Kristmann Guðmundsson
Kristmann Guðmundsson (October 23, 1901, Thverfell, Borgarfjörður – November 20, 1983, Reykjavík) was an Icelandic novelist notable for his works of romantic fiction. Kristmann was born out of wedlock to a country girl who left him in the care of her impoverished family. He ran away from home at the age of thirteen.
Also recorded as Kristmann Gudmundsson
Kristmann Guðmundsson
- Born
- 1901 · Borgarfjörður.
- Died
- 1983 · Reykjavík.
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages
- Icelandic · Norwegian
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Kristmann Guðmundsson appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer (1901 – 1983).
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Kristmann Guðmundsson was born in 1901. Kristmann Guðmundsson died in 1983.
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From 1924 to 1937 he lived in Norway, and returned to Reykjavík in 1938. Kristmann worked first as a journalist, then as a writer. He wrote more than thirty books, several of them in Norwegian, of romantic fiction.
• The Bridal Gown (1927) • Morning of Life (1929) • Winged Citadel (1937) • Playthings (1961) • The Square (1969)
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Borgarfjörður.
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