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Jan 26, 1922 Died on 05 Aug 2014 (aged 92)
Poet and writer
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About Kristján Karlsson
- Kristján Karlsson (26 January 1922 - August 5, 2014) was an Icelandic poet and writer born at Eyvík in Tjörnes in Þingeyjarsýsla South.
- He studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley in California, graduating with a B.A.
- degree in 1945.
- He went to New York City for graduate studies at the Columbia University, completing an M.A.
- degree in comparative literature in 1947. Karlsson was a member of the Board of the Icelandic Literary Society in 1979 and the Patriotic Society from 1984 to 1985.
- He has written poetry, short stories, essays and articles, as well as being a translator.
- He has also edited several books.
- He published the poetry collection Kvæði ("Poems") in 1976.
- He was awarded the Davíðspenninn (the Pen of Davíð) in 1991 for Kvæði 90 ("Poems 90") and The National Broadcasting Service Writer's Award a year later.
