Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson | |
Birth Name: | Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1882 |
Birth Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Death Place: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Occupation: | Poet, writer |
Language: | Icelandic |
Nationality: | Icelandic |
Alma Mater: | Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík |
Period: | 1903 - 1906 |
Genre: | New Romantic |
Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson (2 February 1882 - 20 May 1906) was an Icelandic poet. A new New Romantic-style writer, Jóhann studied at the Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík until 1903. In November 1905, Jóhann fell ill and was hospitalized. He died on 20 May 1906, aged 24, in Reykjavík. [1]