Stefán Hörður Grímsson
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Iceland
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ic modernist
Modernist literature
Modernist literature is sub-genre of Modernism, a predominantly European movement beginning in the early 20th century that was characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional aesthetic forms...
, one of the so-called Atom Poets
Atom Poets
The Atom Poets were a group of Icelandic modernist poets, the five most prominent of which were Einar Bragi, Hannes Sigfússon, Jón Óskar, Sigfús Daðason and Stefán Hörður Grímsson, who all began their careers in the 1940s and 1950s....
. His first book of poetry came out in 1946, but he gained attention for his second book of poems in 1951; he published a third book of poetry in 1970.