Ari Jósefsson

Guðrún Steinþórsdóttir (University of Iceland)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Kjerstin Moody (Gustavus Adolphus College), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

Born 28 Aug 1939
Died 18 Jun 1964

Places

Active in Iceland

Activities

Primary

Poet
Story-writer

Resources

Jósefsson's Works

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Ari Jósefsson was born on 28 August 1939 in Blönduós, where he grew up. At fourteen, he began his studies at the Akureyri Junior College, where he published his first poems in school magazines. Ari left junior college and moved to Reykjavík, where he quickly became part of a group of young poets in the city. In 1958 he co-published the magazine

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alongside poets Dagur Sigurðarson, Jóhann Hjálmarsson, and Þóra Elfa Björnsson, in which he published the short story “Messías” and several literary reviews.

Between 1959 and 1960, Ari resided in Spain, mainly in Barcelona, and continued his studies outside of formal schooling at Reykjavík Junior College, from which he graduated in 1961. That same year, he released his first and only poetry collection, Nei [No]. The

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Citation: Steinþórsdóttir, Guðrún. "Ari Jósefsson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 October 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15271, accessed 16 October 2024.]