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A Song of Sorrows. A poem by Jóhannes úr Kötlar.
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Jóhannes (Bjarni Jónasson) from Kötlar (November 4, 1899 - April 27, 1972) was a writer, poet and teacher (more precisely, a teacher of poetry).
Jóhannes was born in Goddastaðir in Dálar. He studied at the folk school in Hjarðarholt from 1914 to 1916. He then took a teaching qualification in 1921 and taught from 1917 to 1932. He then concentrated exclusively on writing, first in Reykjavík, then in Hveragerði, but moved back to Reykjavík in 1959 and lived there until the end of his life. He was chairman of the Revolutionary Writers' Association from 1935 to 1938. He spent the summers of 1939 and 1940 on Kili as an inspector for the Sheep Disease Committee. Jóhannes was a member of the Althing for Reykjavík in 1941. He was then the supervisor of the Skagfjörður Lodge of the Icelandic Tourist Board in Þórsmörk from the summers of 1955 to 1962. Jóhannes from Kötlum was one of the leading poets of his time and a very prolific author. He is the author of 20 books of poetry, 5 novels, he translated numerous books, wrote articles in newspapers and magazines and gave lectures on politics and culture. His first book of poetry was published in 1926 and was called Bí, bí og blaka and the last one Ný og níd was published in 1970. His poems are very diverse in content and form, ranging from children's poems, battle poems and patriotic poems in the traditional style to modernism. Nature has a strong influence in his poems and is often closely related to Jóhannes's feelings and outlook on life. He was involved everywhere, had a strong sense of justice and was single-minded in his opinions. Jóhannes úr Kötlum received 2nd prize for his festive poems at the Althingi Festival in 1930 and 1st prize for his Republic Festival poem in 1944. He was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize on behalf of Iceland in 1966 for the book Tregaslag. He received the Silfurhestinn, the newspaper critics' literary prize in 1971 for the book Ný og níð, which was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1973. Jóhannes úr Kötlum was an honorary member of the Icelandic Writers' Association.
From www.wikipedia.org.
Jóhannes (Bjarni Jónasson) from Kötlar (November 4, 1899 - April 27, 1972) was a writer, poet and teacher (more precisely, a teacher of poetry).
Jóhannes was born in Goddastaðir in Dálar. He studied at the folk school in Hjarðarholt from 1914 to 1916. He then took a teaching qualification in 1921 and taught from 1917 to 1932. He then concentrated exclusively on writing, first in Reykjavík, then in Hveragerði, but moved back to Reykjavík in 1959 and lived there until the end of his life. He was chairman of the Revolutionary Writers' Association from 1935 to 1938. He spent the summers of 1939 and 1940 on Kili as an inspector for the Sheep Disease Committee. Jóhannes was a member of the Althing for Reykjavík in 1941. He was then the supervisor of the Skagfjörður Lodge of the Icelandic Tourist Board in Þórsmörk from the summers of 1955 to 1962. Jóhannes from Kötlum was one of the leading poets of his time and a very prolific author. He is the author of 20 books of poetry, 5 novels, he translated numerous books, wrote articles in newspapers and magazines and gave lectures on politics and culture. His first book of poetry was published in 1926 and was called Bí, bí og blaka and the last one Ný og níd was published in 1970. His poems are very diverse in content and form, ranging from children's poems, battle poems and patriotic poems in the traditional style to modernism. Nature has a strong influence in his poems and is often closely related to Jóhannes's feelings and outlook on life. He was involved everywhere, had a strong sense of justice and was single-minded in his opinions. Jóhannes úr Kötlum received 2nd prize for his festive poems at the Althingi Festival in 1930 and 1st prize for his Republic Festival poem in 1944. He was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize on behalf of Iceland in 1966 for the book Tregaslag. He received the Silfurhestinn, the newspaper critics' literary prize in 1971 for the book Ný og níð, which was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1973. Jóhannes úr Kötlum was an honorary member of the Icelandic Writers' Association.