Þórbergur Þórðarson
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Þórbergur.
Þórbergssetur museum and cultural centre in Hali, Suðursveit
Þórbergur Þórðarson (Thorbergur Thordarson) (Hali í Suðursveit, 12 March 1888/1889[1] – Reykjavík, 12 November 1974) was an Icelandic author and Esperantist. On 30 June 2006, Þórbergssetur was opened as a museum and cultural center in Hali, Suðursveit.
Bibliography
- 1915: Hálfir skósólar
- 1917: Spaks manns spjarir
- 1922: Hvítir hrafnar (reprint of "Hálfir skósólar" and "Spaks manns spjarir")
- 1924: Bréf til Láru
- 1938: Íslenzkur aðall (Portions published in English as In Search of My Beloved by Twayne Publishers, 1967)
- 1940–1941: Ofvitinn
- 1945–1950: Ævisaga Árna Þórarinssonar prófasts, (memoirs of Árni Þórarinsson)
- 1954–1955: Sálmurinn um blómið
- 1956: Steinarnir tala (Published in English as The Stones Speak by Mál og menning, Reykjavík 2012)
- 1960: Ritgerðir 1924–1959 (essays)
- 1975: Í Suðursveit
- 2010: In the Footsteps of a Storyteller (excerpts accompanied by photographs, Forlagið 2010)
Notes
- ↑ (Icelandic)"Þórbergur Þórðarson: Æviferill". Thorbergur.is. English translation
References
- Íslenska Alfræðiorðabókin P-Ö. 1990. Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir and Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík.
External links
- Thorbergur.is - The museum's website
- http://www.sagenhaftes-island.is/en/icelandic-literature/authors/nr/1121 - A biography
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