The title of this article is an Icelandic personal name . Icelanders, with rare exceptions, have no surnames; the part of the name ending in "-son" or "-author" is not a surname, but a middle name. Patronymic Icelanders are not accepted; The person described in the article is correctly called Johann .
Johann Sigurjounsson ( Isl. Jóhann Sigurjónsson ; June 19, 1880 - August 19, 1919 ) - Icelandic playwright.
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He grew up in a peasant family in Iceland , in 1899 went to Copenhagen to study at the Agricultural Academy, but in 1902 left his studies and devoted himself entirely to literary studies. He was influenced by the leading Danish prose writer Georg Brandes , as well as under the influence of the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche . Died of tuberculosis.
The most famous was Johann’s play “Mountain Eyvindur” ( Isl. Fjalla-Eyvindur , 1911 ) based on the Icelandic legend , which served as the basis for the film “ Mountain Eyvind and his wife ” by Victor Schöström ( 1918 ).
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- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2012.