From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stephan G. Stephansson
Stephan G. Stephansson
Stephan was self-educated and worked hard all his
life. He wrote after work, and, being an insomniac, he of-
ten wrote till dawn. He was under the influence of the
American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson and they shared
the same beliefs in many matters, including, but not lim-
ited to, equal rights for men and women. Stephan wrote
only in Icelandic and had great influence in his former
home country.
His poems were published in a six volume book called
"Andvökur" (Sleepless Nights).
His letters and essays were published in four volumes,
and even if nothing of his poetry had survived, those
would have been enough to single him out as one of Ice-
land’s foremost men of letters.
His homestead near Markerville is an Alberta Provin-
cial Historic Site. It has been restored and is open to the
public from May 15 until August 31.
References
• Stephan G. Stephansson at the Dictionary of Canadian
Biography Online
Persondata
Name Stephansson, Stephan G.
Stephan G. Stephansson Monument
Alternative names
Stephan G. Stephansson (October 3, 1853 – August Short description Icelandic poet and farmer
10, 1927) was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. His Date of birth October 3, 1853
Guðmundsson.
original name was Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson Place of birth Skagafjörður
He was born in Skagafjörður, Iceland but emigrated
Date of death August 10, 1927
to Wisconsin, USA in 1873, at age 19. In 1889 he moved
to Markerville, Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada. He did Place of death
not see Iceland again until 1917, when he was 64 years
old.
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Monument to Stephan Stephansson at Vatnsskarð pass near
Varmahlið in northern Iceland
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