Bjarni Thorarensen

Bjarni Thorarensen

Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen (1786-1841) was an Icelandic poet and official. He was deputy governor of northern and eastern Iceland. As a poet he was influenced by classicism and romanticism. Politically he was aligned with the Fjölnismenn and favored the reestablishment of the Althing at Þingvellir. He was a friend of Jónas Hallgrímsson whose own poetry was influenced by Bjarni's work.

Bjarni's best known work is "Íslands minni", also known as "Eldgamla Ísafold".

References

* [http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/Jonas/Bjarni/Bjarni.html Jónas Hallgrímsson: Bjarni Thorarensen] Information on Jónas Hallgrímsson's elegy on Bjarni
* [http://wwwa.britannica.com/ebc/article-9072226 Bjarni Vigfússon Thórarensen] Britannica article

External links

* [http://www.ljod.is/poempage.php?sView=poet-view&iPoetID=89&sSearch=authors Ljóð eftir Bjarna Thorarensen] Several of Bjarni's poems


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