Art and Literature from Iceland. «
http://www.icestory.com | | 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. |
Birds in Death Throes «
http://www.icestory.com/todeskampf.htm | | 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. |
Culture Net Iceland «
http://www.culture.is/ | | Culture net iceland contains information about icelandic culture and provides many links. |
Halldór Kiljan Laxness Nobel Laureate «
http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1955/ | | Biography and acceptance speech. |
Icelandic Sagas «
http://phwibbles.com/sagas | | Information on the sagas , medieval icelandic literature. includes an overview , online texts , and external links. |
Index of Icelandic Medieval Literature «
http://www.fva.is/~harpa/forn/engfvest.html | | Texts about icelandic sagas and medieval icelandic literature. |
Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose «
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/Jonas/ | | 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. |
Jörmungrund «
http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ | | Old icelandic texts , primarily eddaic and skaldic poetry , with english translations , concordances , and commentaries. |
The Chronicles of the Kings of Norway «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/ | | An online english translation of the chronicle of the kings of norway (or heimskringla) by snorri sturluson. |
The Laxdaela Saga «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Laxdaela/ | | An online english translation of the laxdaela saga. this saga was written around 1245 a. d. |
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks saga) «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Cormac/ | | Written in icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 a. d. |
The Saga of Grettir the Strong «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Grettir/index.html | | The saga of grettir the strong was originally written in the early 14th century by an unknown author. |
The Sagas of Icelanders in English «
http://notendur.centrum.is/~vinland | | 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. |
The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga) «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Njal/ | | An online english translation of the story of burnt njal (njálssaga or njála in icelandic) , one of the more famous and dramatic icelandic sagas. |
The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga) «
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/EreDwellers/ | | The story of the ere-dwellers or eyrbyggja saga was written around the middle of the 13th century. |
