Þorsteinn frá Hamri
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Þorsteinn frá Hamri (aka þorsteinn Jonsson), (15 Mar 1938 - ) is an Icelandic writer notable for having been nominated four times for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize over a period of two decades.
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[edit] Writings
Since his first book of poems released in the 1950s, Þorsteinn frá Hamri had published seventeen volumes of poetry and six of prose fiction by 2000.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Kristjana Gunnars, 'Medan pu vaktir' (Book review), World Literature Today, January 2000, retrieved January 2008.
See also
- þorsteinn Jonsson entry in Dennis McIntire, International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopaedia, Routledge, 2001, pp. 270-271.
- Hermann Stefánsson (Transl. Dagur Gunnarsson), 'The clamour of elves and the magic of birds - On the writings of Þorsteinn frá Hamri', Reykjavik City Library, 2002.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels, short stories and sagnaþættir (chronicles)
- 1963 - Skuldaskil (The Reckoning)
- 1969 - Himinbjargarsaga eða Skógadraumur (The Story of Himinbjörg or a Forest Dream) - nominated for 1972 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- Haust í Skírisskógi (Autumn in Sherwood Forest)
- Hallgrímur smali og húsfreyjan á bjargi, (Hallgrímur the sheaphearder and the houskeeper at Bjarg)
- 1987 - Ætternisstapi og átján vermenn (The ancestral home and eighteen sailors)
- 1989 - Vatns götur og blóðs (Streets of Water and Blood) - nominated for 1992 Nordic Council Literature Prize
[edit] Poetry
- 1958 - Í svörtum kufli (In a black cassock)
- 1960 - Tannfé handa nýjum heimi (Tooth fee for a New World)
- 1962 - Lifandi manna land (Land of living men)
- 1964 - Langnætti á Kaldadal (A long night in Kaldidalur (cold valley))
- 1972 - Veðrahjálmur (Weather helmet)
- 1977 - Fiðrið úr sæng daladrottningar (The feathers from the valley queen's duvet) - nominated for 1979 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1982 - Spjótalög á spegil (Spearthrusted mirror) - nominated for 1984 Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1992 - Sæfarinn sofandi (The sleeping sailor)
- Það talar í trjánum (Speaking in the trees)
- Vetrarmyndin (Winter image)
- 1999 - Medan pu vaktir
[edit] Prizes and awards
- 1972 - short list - Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1979 - short list - Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1981 - Children's book literary award for translation, Reykjavik
- 1984 - short list - Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1991 - Thorbergur Thordarson Literary Prize
- 1992 - short list - Nordic Council Literature Prize
- 1992 - Icelandic Literary Prize
[edit] External links
- The Nordic Council's Literature Prize
- Biography of Þorsteinn frá Hamri at Reykjavik City Library
- An image of the writer and example of his work (In Icelandic)
