Ármann Jakobsson Explained

Birth Name:Ármann Jakobsson
Birth Date:18 July 1970
Birth Place:Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation:Writer, professor of Icelandic literature
Language:Icelandic, English
Alma Mater:Háskóli Íslands (BA, MA, PhD)
Period:Middle Ages, Modern
Subject:Icelandic Literature, Medieval Studies, Medievalism, Paranormal, Disability

Ármann Jakobsson (born 18 July 1970) is an Icelandic author and scholar.

Biography

Ármann was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland. His father was a banker and his mother a psychologist. His sister is Katrín Jakobsdóttir, prime minister of Iceland.[1] Ármann holds a PhD from the University of Iceland, graduating in 2003.Ármann became a lecturer in Early Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland in 2008. He was a senior lecturer from 2008–2011, and then a full professor from 2011.[2] From 2022, he is the president of the Icelandic Literary Society[3] and chairman of the Icelandic language commission since 2020.[4] His first novel was published in 2008, and since then he has published eleven works of fiction.[5] He has been nominated twice for the Icelandic literature prize,[6] [7] and was on the IBBY honour list of 2016.[8] Many of his novels engage with medieval and folkloric themes.[9] [10] His first novel was a historical novel taking place in 1908, during the heated debate about Icelandic independence.[11] As a medievalist scholar, Ármann has published extensively on Old Norse literature, focusing on medieval attitudes towards kingship as an institution, childhood and old age, masculinities, paranormal figures and concepts and most recently on disability in the Middle Ages.[12] [13] [14] As a teenager, Ármann competed alongside his twin brother, Sverrir Jakobsson, in the quiz show Gettu betur, winning the competition in 1990.[15] In 2020, he read the most famous of the sagas, Njáls saga, on Icelandic radio.[16] From 2020, he is the editor of the scholarly journal Andvari.[17]

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Non-fiction (selection)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fyrrverandi dúx orðinn forsætisráðherra Íslands. December 1, 2017. Kjarninn. is.
  2. Web site: Ármann Jakobsson » Ferilskrá. is.
  3. Web site: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. is.
  4. Web site: Íslensk málnefnd. is.
  5. Web site: Lífið of stutt til annars en að skrifa það sem mann langar til. www.hi.is/frettir. is.
  6. Web site: Tilnefningar til íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunanna. www.mbl.is. is.
  7. Web site: Tilnefningar til Íslensku bókmenntaverðlaunanna 2014 og Íslensku þýðingaverðlaunanna 2014. Miðstöð íslenskra bókmennta. is.
  8. Web site: 2016: IBBY official website. www.ibby.org.
  9. Web site: Boðskapur er vandræðaorð - Vísir. visir.is. is.
  10. Web site: Вы точно человек?. ru.
  11. Web site: Hjalti Snær Ægisson » Ármann Jakobsson: Vonarstræti. is.
  12. Web site: Vísindavefurinn: Villa hefur komið upp .
  13. Reviewed Work: Í leit ad konungi: Konungsmynd íslenskra konungasagna by Armann Jakobsson. ANDERSSON. THEODORE M.. 1999. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 98. 2. 281–283. 27711810.
  14. Review: Ármann Jakobsson. The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North. punctum books: 2017. . MERKELBACH. REBECCA. 2019. Kyngervi. June 11, 2019.
  15. Web site: Vissir þú þetta? Þau stjórnuðu og unnu Gettu Betur. January 20, 2019. is.
  16. Web site: Þú hefur ekki lesið Njálu fyrr en þú lest hana upphátt. June 12, 2020. is.
  17. Web site: Andvari Journal Website. January 24, 2021. is.

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