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Kristmann Guðmundsson
Biography
Kristmann Guðmundsson was born in Thverfell in 1901. He was born out of wedlock and his mother left him with her family. He ran away at age thirteen and eventually went to Norway where, two years later, he published his first collection of stories. It had considerable success and he went on to have a successful career as a novelist. He returned to Iceland in 1938 and died there in 1983.
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1920 Rökkursöngvar
1926 Islandsk kjærlighet
1927 Brudekjolen (The Bridal Gown)
1928 Ármann og Vildís
1929 Livets morgen (Morning of Life)
1930 Sigmar
1931 Den blå kyst
1932 Det hellige fjell
1933 Den første vår (The First Spring)
1934 Hvite netter
1935 Jordens barn
1936 Lampen
1937 Gudinnen og oksen (Winged Citadel)
1940 Arma Ley
1940 Ströndin blá
1943 Nátttröllið glottir
1947 Félagi kona
1947 Góugróður: ástarsaga
1948 Saga um Sklad
1948 Kvöl í Reykjavík
1949 Leikmanns Þankar
1950-52 Þakan rauða
1952 Ritsafn
1952 Höll þyrnirósu: stuttar sögur
1953 Arfur kynslóðanna
1955 Harmleikurinna à Austurrbæ
1955 Kristmannskver
1955 Heimsbókmenntasaga
1959 Isold hin svarta
1959 Ævintyr í himingeimnum
1959 Ferðin til stjarnanna
1960 Dærgin blá
1961 Garðaprýði
1961 Loginn hvíti. Saga skáldis
1961 Voluskrin
1962 Ísold hin gullna
1965 Torgið
1966 Skammdegi
1968 Blábrá og fleiri sögur
1968 Tilhugalíf: skemmtisaga
1969 Smiðurinn mikli
1971 Sumar í Selavík
1972 Brosið. Skáldsaga
1974 Leikur að ljóðum
1975 Stjörnuskipið
1978 Skaldeverk
1981 Haustljóð