author
Jón Hjaltason
1839–1883
A 19th-century Icelandic poet remembered for Rímur af Grámanni í Garðshorni, a work in the traditional rímur style. His surviving publication offers a glimpse of Iceland’s rich oral and verse storytelling culture.
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Rímur af Grámanni í Garðshorni
by Jón Hjaltason
About the author
Born in 1839 and died in 1883, he is known from library and public-domain records as the author of Rímur af Grámanni í Garðshorni. The work was published in Icelandic and is preserved today through sources such as Project Gutenberg and major library catalogs.
His book belongs to the long Icelandic tradition of rímur—narrative verse cycles that blend storytelling, performance, and intricate poetic form. That places him within a literary culture where poems were not only read, but also recited and remembered.
Reliable biographical details beyond his dates and authorship were limited in the sources I could confirm, so this overview stays close to what is well supported. Even so, his surviving work marks him as part of the enduring world of Icelandic folk and literary poetry.