Hrafn Jökulsson (1 November 1965 – 17 September 2022) was an Icelandic writer, journalist, politician and competitive chess player. He was best known for his writing, both as a writer and a journalist. He started working at

Tíminn ''Tíminn'' () was an Icelandic daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspape ...

at the age of fifteen and later held the position of editor of

Alþýðublaðið ''Alþýðublaðið'' (Anglicised to ''Althydubladid'') was a newspaper of the Social Democratic Party (Iceland). It was published between 29 October 1919 and 2 October 1998. The paper was originally published six times a week, but ceased as a dail ...

and Mannlíf. He was a deputy member of

Alþingi The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (' thing fields' or 'assembly fields'), about east of what la ...

in 1995 for the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

. In 1998, he was one of the founders and later chairman of the ''Skákfélagið Hrókurinn'', a competitive chess club.

Personal life

Hrafn was the son of journalist Jóhanna Kristjónsdóttir and writer Jökull Jakobsson. Among his siblings were writers Elísabet Jökulsdóttir and Illugi Jökulsson. In 2022, Hrafn was diagnosed with a fourth stage cancer. On 22 August, he married Oddný Halldórsdóttir. He died from the illness on 17 September 2022, at the age of 56.

Bibliography

*1991: ''Húsinu fylgdu tveir kettir'' *1993: ''Þegar hendur okkar snertast'' *1999: ''Miklu meira en mest'' *2007: ''Þar sem vegurinn endar''

References

External links

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