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Valdimar´s next work was a book of sonnets, '''''Sonnettugeigur''''' ("Sonnet Fear") (2013).<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|title=Af sonnettum, kerlingunni og karlkvölinni|author=Pétur Blöndal|page=68|date=November 30, 2013|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6065073}}</ref> The book sold well and made #3 on the [[Icelandic Publishers Association]] list of best-selling books of poetry for the year 2013.<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Fréttablaðið|title=Valdi á toppnum|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6143445|page=84|date=November 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|author=Jakob Bjarnar|date=January 7, 2014|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2014140109315|title=Arnaldur trónir á toppnum}}</ref> This commercial success led to a republishing of '''''Enn sefur vatnið''''' in 2014 which then made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for that year.<ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|author=Jakob Bjarnar|title=Jólabókaflóð uppgjör: Arnaldur er konungurinn|date=January 15, 2015|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2015150119420}}</ref>
Valdimar´s next work was a book of sonnets, '''''Sonnettugeigur''''' ("Sonnet Fear") (2013).<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|title=Af sonnettum, kerlingunni og karlkvölinni|author=Pétur Blöndal|page=68|date=November 30, 2013|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6065073}}</ref> The book sold well and made #3 on the [[Icelandic Publishers Association]] list of best-selling books of poetry for the year 2013.<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Fréttablaðið|title=Valdi á toppnum|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=6143445|page=84|date=November 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|author=Jakob Bjarnar|date=January 7, 2014|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2014140109315|title=Arnaldur trónir á toppnum}}</ref> This commercial success led to a republishing of '''''Enn sefur vatnið''''' in 2014 which then made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for that year.<ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|author=Jakob Bjarnar|title=Jólabókaflóð uppgjör: Arnaldur er konungurinn|date=January 15, 2015|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2015150119420}}</ref>


Valdimar returned to the format of free alliterative verse with the book '''''Dvalið við dauðalindir''''' ("Dwelling at the Fountains of Death") in 2017. The book was praised by the newspaper [[Morgunblaðið]] and Starafugl, a cultural magazine, and made #2 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for 2017.<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|date=January 4, 2018|title=Tímalaus tifa dauðinn og þögnin|url=https://www.mbl.is/mogginn/bladid/innskraning/?redirect=%2Fmogginn%2Fbladid%2Fgrein%2F1667527%2F%3Ft%3D195002820&page_name=grein&grein_id=1667527}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Starafugl|author=Ólafur Guðsteinn Kristjánsson|title=Dauðinn tiplar á tánum í kyrrlátum næðingnum|date=November 28, 2017|url=https://starafugl.is/2017/daudinn-tiplar-a-tanum-i-kyrrlatum-naedingnum/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180109530|title=Íhaldssemi ræður ríkjum meðal bókaþjóðarinnar|author=Jakob Bjarnar|date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> Free alliterative verse is also the style of Valdimar's fourth book, ''Vetrarland'' ("Winter Land"), published in 2018. The book sold well and made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for the year.<ref>{{cite web|website=Fréttablaðið|title="Metsölu-Valdi" snýr aftur með nýja ljóðabók|date=May 11, 2018|author=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/metsoelu-valdi-snr-aftur-me-nja-ljoabok/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Fréttablaðið|author=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|date=June 8, 2018|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/metsoelu-valdi-stendur-undir-nafni/|title="Metsölu-Valdi" stendur undir nafni}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=mbl.is|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/01/04/fjorar_glaepasogur_a_metsolulista/|author=Árni Sæberg|date=January 4, 2019|title=Fjórar glæpasögur á metsölulista}}</ref>
Valdimar returned to the format of free alliterative verse with the book '''''Dvalið við dauðalindir''''' ("Dwelling at the Fountains of Death") in 2017. The book was praised by the newspaper [[Morgunblaðið]] and Starafugl, a cultural magazine, and made #2 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for 2017.<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|date=January 4, 2018|title=Tímalaus tifa dauðinn og þögnin|url=https://www.mbl.is/mogginn/bladid/innskraning/?redirect=%2Fmogginn%2Fbladid%2Fgrein%2F1667527%2F%3Ft%3D195002820&page_name=grein&grein_id=1667527}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Starafugl|author=Ólafur Guðsteinn Kristjánsson|title=Dauðinn tiplar á tánum í kyrrlátum næðingnum|date=November 28, 2017|url=https://starafugl.is/2017/daudinn-tiplar-a-tanum-i-kyrrlatum-naedingnum/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Vísir|url=https://www.visir.is/g/2018180109530|title=Íhaldssemi ræður ríkjum meðal bókaþjóðarinnar|author=Jakob Bjarnar|date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> Free alliterative verse is also the style of Valdimar's fourth book, '''''Vetrarland''''' ("Winter Land"), published in 2018. The book sold well and made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for the year.<ref>{{cite web|website=Fréttablaðið|title="Metsölu-Valdi" snýr aftur með nýja ljóðabók|date=May 11, 2018|author=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/metsoelu-valdi-snr-aftur-me-nja-ljoabok/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Fréttablaðið|author=Þórarinn Þórarinsson|date=June 8, 2018|url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/metsoelu-valdi-stendur-undir-nafni/|title="Metsölu-Valdi" stendur undir nafni}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=mbl.is|url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/01/04/fjorar_glaepasogur_a_metsolulista/|author=Árni Sæberg|date=January 4, 2019|title=Fjórar glæpasögur á metsölulista}}</ref>


