Poet
Baldur Óskarsson
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Baldur Óskarsson
(Iceland, 1932)
© Pieter Vandermeer
Biography
Baldur Óskarsson lives in Reykjavik, where he has worked in broadcasting since 1956. He belongs to the generation that followed the so-called atómskald movement of atonal poets who broke free from Icelandic tradition with its strict allitteration and other rhyme patterns. Baldur himself uses free verse form in poems that are often hard to access as a result of his highly personal use of image and metaphor.
© Paula Vermeijden (Translated by Ko Kooman)
[Baldur Óskarsson took part in the Poetry International Festival Rotterdam 1999. This text was written on that occasion.]
Poems
Poems of Baldur Óskarsson
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