Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum (1981) and Håkon Håkonsson (1990).^[1] He died in November 2008.^[2]

Bibliography

Manus (1973) (poetry)
Høstbok (1976) (poetry)
Historier i oktober (1979) (poetry)
Fartøy (1999) (poetry)
Det spesielle grep om fjærpennen (2007) (texts by Olav Angell; edited by Jónsson)

References

^ Larsen, Dag (2007). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/J%C3%B3n_Sveinbj%C3%B8rn_J%C3%B3nsson. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
^ Steinkjer, Mode (26 November 2008). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson 1955 – 2008" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article382930.ece. Retrieved 4 April 2009.

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Name	Jonsson, Jon Sveinbjoern
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Date of birth	28 June 1955
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Date of death	21 November 2008
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