Gudmundur G. Hagalín

Gudmundur G. Hagalín (born October 10, 1898, Arnarfjördur, Iceland—died February 26, 1985, Akranes) was an Icelandic novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His works constitute a social history of Iceland from World War I to the post-World War II period. Hagalín was born in northwestern Iceland, where men live by fishing in wild weather and farming the half-barren land. As a young man he worked on the fishing boats and read widely. At 18 he went...