Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson
Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson (born June 12, 1901 in Helgustaðir við Reyðarfjörð ; † August 21, 1973 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic publisher and literary scholar.
Life
Kristinn grew up near the village of Eskifjörður . He studied literature in Reykjavík and later in Berlin . There he turned to communism.
In 1933 he founded the Heimskringla publishing house . From 1935 to 1938 he published the literary magazine Rauðir pennar . With Eiríkur Magnússon , Halldór Laxness , Halldór Stefánsson and Sigurður Thorlacius , he founded the company Mál og menning in 1938 , which published inexpensive editions of Icelandic and foreign literature. In addition, from 1940 the society published the magazine Tímarit Máls og menningar . Kristinn was editor of the magazine until 1970.
In 1968 he was awarded the Order of Lenin .
Fonts
- Íslenskar nútímabókmenntir 1918 til 1948 (1949)
- Eyjan hvita (1951)
- Icelandic storytellers (1963, as editor with Bruno Kress )
- Enginn er eyland (1971)
- Ný augu (1973)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson in Stefán Einarsson: History of Icelandic prose writers . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1948
- ^ A b Ernst Walter: Andrésson, Kristinn Eyjólfur in Horst Bien (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Nordeuropean Literaturen. Leipzig 1978
- ↑ Saga Tímarits times above menningar . Website of the magazine Tímarit Máls og menningar
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SURNAME | Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andrésson, Kristinn Eyjólfur |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic publisher and literary scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Helgustaðir við Reyðarfjörð |
DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1973 |
Place of death | Reykjavík |