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Agnar Þórðarson

Died in 2006

Agnar Þórðarson was born on 11 September 1917, the son of Þórður Sveinsson, chief physician and professor, and of Ellen Johanne Kaaber. A librarian at the National Library of Iceland, he wrote plays for the stage, radio and television, novels, short stories, a travel narrative and, late in life, two books of memories, Í vagni tímans and Í leiftri daganna. His radio serial of 1958, Víxlar með afföllum, made the actor Flosi Ólafsson famous. Translated into English and Polish, he died on 12 August 2006.

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