Einar Bragi
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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Einar Bragi.
Einar Bragi (or Einar Bragi Sigurðsson) (7 April 1921, Eskifjördur - 26 March 2005, Reykjavík) was an Icelandic poet and publisher. He was a modernist who founded and edited the journal Birtingur, the leading forum for modernism in Iceland at the time.
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Born | Einar Bragi Sigurðsson April 7, 1921 Eskifjördur, Iceland |
Died | March 26, 2005(2005-03-26) (aged 83) Reykjavík |
Occupation | poet, publisher, translator |
Language | Icelandic |
Period | Post-World War II |
Literary movement | modernism |
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Einar Bragi published nine books of poetry between 1950 and 1980. He is known as one of the Atom Poets.[1] He also translated poetry into Icelandic.