Þorsteinn Erlingsson
Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858–1914) was an Icelandic poet. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1883 and went to Copenhagen to study law. He never finished law school but during his time in Copenhagen his poems became known in Iceland.
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Þorsteinn Erlingsson
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- Born
- 1858 · Rangárvallasýsla.
- Died
- 1914 · Reykjavík.
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Þorsteinn Erlingsson (1858–1914) was an Icelandic poet. He graduated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1883 and went to Copenhagen to study law. He never finished law school but during his time in Copenhagen his poems became known in Iceland.
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Born at Rangárvallasýsla in 1858, died in Reykjavík in 1914.
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1858
Þorsteinn Erlingsson was born in 1858 at Rangárvallasýsla.
1914
Þorsteinn Erlingsson died in 1914 at Reykjavík.
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- 1.Þorsteinn Erlingsson in Páll Eggert Ólason: Íslenzkar æviskrár frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940. Reykjavík, 1948–1976
- 2.auf ljod.is
- 3.Ernst Walter: Erlingsson, Þorsteinn in Horst Bien (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Nordeuropäische Literaturen, Leipzig 1978.
- 4.Valtyr Gudmundsson: Island am Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dogma, Bremen 2012, S. 87.
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