Benediktsson Poem

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 4
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full 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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Icelandic

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Hena Snaebjörn Jónsson in 1953.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

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