Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir
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Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (18 July 1930 – 16 September 2021) was an Icelandic writer, poet and teacher.
Career
She published her first book of poetry in 1960 and became one of the few women in Iceland to write modernist poetry. Her third book of poems, Kyndilmessa (1971; Candlemass), has been described as a "breakthrough".Tierney 1999: 679. Innovative features in her works include the use of colloquial language and images of daily life. Like Jón úr Vör she combined lyrical realism with romantic imagery.Bandle 2002: 479.
Vilborg was active in the feminist movement, and her works are concerned with the status of women in society as well as social inequality in general.Neijmann 2007: 485.
She published a number of books for children, including non-fiction works and translations.{{cite news |title=Andlát: Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/09/18/andlat_vilborg_dagbjartsdottir/ |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=18 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}
Early and personal life
Vilborg was born in Vestdalseyri, Seyðisfjörður in the Eastern Region of Iceland.Gerður Kristný. 24 October 2020. "Også de var barn" ["and they too were children"]. Klassekampen Bokmagasinet. P. 7 She studied to become a teacher, and became one in 1955.{{Cite web |last=Vermeijden |first=Paula |others=Translated by Ko Kooman |title=Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir (Poet) - Iceland |url=https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/474/en/list |website=Poetry International}} She taught at elementary school all together for 46 years.
In regard to her political views, media has written that "she converted to communism before she was eighteen and went to Reykjavik to study"; she was also described as a "socialist".{{Cite web |date=2011-11-17 |title=My Soul Burning with Rage |url=https://nordicwomensliterature.net/2011/11/17/my-soul-burning-with-rage/ |website=nordicwomensliterature.net}}
Vilborg was married to Þorgeir Þorgeirson (1933–2003), a writer and filmmaker.{{Cite web |title=ÞORGEIR ÞORGEIRSON |url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/762976/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.mbl.is |language=is}}
Vilborg died on 16 September 2021 at the National University Hospital of Iceland.{{cite news |author1=Þorgils Jónsson |title=Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir látin |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212157762d/vil-borg-dag-bjarts-dott-ir-latin |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=Vísir.is |date=18 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}
Works
;Poetry
- Laufið á trjánum ('foliage on the trees'), Heimskringla 1960
- Dvergliljur ('dwarf lilies'), Helgafell 1968
- Kyndilmessa (Candlemas), Helgafell 1971
- Ljóð (heildarútgáfa) (Poems), Mál og menning 1981
- Klukkan í turninum (The Clock in the Tower), Forlagið 1992
- Ótta (ljóðaúrval), Valdimar Tómasson 1994
- Ljósar hendur (safnrit 3 skálda), Fjölvaútgáfan 1996
- Orðin vaxa í kringum mig (1989; Words Grow All Around Me)
Notes
References
- Bandle, Oskar et al. (2002). The Nordic Languages: an International Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages. Walter de Gruyter. {{ISBN|3-11-014876-5}}
- Neijmann, Daisy L. (2007). A History of Icelandic Literature. University of Nebraska Press. {{ISBN|0-8032-3346-9}}
- Tierney, Helen (1999). Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. {{ISBN|0-313-29620-0}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070228044340/http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=589&author_id=99&lang=8 Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir] Reykjavík City Library
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070326115107/http://www.centrum.is/leshus/vilborg_fr_.htm#Bernard%20Scudder Vilborg Dagbjartsdóttir] Selected works with English translations
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Category:20th-century Icelandic women writers