Hermann Pálsson
Hermann Pálsson | |
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| Born | 26 May 1921 Near Bourgas, Bulgaria |
| Occupation(s) | Icelandic scholar and translator |
Hermann Pálsson (26 May 1921 – 11 August 2002) was an
medieval Icelandic literature
.
Life
Hermann Pálsson was born at Sauðanes á Ásum, a farm near Blönduós and the Húnafjördur in the north of Iceland in 1921. Though he was the sixth of 12 children, and the family was not rich, he managed to gain a degree in Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík in 1947. From there he moved to take another honours degree, in Irish Studies, at the National University of Ireland in Dublin in 1950.[1]
His first books reflected his
Gaelic poetry from the Hebrides, Söngvar frá Sudureyjum (1955), both translated into Icelandic. He also learned Welsh in the 1950s. Decades later he would recount "the sufferings of a loquacious and not utterly teetotal young Icelander 'immersed' in a Calvinistic – and dry – village in Gwynedd."[1]
In 1950 he was appointed Lecturer in Icelandic in the Department of
Bourgas in Bulgaria on 11 August 2002.[1]
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Selected works
- Hrímfaxi. Hestanöfn frá fyrri tíð til vorra daga og litir íslenska hestsins (1995)
- Keltar á Íslandi (1996)
- Úr landnorðri. Samar og ystu rætur íslenskrar menningar (1997)
- Hávamál í ljósi íslenskrar menningar (1999)
- Vínland hið góða og írskar ritningar (2001)
- Sólarljóð og vitranir annarlegra heima (2002)
- Grettis saga og íslensk siðmenning (2002)
- Atviksorð í þátíð (2005)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Graves, Peter (28 August 2002). "Professor Hermann Pálsson: Innovative interpreter of the Icelandic sagas". The Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Hermann Palsson". Morgunblaðið. 20 October 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ "Professor Hermann Pálsson, Icelandic scholar and translator". The Scotsman. 19 August 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
Related reading
- Sagnaskemmtun : studies in honour of Hermann Pálsson on his 65th birthday, 26th May 1986 (edited by ISBN 3205066006German
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