Gestur Pálsson. His writings in both formal and informal language # 45941
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Gestur Pálsson. His writings in both bound and unbound language. Publishers Arnór Árnason and Sig. Júl. Jóhannesson, who wrote the foreword and about the life of Gestur Pálsson.
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Gestur Pálsson was born in 1852 at Miðhús on Reykjanes in Reykhólahreppur and a monument has been erected to him on the main road above the town. He became a student at the Lærðir School in 1875 and then began studying theology at Hafnarháskóli but dropped out without completing his degree. After his studies in Copenhagen, he spent several years in Reykjavík, where he worked, among other things, as a teacher and in clerical work. He also edited the newspaper Suðra.
Gestur was one of the pioneers of realism in Iceland and wrote short stories, poems and novels. He was one of the Verðandimen, so called because they published the magazine Verðandi in 1882, where they published works in the spirit of realism. Gestur moved west in 1890 and took over the editorship of Heimskringla, an Icelandic newspaper.
A good copy. A rarely seen Western print.
Gestur Pálsson was born in 1852 at Miðhús on Reykjanes in Reykhólahreppur and a monument has been erected to him on the main road above the town. He became a student at the Lærðir School in 1875 and then began studying theology at Hafnarháskóli but dropped out without completing his degree. After his studies in Copenhagen, he spent several years in Reykjavík, where he worked, among other things, as a teacher and in clerical work. He also edited the newspaper Suðra.
Gestur was one of the pioneers of realism in Iceland and wrote short stories, poems and novels. He was one of the Verðandimen, so called because they published the magazine Verðandi in 1882, where they published works in the spirit of realism. Gestur moved west in 1890 and took over the editorship of Heimskringla, an Icelandic newspaper.