Jón Helgason (poet)
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Jón Helgason (June 30, 1899 - January 19, 1986) was an Icelandic philologist and poet.[1][2] He was head of the Danish Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies from 1927 to 1972 and professor of Icelandic studies at the University of Copenhagen from 1929 to 1969.[1] He made significant contributions to his field. As a poet, he was not prolific but noted for his highly polished and effective traditional poetry. His best-known poems are Áfangar and Í Árnasafni.[3]
One of his discoveries at the institute is the pair of glossaries that are the only documentation on Basque–Icelandic pidgin.[4]
In 1923, he married Þórunn Ástriður Björnsdóttir (1895-1966) and in 1975 married Agnete Loth (1921-1990).[1]
References
- ^ a b c Schjørring, Jens Holger (1979–1984). "Jón Helgason". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Vol. 3. Gyldendal. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Benediktsson, Jakob (1986). "Jón Helgason". Skírnir (in Icelandic). 160: 5.
- ^ Amory, Frederic (1998). "The Poet in Jón Helgason". Scandinavian Studies. 70 (2): 209–232. ISSN 0036-5637. JSTOR 40920041.
- ^ Miglio, Viola Giulia (2008). ""Go shag a horse!": The 17th–18th Century Basque-Icelandic Glossaries Revisited". Journal of the North Atlantic. 1: 25–36. doi:10.3721/071010. ISSN 1935-1933.
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