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Died
  
4 March 2000

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Nominations
  
Nordic Council's Literature Prize

Jón úr Vör (1917-2000) was an Icelandic poet. He has been credited, along with Steinn Steinarr, as being one of those who brought a modernist approach into Icelandic poetry. This was via the publication his book of poems in 1946 entitled Þorpið (The Village).

Selected publications

  • Jón úr Vör. (1956) Þorpið, Reykjavík: Heimskringla.
  • Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör, Matthías Johannessen, and Marshall Brement (1985) Three modern Icelandic poets: selected poems of Steinn Steinarr, Jón úr Vör and Matthías Johannessen. Reykjavík, Iceland: Iceland Review.

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    Jón úr Vör Wikipedia
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