Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson
Born(1955-06-28)28 June 1955
Iceland
Died21 November 2008(2008-11-21) (aged 53)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationPoet, children's writer and translator

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum (1981) and Håkon Håkonsson (1990).[1] Jónsson was part of the poetic activist group "Stuntpoetene" during the 1980s, along with Karin Moe, Triztán Vindtorn, Arne Ruste, Thorvald Steen, Erling Kittelsen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and others.[2] He died in November 2008.[3]

Bibliography
  • Manus (1973) (poetry)
  • Høstbok (1976) (poetry)
  • Historier i oktober (1979) (poetry)
  • Fartøy (1999) (poetry)
  • Det spesielle grep om fjærpennen (2007) (texts by Olav Angell; edited by Jónsson)

References
  1. Larsen, Dag (2007). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. Rottem, Øystein. "Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. Steinkjer, Mode (26 November 2008). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson 1955 – 2008". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2009.


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