Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Poetic Obituaris: Born on August 12 in Scotland in 1925,

his [Thor Vilhjálmsson's] first novel Madurinn er alltaf einn ("Man is always alone") was published in 1950.

A wealth of books, novels, poems, plays and collections of articles followed, in addition to translations including French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, Morgunbladid reports.

Vilhjálmsson also painted, held exhibitions and wrote about Icelandic visual artists, including Jóhannes Kjarval and Svavar Gudnason.

from Iceland Review: Icelandic Author Passes Away

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