Skúli Guðjónsson
Skúli Guðjónsson (born January 30, 1903 at the Ljótunnarstaðir farm in Hrútafjörður , today in the municipality of Húnaþing vestra ; † June 20, 1986 ibid) was an Icelandic author, politician and journalist.
Life
Skúli Guðjónsson spent his whole life on the Ljótunnarstaðir farm in north-west Iceland , where he worked as a farmer since his marriage in 1936. From 1943 to 1946 he worked as the head of a road construction team. After he was blind in 1946, Skúli developed his literary work with the help of a braille machine . Numerous articles first appeared in newspapers and magazines, then collected for the first time in 1961 in the volume Bréf úr myrkri ("Letters from the Darkness"). Several more volumes followed.
Skúli Guðjónsson was a member of the United People's Party - Socialist Party ( Sósíalistaflokkurinn ), of which he was a member of the Central Committee , and chaired a local trade union group.
Works
- Bréf úr myrkri. Heimskringla, Reykjavík 1961.
- Það sem ég hef skrifað. Ritgerðaúrval 1931-1966. Heimskringla, Reykjavík 1969.
- Svo hleypur æskan unga. Skuggsjá, Hafnarfjörður 1975.
- Heyrt en ekki séð. Skuggsjá, Hafnarfjörður 1972.
- Vér vitum ei hvers biðja ber. Heimskringla, Reykjavík 1975.
- Hver liðin stund he lögð í sjóð. Skuggsjá, Hafnarfjörður 1982.
literature
- Editor: Bruno Kress , short biography Skúli Guðjónsson in Erkundungen - 27 Icelandic storytellers , Verlag Volk und Welt Berlin 1980, page 273.
- Einar Olgeirsson: Skúli Guðjónsson frá Ljótunnarstöðum . In: Réttur . 69th year, no. 3 , August 1, 1986, p. 144–148 ( online at timarit.is ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skúli Guðjónsson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic politician and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljótunnarstaðir |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1986 |
| Place of death | Ljótunnarstaðir |