Pétursson, Hallgrímur
Pétursson, Hallgrímur (1614–74) Icelandic poet. He led a chequered life in Iceland and Denmark, including periods as a blacksmith and a fisherman, before becoming a priest in 1651. His reputation rests on a single extended work, the Passiusálmar or The Passion Hymns of Iceland (1666), written after he contracted leprosy.
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; son of Patrick (a farmer) and Margaret Heaney; married Marie Devlin, 1965; children: Michael, Christopher, Catherine. Educa…
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