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Jón úr Vör (1917–2000) was an Icelandic poet. He has been credited, along with Steinn Steinarr, as being one of those who brought a modernist approach into Icelandic poetry. This was through the publication of his book of poems in 1946 entitled Þorpið (The Village).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Selected publications

Jón úr Vör. (1956) Þorpið, Reykjavík: Heimskringla.
Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör, Matthías Johannessen, and Marshall Brement (1985) Three modern Icelandic poets: selected poems of Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör and Matthías Johannessen. Reykjavík, Iceland: Iceland Review.

References

^ Ástráður Eysteinsson, Vivian Liska eds (2007) Modernism, Volume 1 of Comparative history of literatures in European languages, John Benjamins Publishing, ISBN 902723454X, 9789027234544
^ "JÓN ÚR VÖR". www.mbl.is.
^ Stevens, Patrick J. (2004). Icelandic writers. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.
^ Neijmann, Daisy L. (2006) A History of Icelandic Literature, University of Nebraska Press

[1] Ástráður Eysteinsson, Vivian Liska eds (2007) Modernism, Volume 1 of Comparative history of literatures in European languages, John Benjamins Publishing, ISBN 902723454X, 9789027234544

[2] "JÓN ÚR VÖR". www.mbl.is.

[3] Stevens, Patrick J. (2004). Icelandic writers. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson/Gale.

[4] Neijmann, Daisy L. (2006) A History of Icelandic Literature, University of Nebraska Press

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