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Art and Literature from Iceland. - Information about novels, books and works of Icelandic authors and painters. Featured artists are the writers Elías Snæland Jónsson, Úlfar Harri Elíasson and Anna Kristín Brynjúlfsdóttir and the painter Brynjúlfur Jónsson.
Meta Description: [ Art and literature from Iceland by El�as Sn�land J�nsson, �lfar Harri El�asson, Anna Krist�n Brynj�lfsd�ttir and Brynj�lfur J�nsson. Information about novels, books and works of the authors and painters. ]

Birds in Death Throes - Play by the writer Elías Snæland Jónsson from Reykjavik, Iceland. Information on actors with interviews and pictures from a performance in a theater in Dresden, Germany.
Meta Description: [ Iceland play by Icelandic artist and writer El�as J�nsson. Art, literature and theatre from Reykjav�k, Iceland. ]

Culture Net Iceland - Culture Net Iceland contains information about icelandic culture and provides many links.
Meta Description: [ Collects information of events and cultural heritage from the whole country and submits it to travellers, foreign and domestic. Events are updated regularly. ]

Halldór Kiljan Laxness Nobel Laureate - Biography and acceptance speech.

Icelandic Sagas - Information on the Sagas, medieval Icelandic literature. Includes an overview, online texts, and external links.

Index of Icelandic Medieval Literature - Texts about Icelandic sagas and Medieval Icelandic Literature.

Jónas Hallgrímsson: Selected Poetry and Prose - 50 works by the Icelandic poet and natural scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845), with Icelandic text, audio recordings, English translations, extensive commentaries, and a biography.
Meta Description: [ 50 works by the Icelandic poet and natural scientist J�nas Hallgr�msson (1807-1845), with Icelandic text, English translations, extensive commentaries, and a biography. ]

Jörmungrund - Old Icelandic texts, primarily Eddaic and Skaldic poetry, with English translations, concordances, and commentaries.

The Chronicles of the Kings of Norway - An online English translation of The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway (or Heimskringla) by Snorri Sturluson.

The Laxdaela Saga - An online English translation of The Laxdaela Saga. This Saga was written around 1245 A.D.

The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormáks saga) - Written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 A.D.

The Saga of Grettir the Strong - The Saga of Grettir the Strong was originally written in the early 14th century by an unknown author.

The Sagas of Icelanders in English - Leifur Eiriksson Publishing has completed the first English translation of the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelanders together with the forty-nine Tales connected with them.
Meta Description: [ A new English translation of the entire corpus of the sagas of Icelanders and connected tales ]

The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga) - An online English translation of The Story of Burnt Njal (Njálssaga or Njála in Icelandic), one of the more famous and dramatic Icelandic sagas.

The Story of the Ere-Dwellers (Eyrbyggja Saga) - The Story of the Ere-Dwellers or Eyrbyggja Saga was written around the middle of the 13th century.

The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda - The quests of the hero Sigurd, originally written in Icelandic (Old Norse) in the 13th century, e-text at the Online Medieval and Classical Library.