IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 4
Held at: University College London
Title: Benediktsson Poem
Date(s): 19th century or 20th century
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 12 loose pages
Name of creator(s): Benediktsson | Einar | 1864-1940 | Icelandic poet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Ellidhavatn, Iceland, 1864; son of a leader of the Icelandic independence movement; received a law degree at Copenhagen, 1892; briefly edited a newspaper, Dagskrá, advocating the cause of Icelandic independence, 1896-1898; spent much of his life abroad, raising capital to develop Icelandic industries; published five volumes of Symbolist verse, which reflected his patriotism, mysticism, love of nature, and the influence of his extensive travels; died at Herdísarvík, 1940. Publications: Sögur og kvaedi (1897; 'Stories and Poems'); Hafblik (1906; 'Smooth Seas'); Hrannir (1913; 'Waves'); Vogar (1921; 'Billows'); Hvammar (1930; 'Grass Hollows'); translated Ibsen's Peer Gynt into Icelandic; a selection of his poems was translated into English as Harp of the North by Frederic T Wood (1955).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Undated holograph poem by Einar Benediktsson, 'Ódáinsaevi'.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Icelandic
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Handlist at University College London Special Collections.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by Hena Snaebjörn Jónsson in 1953.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica online. Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2001