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Gudmundur G. Hagalín
Icelandic writer
Also known as: Gudmundur Gíslason Hagalín
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Gudmundur Gíslason Hagalín
- Born:
- October 10, 1898, Arnarfjördur, Iceland
- Died:
- February 26, 1985, Akranes (aged 86)
Gudmundur G. Hagalín (born October 10, 1898, Arnarfjördur, Iceland—died February 26, 1985, Akranes) was an Icelandic novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His works constitute a social history of Iceland from World War I to the post-World War II period. Hagalín was born in northwestern Iceland, where men live by fishing in wild weather and farming the half-barren land. As a young man he worked on the fishing boats and read widely. At 18 he went to the Latin School in Reykjavík but left after a year. He disliked “having learning stuffed into him like hay into a sack.” He turned ...(100 of 292 words)