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Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson
Biography
Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson was born in Hlíð in 1918. His father was a farmer but also a part-time teacher. At age fifteen, he left the farm to go and make his way in Reykjavik, to his father’s disgust. He managed to make his way and published his first collection – a book of children’s stories – in 1934, which had some success. He started associating with left-wing groups and published his first novels by the time he was twenty. This did not have the same success as his stories. He spent some time in Denmark and in the United States, before settling in Reykjavik. He continued to produce poetry, novels and short stories, though his work did not seem influenced by his left-wing views. He died in 1988. His son is the writer Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (Olaf Olafsson).
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1934 Við Álftavatn
1935 Um sumarkvöld
1936 Skuggarnir af bænum, roman
1940 Liggur vegurinn þangað ?
1940 Kvistir í altarinu
1944 Fjallið og draumurinn
1945 Teningar í tafli
1947 Speglar og fiðrildi
1947 Litbrigði jarðarinnar (The Changing Earth and Selected Poems)
1951 Vorköld jörð
1952 Nokkrar vísur um veðrið og fleira
1955 Gangvirkið
1955 Á vegamótum
1959 Ljósir dagar
1962 Spói
1965 Leynt og ljóst
1965 Bréf séra Böðvars (Pastor Bodvar’s Letter)
1970 Glerbrotid
1972 Seint á ferð
1972 Að laufferjum
1972 Hreiðrið
1974 Að brunnum
1977 Seiður og hélog
1978 Virki og vötn
1979 Í gestanauð: sögur 1940–1945
1979 Margs er að gæta: sögur 1945–1962
1979 Þrjár sögur
1979 Út á þjódveginn: sögur 1935-1940
1983 Drekar og smáfuglar. Úr fórum blaðamanns
1988 Að lokum
1988 Kvæði
1992 The Stars of Constantinople (story selection)
1993 Sagnaúrval 1939–1965