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Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson

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

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] He died in November 2008.[2]

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. ^ Steinkjer, Mode (26 November 2008). "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson 1955 – 2008". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 April 2009.