Hallberg Hallmundsson

About the author

Hallberg Hallmundsson, (1930-2011), was a poet and translator. He translated many of his poems into English, and published them in American periodicals and anthologies.

Hallberg grew up in Reykjavík and attended Austurbær School and later the Reykjavík Junior College. He studied history and geography at the University of Iceland, and Spanish at the University of Barcelona. He was a journalist at Frjáls þjóð (Free Nation) between 1954 and 1960, primarily as a theater critic and commentator on cultural affairs. He went on to work for the publishing house Iðunn, where he proofread, translated children's books and designed book covers.

For over two decades, Hallberg worked as an encyclopedia editor in New York, and additionally wrote and edited hundreds of articles, credited and uncredited, for other encyclopedic works. In 1984 he became an editor at Business Week. He was also a manuscript editor for the monthly magazine Global Finance. Hallberg was a consultant on Icelandic literature for World Literature Today, where he also published reviews.

Publisher: Brú

Fiction

Poetry:

Á barmi næturinnar: ljóðaúrval, 2010: JPV

Vofur hversdagsins, 2007: Brú

Þá og þegar, 2006: Brú

Baggar skoplitlir, 2005: Brú

Fjaðrafok, 2003: Brú

Óræða, 2002: Brú

Hringferli, 1999: Brú

Umhendur,1997: Brú

Vandræður, 1995:  Brú

Skyggnur, 1993: Brú

Þrætubók, 1990: Brú

Spjaldvísur II, 1985: Fjölvi

Spjaldvísur, 1985: Fjölvi

Neikvæða, 1977: Almenna bókafélagið

Haustmál, 1968: Almenna bókafélagið

Short stories:

Nokkurs konar sögur, 2005: Brú

Ég kalla mig Ófeig, 1970: Heimskringla