Thórbergur Thórdarson

Thórbergur Thórdarson , Icelandic Þórbergur Þórðarson (internationally also Thorbergur Thordarson ; born March 12, 1888 in Hali í Suðursveit in Austur-Skaftafellssýsla , today municipality Hornafjörður ; † November 12, 1974 in Reykjavík ) was an Icelandic writer . There is a museum about his life and work at the place of birth of the writer. It is located not far from the Jökulsárlón glacial lake west of the ring road and stands out for its architecture: the building resembles a bookshelf.

Life

Museum in Hali with the illustration of his works.

It is unclear whether he was born in 1888 or 1889. That is why there is also information that defines his year of birth as 1889.

Due to illness, he was unable to take over his father's farm. Therefore he moved to Reykjavík in 1906 and worked there as a cook on a ship. He processed his experiences here in his works Bréf til Láru and Ofvitinn I-II .

In 1909 he studied education for one semester. He then spent a few semesters at the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík High School , but did not finish school. His apprenticeship years are described in his works Ofvitinn and Íslenzkur aðall .

From 1913 to 1919 he studied philosophy at the University of Iceland . Despite great enthusiasm and interest, he was unable to complete his studies due to the lack of a high school diploma.

Þórbergur Þórðarson was enthusiastic about Esperanto , taught the language and also created textbooks for it.

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He published his first attempts at poetry under the stage name Styr Stofuglamm . Hálfir skósólar was published in 1914 and Spaks manns spjarir in 1915.

His first novel Bréf til Láru was published in 1924. His second major work was Íslenzkur aðall , which appeared in 1938. In between, a few essays and textbooks on Esperanto appeared . His two volumes Offvitinn were published in 1940 and 1944 .

Both Bréf til Láru and Íslenzkur aðall are strongly autobiographical . In doing so, he had defined his very own style within Icelandic literature .

Publications in German

• Íslenzkur aðall
  • Transferred from Hans H. Reykers : On the way to my beloved , Skulima, Heidelberg 1960
  • Transferred from Kristof Magnusson : Islands Adel , S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-10-078023-2 .

Publications in English

• The Stones speak (Steinarnir tala; autobiography), Transl., With an introd. and notes by Julian Meldon D'Arcy, Mál og Menning, Reykjavík 2012, ISBN 978-9979-3-3286-2 .

Web links

• Homepage, Museum Þorbergssetur, isl.

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 .