Guðmundur G. Hagalín

Guðmundur Gíslason Hagalín was born on 10 October 1898 in Lokinhamrar, in the Arnarfjörður, and grew up in the Dýrafjörður. A fisherman in his native region before entering secondary school, he made his debut in 1921 with a collection of short stories, tales and poems. He lived for several years in Norway, where he gave lectures on Iceland from 1924 to 1927 and became involved with the folk high school and landsmål movements, then introduced Uppdal, Aukrust, Ørjasæter and Vesaas to Iceland. A biographer, essayist and memoirist, and inspector of public libraries, he died in Akranes on 26 February 1985.

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• NovelKristrún í HamravíkGuðmundur G. Hagalín · 1933not translated into EnglishLiterature