Icelandic (World Literature)

Icelandic Sites:

Birds in Death Throes Birds in Death Throes: Play by the writer Elías Snæland Jónsson from Reykjavik, Iceland. Information on actors with interviews and pictures from a performance in a theater in Dresden, Germany. (Icelandic) http://www.icestory.com/todeskampf.htm The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga) The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga): The Story of the Ere-Dwellers or Eyrbyggja Saga was written around the middle of the 13th century. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/EreDwellers/ The Sagas of Icelanders in English The Sagas of Icelanders in English: Leifur Eiriksson Publishing has completed the first English translation of the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelanders together with the forty-nine Tales connected with them. (Icelandic) http://notendur.centrum.is/~vinland The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga) The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga): An online English translation of The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga or Njála in Icelandic), one of the more famous and dramatic Icelandic sagas. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Njal/ The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks saga) The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks saga): Written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 A.D. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Cormac/ Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974) Sigurður Nordal (1886-1974): Biography, bibliography, and article on his influence on Icelandic cultural history. (Icelandic) http://www.nordals.hi.is/Snordal/snordaleng.html Art and Literature from Iceland. Art and Literature from Iceland.: Information about novels, books and works of Icelandic authors and painters. Featured artists are the writers Elías Snæland Jónsson, Úlfar Harri Elíasson and Anna Kristín Brynjúlfsdóttir and the painter Brynjúlfur Jónsson. (Icelandic) http://www.icestory.com The Saga of Grettir the Strong The Saga of Grettir the Strong: The Saga of Grettir the Strong was originally written in the early 14th century by an unknown author. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Grettir/index.html The �rni Magnússon Institute in Iceland. The �rni Magnússon Institute in Iceland.: The �rni Magnússon Institute has custody of the medieval Icelandic manuscripts. It main roles are preserving and researching the manuscripts and publishing critical editions of them. (Icelandic) http://am.hi.is/english.htm National and University Library of Iceland National and University Library of Iceland: The National Library of Iceland. The library functions include collecting and preserving all materials published in Icelandic. It has an online Library System. (Icelandic) http://www.bok.hi.is/english/third.htm Index of Icelandic Medieval Literature Index of Icelandic Medieval Literature: Texts about Icelandic sagas and Medieval Icelandic Literature. (Icelandic) http://www.fva.is/~harpa/forn/engfvest.html Icelandic Sagas Icelandic Sagas: Information on the Sagas, medieval Icelandic literature. Includes an overview, online texts, and external links. (Icelandic) http://phwibbles.com/sagas Culture Net Iceland Culture Net Iceland: Culture Net Iceland contains information about icelandic culture and provides many links. (Icelandic) http://www.menning.is/ensk/index.html The Chronicles of the Kings of Norway The Chronicles of the Kings of Norway: An online English translation of The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (or Heimskringla) by Snorri Sturluson. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/ The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda: The quests of the hero Sigurd, originally written in Icelandic (Old Norse) in the 13th century, e-text at the Online Medieval and Classical Library. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Volsunga/ Halldór Kiljan Laxness Nobel Laureate Halldór Kiljan Laxness Nobel Laureate: Biography and acceptance speech. (Icelandic) http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1955/ Jörmungrund Jörmungrund: Old Icelandic texts, primarily Eddaic and Skaldic poetry, with English translations, concordances, and commentaries. (Icelandic) http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ The Laxdaela Saga The Laxdaela Saga: An online English translation of The Laxdaela Saga. This Saga was written around 1245 A.D. (Icelandic) http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Laxdaela/ Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose: 50 works by the Icelandic poet and natural scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845), with Icelandic text, audio recordings, English translations, extensive commentaries, and a biography. (Icelandic) http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/Jonas/ Randburg.com's Icelandic Bookstore. Randburg.com's Icelandic Bookstore.: At Randburg.com you can buy Icelandic sagas and novels in English translations. (Icelandic) http://randburg.com/is/mm/novel.html