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  • Sigurdur Jóhannesson Nordal

    His short-story collection Fornar ástir (1919; “Old Loves”) played a significant role in the development of the modern Icelandic short story and the prose-lyric form. Nordal’s Íslenzk lestrarbók 1400–1900 (1924; “Icelandic Anthology 1400–1900”) was also influential.

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    His short-story collection Fornar ástir (1919; “Old Loves”) played a significant role in the development of the modern Icelandic short story and the prose-lyric form. Nordal’s Íslenzk lestrarbók 1400–1900 (1924; “Icelandic Anthology 1400–1900”) was also influential.

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