen appeared .

Works

Dramas

  • Nýjársnóttin (1871/1907; German New Year's Eve , 1910)
  • Hellisms (1873)
  • Systkinin í Fremsladal (1895)
  • Sverð og bagall (1899; German sword and crook , 1900)
  • Skipið sekkur (1902)
  • Stúlkan í Tungu (1909)
  • Dansinn í Hruna (1921)
  • Siðasti vikingurinn, eða Jörgen Jörgensen (1936)

Others

  • Séð og lifað (Memoirs, 1936)

literature

  • Indriði Einarsson . in: Stefán Einarsson: History of Icelandic prose writers . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1948

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Einarsson, Indridi in: Diether Krywalski (ed.): Knaurs Lexikon der Weltliteratur, 3rd edition, Munich 1986. Page 179
  2. ^ Indriði Einarsson . in: Páll Eggert Ólason: Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940 (... 1965) . Volume 6. Reykjavík, 1976
  3. ↑ a b Einarsson, Indridi . in: Sofus Elvius: To Hundrede Biografier af Studenterne fra 1872 . Copenhagen 1912
  4. ↑ Iceland . in: Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn (Eds.): The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama . Columbia University Press, New York 2007
  5. ^ Pétur Guðjónsson . in: Bogi Benediktsson: Sýslumannaæfir . Reykjavík 1881-1915
  6. ↑ Ernst Walter: Einarsson, Indriði . in: Horst Bien (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Northern European Literature . Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1978
  7. ↑ Lee M. Hollander: Indridi Einarsson. Icelandic Dramatist and his Saga Drama . in: Indriði Einarsson: Sword and Croziar . Kessinger Publishing, 2004
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 .
personal data
SURNAME Indriði Einarsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic playwright, translator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Húsabakki , Skagafjörður , Iceland
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1939
Place of death Reykjavík , Iceland