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Many things will become known to the wise. Stories by Arnrún frá Felli.
Many things will be known to the married couple, which is the only book by Arnrún from Fell.
Arnrún frá Felli was the pen name of Guðrún Tómasdóttir, who was born in Mýrarsýsla in 1886 and grew up there until the age of 19. She then moved to Reykjavík and began studying to be a midwife, which was one of the few educational options open to women at the time. In the winter of 1907-8, she studied nursing in Copenhagen and worked there as a midwife the following winter. She returned to Iceland and took a job as a midwife in Ísafjörður, a position she held for nine years, 1909-1917. During those years, she wrote a lot of poetry, but she also published short stories in newspapers and magazines, such as Eimreiðinn and Iðunn. Few of her poems have been published in print.
In 1917, Guðrún went to the West, and her intention must have been to stay there only for a short time, but there she met Karl Friðrik Bjarnason, who had a doctorate in linguistics and worked as a professor at Harvard. They married in 1918 and lived in the United States for the rest of their lives. Guðrún's main job for three decades was to type her husband's lectures and research. That work has undoubtedly given her great insight into linguistics, she had a great knowledge of languages, speaking in addition to Icelandic, English and Nordic languages, German, French and Spanish. Because of her husband's work, they lived for a time in both Germany and France.
Stories and poems by Guðrún/Arnrún appeared widely in magazines, but only one book by her was published, the short story collection Margs ðerð húin vísár. There are 13 stories that are among the first Reykjavík sagas in Icelandic literature. The main characters of most of the stories are young, lively girls and it can be said that this is a new female image. Guðrún wrote in a style that matches the setting and subject well. She uses a "modern" language with idioms and phrases from urban dialect. She achieves a speed in the narrative by omitting small words and connections, for example in conversations. Her narrative style is often humorous, even if the subject matter is "very serious".
Guðrún died in 1972 at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts, having been a widow since 1949. In her memory, the poet Steingerður Guðmundsdóttir wrote the poem "Til Ljósu" (www.skald.is)
Many things will be known to the married couple, which is the only book by Arnrún from Fell.
Arnrún frá Felli was the pen name of Guðrún Tómasdóttir, who was born in Mýrarsýsla in 1886 and grew up there until the age of 19. She then moved to Reykjavík and began studying to be a midwife, which was one of the few educational options open to women at the time. In the winter of 1907-8, she studied nursing in Copenhagen and worked there as a midwife the following winter. She returned to Iceland and took a job as a midwife in Ísafjörður, a position she held for nine years, 1909-1917. During those years, she wrote a lot of poetry, but she also published short stories in newspapers and magazines, such as Eimreiðinn and Iðunn. Few of her poems have been published in print.
In 1917, Guðrún went to the West, and her intention must have been to stay there only for a short time, but there she met Karl Friðrik Bjarnason, who had a doctorate in linguistics and worked as a professor at Harvard. They married in 1918 and lived in the United States for the rest of their lives. Guðrún's main job for three decades was to type her husband's lectures and research. That work has undoubtedly given her great insight into linguistics, she had a great knowledge of languages, speaking in addition to Icelandic, English and Nordic languages, German, French and Spanish. Because of her husband's work, they lived for a time in both Germany and France.
Stories and poems by Guðrún/Arnrún appeared widely in magazines, but only one book by her was published, the short story collection Margs ðerð húin vísár. There are 13 stories that are among the first Reykjavík sagas in Icelandic literature. The main characters of most of the stories are young, lively girls and it can be said that this is a new female image. Guðrún wrote in a style that matches the setting and subject well. She uses a "modern" language with idioms and phrases from urban dialect. She achieves a speed in the narrative by omitting small words and connections, for example in conversations. Her narrative style is often humorous, even if the subject matter is "very serious".
Guðrún died in 1972 at Cambridge Hospital in Massachusetts, having been a widow since 1949. In her memory, the poet Steingerður Guðmundsdóttir wrote the poem "Til Ljósu" (www.skald.is)