Kristján Karlsson

Who is Kristján Karlsson?

Kristján Karlsson is an Icelandic poet and writer born at Eyvík in Tjörnes in Þingeyjarsýsla South. He studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley in California, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1945. He went to New York for graduate studies at the Columbia University, completing an M.A. degree in comparative literature in 1947.

Karlsson was a member of the Board of the Icelandic Literary Society in 1979 and the Patriotic Society from 1984 to 1985. He has written poetry, short stories, essays and articles, as well as being a translator. He has also edited several books. He published the poetry collection Kvæði in 1976. He was awarded the Davíðspenninn in 1991 for Kvæði 90 and The National Broadcasting Service Writer's Award a year later.