In 2019, Valdimar's four preceding books were republished together as '''''Ljóð 2007&ndash;2018''''' ("Poems 2007&ndash;2018").<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|date=August 12, 2019|author=Ragnheiður Birgisdóttir|title=Heilunarform til sáluhjálpar|url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/innskraning/?redirect=%2Fgreinasafn%2Fgrein%2F1729838%2F%3Fitem_num%3D0%26searchid%3D2f94e97965e35f0bc11e6407401d29765d487e7f%26t%3D421913995&page_name=article&grein_id=1729838}}</ref>
In 2019, Valdimar's four preceding books were republished together as '''''Ljóð 2007&ndash;2018''''' ("Poems 2007&ndash;2018").<ref>{{cite newspaper|newspaper=Morgunblaðið|date=August 12, 2019|author=Ragnheiður Birgisdóttir|title=Heilunarform til sáluhjálpar|url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/innskraning/?redirect=%2Fgreinasafn%2Fgrein%2F1729838%2F%3Fitem_num%3D0%26searchid%3D2f94e97965e35f0bc11e6407401d29765d487e7f%26t%3D421913995&page_name=article&grein_id=1729838}}</ref>


In 2020 Valdimar published the poetry '''''Veirufangar og veraldarharmur'''''(Virus Capture and Worldwoe). It was also well received and sold well in Iceland.
In 2020 Valdimar published the poetry '''''Veirufangar og veraldarharmur''''' (Virus Capture and Worldwoe). It was also well received and sold well in Iceland.

Revision as of 15:00, 2 January 2021

Valdimar Tómasson in 2020

Valdimar Tómasson (born 1971) is an Icelandic poet.[1] He was born in Vík í Mýrdal but moved to Reykjavík at the age of 16.[2]

Valdimar's first book, Enn sefur vatnið ("The Water Still Sleeps") was published in 2007 by the Icelandic publishing house JPV. The book contains short alliterative poems with a free rhythm. It was positively received by the newspaper Fréttablaðið and the poetry magazine Són.[3][4]

Valdimar´s next work was a book of sonnets, Sonnettugeigur ("Sonnet Fear") (2013).[5] The book sold well and made #3 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list of best-selling books of poetry for the year 2013.[6][7] This commercial success led to a republishing of Enn sefur vatnið in 2014 which then made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for that year.[8]

Valdimar returned to the format of free alliterative verse with the book Dvalið við dauðalindir ("Dwelling at the Fountains of Death") in 2017. The book was praised by the newspaper Morgunblaðið and Starafugl, a cultural magazine, and made #2 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for 2017.[9][10][11] Free alliterative verse is also the style of Valdimar's fourth book, Vetrarland ("Winter Land"), published in 2018. The book sold well and made #8 on the Icelandic Publishers Association list for the year.[12][13][14]

In 2019, Valdimar's four preceding books were republished together as Ljóð 2007–2018 ("Poems 2007–2018").[15]

In 2020 Valdimar published the poetry Veirufangar og veraldarharmur (Virus Capture and Worldwoe). It was also well received and sold well in Iceland.


References

  1. ^ Kolbrún Bergþórsdóttir (June 29, 2019). "Líf og dauði eru alltaf að vega salt". Fréttablaðið. p. 70.
  2. ^ Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson (February 24, 2008). "Ljóð eru geðlyf án aukaverkana". Fréttablaðið. p. 74.
  3. ^ Sigurður Hróarsson (October 4, 2007). "Vægðarlaust myrkur". Fréttablaðið. p. 46.
  4. ^ Helga Birgisdóttir (2008). "Ljóð sem bíta, öskra, strjúka og hvísla". Són. 6: 138.
  5. ^ Pétur Blöndal (November 30, 2013). "Af sonnettum, kerlingunni og karlkvölinni". Morgunblaðið. p. 68.
  6. ^ "Valdi á toppnum". Fréttablaðið. November 16, 2013. p. 84.
  7. ^ Jakob Bjarnar (January 7, 2014). "Arnaldur trónir á toppnum". Vísir.
  8. ^ Jakob Bjarnar (January 15, 2015). "Jólabókaflóð uppgjör: Arnaldur er konungurinn". Vísir.
  9. ^ "Tímalaus tifa dauðinn og þögnin". Morgunblaðið. January 4, 2018.
  10. ^ Ólafur Guðsteinn Kristjánsson (November 28, 2017). "Dauðinn tiplar á tánum í kyrrlátum næðingnum". Starafugl.
  11. ^ Jakob Bjarnar (January 5, 2018). "Íhaldssemi ræður ríkjum meðal bókaþjóðarinnar". Vísir.
  12. ^ Þórarinn Þórarinsson (May 11, 2018). ""Metsölu-Valdi" snýr aftur með nýja ljóðabók". Fréttablaðið.
  13. ^ Þórarinn Þórarinsson (June 8, 2018). ""Metsölu-Valdi" stendur undir nafni". Fréttablaðið.
  14. ^ Árni Sæberg (January 4, 2019). "Fjórar glæpasögur á metsölulista". mbl.is.
  15. ^ Ragnheiður Birgisdóttir (August 12, 2019). "Heilunarform til sáluhjálpar". Morgunblaðið.
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