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The New Vision. Religious poems by Harald C. Geirsson.
This is Haraldur C. Geirsson's only book.
Very little is known about Haraldur C. Geirsson's life, other than that he was of Icelandic descent, lived all his life in Toronto, Canada, was unmarried, and worked most of his time as an accountant for a freight forwarding company. That company no longer exists, and Haraldur's relatives have not been found, either in Canada or in Iceland. He died about ten years ago. When Haraldur's book of poetry, Hin nýja sýn, was published in Iceland in 1990, the book's publisher, Smekkleysa, received some further information from the author, but that information has been lost, and nothing seems to be found about Haraldur on the World Wide Web, apart from a press release in an Icelandic newspaper on the occasion of the book's publication. Haraldur sent the manuscript for Hin nýja sýn to Smekkleysa a year or two before it was decided to publish it; The publisher had the idea of inviting him to the country for that occasion, but nothing came of those plans, whatever the reason may have been, Haraldur's lack of interest or the tight financial situation of the publisher at the time. Some two or three new poems were received from Haraldur after the book was published, but those poems were more akin to opportunistic poems, written on the occasion of a wedding and/or birthday. It is safe to say that Haraldur had a fairly good command of the Icelandic language, considering that he did not grow up speaking the language, and as far as is known, never came to Iceland. One of the poems in The New Vision describes a flight, but in light of the fact that it begins with the lines "Never in my life / have I ever been in a plane", it can be assumed that Haraldur never missed traveling to the land of his ancestors. As for the religious aspect of The New Vision, which is certainly the most important in the book, there is no doubting the author's conviction, which seems sincere and pure, although some of his biblical understanding may have been a little washed out. There is a certain tone of zeal in some of the poems, but it could be said that he compensates for that tone with the light rhythm struck in the aforementioned poem about air travel, where in the final lines he makes fun of himself for being a daydreamer, in the fullest sense of the word: "But oft mig dreimir daga langa / semd hemins þæð sef."
This is Haraldur C. Geirsson's only book.
Very little is known about Haraldur C. Geirsson's life, other than that he was of Icelandic descent, lived all his life in Toronto, Canada, was unmarried, and worked most of his time as an accountant for a freight forwarding company. That company no longer exists, and Haraldur's relatives have not been found, either in Canada or in Iceland. He died about ten years ago. When Haraldur's book of poetry, Hin nýja sýn, was published in Iceland in 1990, the book's publisher, Smekkleysa, received some further information from the author, but that information has been lost, and nothing seems to be found about Haraldur on the World Wide Web, apart from a press release in an Icelandic newspaper on the occasion of the book's publication. Haraldur sent the manuscript for Hin nýja sýn to Smekkleysa a year or two before it was decided to publish it; The publisher had the idea of inviting him to the country for that occasion, but nothing came of those plans, whatever the reason may have been, Haraldur's lack of interest or the tight financial situation of the publisher at the time. Some two or three new poems were received from Haraldur after the book was published, but those poems were more akin to opportunistic poems, written on the occasion of a wedding and/or birthday. It is safe to say that Haraldur had a fairly good command of the Icelandic language, considering that he did not grow up speaking the language, and as far as is known, never came to Iceland. One of the poems in The New Vision describes a flight, but in light of the fact that it begins with the lines "Never in my life / have I ever been in a plane", it can be assumed that Haraldur never missed traveling to the land of his ancestors. As for the religious aspect of The New Vision, which is certainly the most important in the book, there is no doubting the author's conviction, which seems sincere and pure, although some of his biblical understanding may have been a little washed out. There is a certain tone of zeal in some of the poems, but it could be said that he compensates for that tone with the light rhythm struck in the aforementioned poem about air travel, where in the final lines he makes fun of himself for being a daydreamer, in the fullest sense of the word: "But oft mig dreimir daga langa / semd hemins þæð sef."