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Hagalagðar. Short stories by Einar Þorkelsson.
The stories are; - Orphans; On the Deathbed; Learned from Grandma; Kápa; Mera-Grímur; The Voice; The Tool of Unlikeliness; Homesickness.
Einar Þorkelsson was born in Borg á Mýrum on 11.6. 1867, the son of Reverend Þorkel Eyjólfsson and Ragnheiður Pálsdóttir. Einar was the youngest of ten siblings who survived, while seven others died in childhood. The family moved to Staðastaður on Snæfellsnes when Einar was about 8 years old. His father was for a time a home tutor for Jón Thorstensen, the regional medical officer, taught at the same time various pre-schools and always had young men in his studies, after he was ordained a priest.
Einar studied with his father and settled in well. He lived for several years in Búðir, and later in Ólafsvík and Stykkishólmur, where he mainly taught. In 1905 he came to Reykjavík and initially worked on manuscripts at the National Archives, which his brother Dr. Jón Þorkelsson directed. Einar had a particularly beautiful and stylish handwriting, as many of his document copies attest.
In 1909 he began working in the Althingi office and later became its first permanent secretary, 1914-23. Einar lived in the Althingi House with his wife, Ólafía Guðmundsdóttir, from 1918 to 1923. This is the only example of a resident in the house. They had two boys while living there.
After Einar left the Althingi, he began writing, and three collections of short stories emerged from his work. The language was clean and concise, and his stories showed a sensitive understanding of the "little ones" among both humans and animals.
The stories are; - Orphans; On the Deathbed; Learned from Grandma; Kápa; Mera-Grímur; The Voice; The Tool of Unlikeliness; Homesickness.
Einar Þorkelsson was born in Borg á Mýrum on 11.6. 1867, the son of Reverend Þorkel Eyjólfsson and Ragnheiður Pálsdóttir. Einar was the youngest of ten siblings who survived, while seven others died in childhood. The family moved to Staðastaður on Snæfellsnes when Einar was about 8 years old. His father was for a time a home tutor for Jón Thorstensen, the regional medical officer, taught at the same time various pre-schools and always had young men in his studies, after he was ordained a priest.
Einar studied with his father and settled in well. He lived for several years in Búðir, and later in Ólafsvík and Stykkishólmur, where he mainly taught. In 1905 he came to Reykjavík and initially worked on manuscripts at the National Archives, which his brother Dr. Jón Þorkelsson directed. Einar had a particularly beautiful and stylish handwriting, as many of his document copies attest.
In 1909 he began working in the Althingi office and later became its first permanent secretary, 1914-23. Einar lived in the Althingi House with his wife, Ólafía Guðmundsdóttir, from 1918 to 1923. This is the only example of a resident in the house. They had two boys while living there.
After Einar left the Althingi, he began writing, and three collections of short stories emerged from his work. The language was clean and concise, and his stories showed a sensitive understanding of the "little ones" among both humans and animals.