Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson

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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

  1. ^ A b c Kristinn Eyjólfur Andrésson in Stefán Einarsson: History of Icelandic prose writers . Cornell University Press, Ithaca 1948
  2. ^ A b Ernst Walter: Andrésson, Kristinn Eyjólfur in Horst Bien (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Nordeuropean Literaturen. Leipzig 1978
  3. ↑ Saga Tímarits times above menningar . Website of the magazine Tímarit Máls og menningar
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 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