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Sigurður Pálsson

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Sigurður Pálsson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-07-30 (Skinnastaður)
Died
2017-09-19 (Iceland) age 69
Nationality
Icelandic
Languages
Icelandic, French
Residence History
North-east Iceland → France (Paris, Toulouse)

Career

Occupations
poet, author, translator, cinema and television worker, theatre worker, university teacher
Active Years
1975-2017
Affiliations
University of Iceland, Iceland Academy of the Arts
Influenced By
May 1968 events in France

Education

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík
Period: 卒業まで
Year of Graduation: 1967
Country: Iceland
Taught French by Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle
Littéraires
Degree: Diplôme universitaire d'études littéraires, MA一部
Period: 1967-68, 1978-82
Country: France
Studied cinema at Conservatoire libre du cinéma français; completed MA and DEA
Toulouse University
French
Period: 1967-68
Country: France

Awards

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
1990
Category: 騎士
Organization: French Government
Result: 受章
Ordre du Mérite
2007
Category: 騎士
Organization: French Government
Result: 受章
Icelandic Literary Award
2007
Work: Minnisbók
Result: 受賞
Jónas Hallgrímsson Award
2016
Result: 受賞
Order of the Falcon
2017
Category: 騎士
Organization: Icelandic Government
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ljóð vega salt

1975 Poetry

Autobiographical elements probing contemporary life

contemporary lifeautobiography
Translations

Bibliography

  • Ljóð vega salt (1975)
  • Ljóð vega menn (1980)
  • Ljóð vega gerd (1982)
  • Ljóð námu völd (1990)
  • Ljóð línu (1993)
  • Ljóðlínuskip (1995)
  • Ljóð vega safn (1996)
  • Ljóðlínuspil (1997)
  • Parísarhjól (1998)
  • Næturstaður (2002)
  • Tattu (Tattoo) (2002)
  • Minnisbók (2007)
  • Ljóðorkuþörf (2009)

Translations by Author

  • About 20 translations from French

Translations of Works

  • Inside Voices Outside Light (2014, trans. Martin S. Regal)
  • Irish translation for 2012 Irish Leaving Certificate

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Combination of colloquial language with traditional influences

Health

  • illness
    2017
    Led to death

Legacy

Noted among Icelandic writers for close links with France

Trivia

  • Icelandic name; patronymic, referred by given name Sigurður
  • Part of Listaskáldin vondu group