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Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland.

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson
Born	(1955-06-28)28 June 1955 Iceland
Died	21 November 2008(2008-11-21) (aged 53)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Poet, children's writer and translator

He made his literary debut in 1973 with the poetry collection Manus. Among his children's books are Pelle Parafins Bøljeband: Serum, serum (1981) and Håkon Håkonsson (1990).[1] Jónsson was part of the poetic activist group "Stuntpoetene" during the 1980s, along with Karin Moe, Triztán Vindtorn, Arne Ruste, Thorvald Steen, Erling Kittelsen, Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen and others.[2] He died in November 2008.[3]

Bibliography

• Manus (1973) (poetry)
• Høstbok (1976) (poetry)
• Historier i oktober (1979) (poetry)
• Fartøy (1999) (poetry)
• Det spesielle grep om fjærpennen (2007) (texts by Olav Angell; edited by Jónsson)

References

External links

• "Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson". kolonforlag.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 May 2019.

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