{"product_id":"ljo-og-ritgerir-85267-32170","title":"Poems and Essays # 85267","description":"Poems and essays by Jóhann Jónsson. Halldór Laxness writes an introduction \"about the author\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jóhann Jónsson was born in September 1896 in Staðastaður on Snæfellsnes. He grew up in Ólafsvík and graduated from Reykjavík High School in 1920, went to Leipzig in 1921 and never returned to Iceland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a child, Jóhann contracted tuberculosis in one of his legs, and had a clubfoot and walked with a limp. He later contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and died on September 1, 1932, at the age of only 35.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJóhann's poem \u003cb\u003eSöknuður\u003c\/b\u003e is considered to have a unique position among Jóhann's writings, and it is because of that poem that Jóhann is considered a pioneer in Icelandic poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where have the days of your life lost their color,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and the poems that flow through your blood from dream to dream,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Where did those who cared for you, oh child, fall prey to the weather?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e carried with the wonder of unity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Your own inexhaustible well in your chest, where?","brand":"Bókin.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51125417443656,"sku":"OSC-32170","price":3900.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4029\/9848\/files\/35955.jpg?v=1754805207","url":"https:\/\/www.bokin.is\/en\/products\/ljo-og-ritgerir-85267-32170","provider":"bokin.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}