冰岛 List of Authors
Steinn SteinarrEinar BragiSigurdur A. MagnussonThuridur Gudmundsdottir
Jon Ur VorSnorri HjartarsonSigfus Dadason
Jon Ur Vor
冰岛  (January 21, 1917 AD～March 4, 2000 AD)


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 via the publication his book of poems in 1946 entitled Þorpið (The Village).

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

  1. ^ Ástráður Eysteinsson, Vivian Liska eds (2007) Modernism, Volume 1 of Comparative history of literatures in European languages, John Benjamins Publishing, ISBN 902723454X, 9789027234544
  2. ^ "JÓN ÚR VÖR". www.mbl.is.
  3. ^ Stevens, Patrick J. (2004). Icelandic writers. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
  4. ^ Neijmann, Daisy L. (2006) A History of Icelandic Literature, University of Nebraska Press

    

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