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Sigurður Breiðfjörð (4 March 1798 – 1846) was an Icelandic poet. He learned cooperage for four years in Copenhagen and worked as a cooper in Iceland and Greenland. He was a prolific and popular traditional poet, known for his ''
Sigurður Breiðfjörð
1798 births 1846 deaths Sigurdur Breidfjord {{Iceland-poet-stub
Sigurður Breiðfjörð (4 March 1798 – 1846) was an Icelandic poet. He learned cooperage for four years in Copenhagen and worked as a cooper in Iceland and Greenland. He was a prolific and popular traditional poet, known for his ''rímur
In Icelandic literature, a ''ríma'' (, literally "a rhyme", pl. ''rímur'', ) is an epic poetry, epic poem written in any of the so-called ''rímnahættir'' (, "rímur meters"). They are rhymed, they alliterative verse, alliterate and consist of ...
'' cycles. ''Núma rímur'' is his best-known work.
References
* Neijmann, Daisy L. (1996). ''The Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters : The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature.'' McGill-Queen's Press.Sigurður Breiðfjörð
1798 births 1846 deaths Sigurdur Breidfjord {{Iceland-poet-stub