Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860 – October 25, 1936) was a
satirical
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poet
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from
Iceland
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, who later lived in the
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of
North Dakota
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.
He was born near
Akureyri
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, Iceland, and emigrated to
North America
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in 1878. He originally lived in
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,
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, and later moved to the United States where he lived in
Duluth, Minnesota
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. Around 1894, he moved to
North Dakota
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and took up residence in
Thingvalla Township, which had several large Icelandic settlements. His poems were well known in
Iceland
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and in the United States.
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Ólafur Grímsson of Iceland
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visited Thingwalla Township to rededicate a monument to Julius at Thingvalla Lutheran Church, where Julius is buried. The monument was originally built in 1936 and was reconstructed in conjunction with the 100th Annual Deuce of August Celebration.[ The church was subsequently completely destroyed by a fire in 2003, but the Julius monument and the cemetery survived.]
References
External links
Poetry of K. N. JuliusKviðlingar (1920)
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Digital Horizons website
Related Reading
*Neijmann, Daisy L. (2006) ''A History of Icelandic Literature. Volume 5 of History of Scandinavian literatures'' (American-Scandinavian Foundation, University of Nebraska Press)
Kristjan Niels Julius
Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860 – October 25, 1936) was a satirical poet from Iceland, who later lived in the U.S. State of North Dakota.
He was born near Akureyri, Iceland, and emigrated to North America in 1878. He originally liv ...
Kristjan Niels Julius
Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860 – October 25, 1936) was a satirical poet from Iceland, who later lived in the U.S. State of North Dakota.
He was born near Akureyri, Iceland, and emigrated to North America in 1878. He originally liv ...
Kristjan Niels Julius
Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860 – October 25, 1936) was a satirical poet from Iceland, who later lived in the U.S. State of North Dakota.
He was born near Akureyri, Iceland, and emigrated to North America in 1878. He originally liv ...
1860 births
1936 deaths
Kristjan Niels Julius
Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860 – October 25, 1936) was a satirical poet from Iceland, who later lived in the U.S. State of North Dakota.
He was born near Akureyri, Iceland, and emigrated to North America in 1878. He originally liv ...
Writers from North Dakota
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