Steingrímur Thorsteinsson

Steingrímur Thorsteinsson

Steingrímur Thorsteinsson , (* 1831 in Arnarstapi , Iceland ; † 1913 in Reykjavík , Iceland) was an Icelandic poet .

Family and origin

His parents were the canon Bjarni Thorsteinsson and his wife Þórunn Hannesdóttir, daughter of Bishop Hannes Finnson von Skálholt .

Life

Steingrímur Thorsteinsson was born in Arnarstapi on Snæfellsnes in 1831 . He grew up as one of three sons in a wealthy family.

Higher education was a matter of course for such a person and he received this from 1846 in Reykjavík in the so-called Latin school. A student prank and participation in an uprising against the director almost prevented his Abitur, but he was able to finish it in 1851.

He then stayed in Denmark for many years. He attended college there, initially studying law, but soon realized that this was not his thing and switched to the humanities. He was particularly fond of the old and new languages. Only after 12 years did he complete his studies. During his time in Copenhagen , he was also very involved in the fight for Iceland's independence at the side of Jón Sigurðsson and was temporarily editor-in-chief of the magazine Ný félagsrit .

After a few more years, during which he had earned his living primarily with translations, he returned to Iceland, where he became a teacher at Lærði Skólinn grammar school in Reykjavík and later also worked there temporarily as the school director.

The writer and teacher died in Reykjavík in 1913.

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Steingrímur Thorsteinsson "is considered one of the great romantic poets of the Icelandic independence movement". He wrote a lot of romantic poetry, but also made a name for himself as a translator of world literature. He translated works as diverse as Plato , Shakespeare , Schiller and Hans Christian Andersen as well as the stories from the Arabian Nights into Icelandic .

Web links

• Some of his poems on Ljóð.is (Icelandic)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Jón R. Hjálmarsson: Þjóðkunnir menn við þjóðveginn. Bókaútgáfan Skjáldborg, Reykjavík 2006, pp. 42–43.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jón R. Hjálmarsson: Með þjóðskjáldum við þjóðveginn. Reykjavík 2004, p. 39.
3. ↑ S. Aðalsteinsdóttir (Ed.): Icelandic poetry. Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-458-35754-4 , p. 220.
4. ↑ Kristján Eiríksson, Sigurborg Hilmarsdóttir: Bókastóð. Ágrip af íslenskri bókmenntasögu. Iðnú, Reykjavík 1999, p. 90.

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 .