Jón úr Vör
Jón úr Vör (1917–2000) was an Icelandic poet. He has been credited, along with Steinn Steinarr, as being one of those who brought a modernist approach into Icelandic poetry. This was through the publication of his book of poems in 1946 entitled Þorpið (The Village).[1][2][3][4]
Selected publications[]
- Jón úr Vör. (1956) Þorpið, Reykjavík: Heimskringla.
- Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör, Matthías Johannessen, and Marshall Brement (1985) Three modern Icelandic poets: selected poems of Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör and Matthías Johannessen. Reykjavík, Iceland: Iceland Review.
References[]
- ^ Ástráður Eysteinsson, Vivian Liska eds (2007) Modernism, Volume 1 of Comparative history of literatures in European languages, John Benjamins Publishing, ISBN 902723454X, 9789027234544
- ^ "JÓN ÚR VÖR". www.mbl.is.
- ^ Stevens, Patrick J. (2004). Icelandic writers. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
- ^ Neijmann, Daisy L. (2006) A History of Icelandic Literature, University of Nebraska Press
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