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Post by DarkcelticLion on Jan 9, 2007 12:02:12 GMT
Magnus magnusson died sunday aged 77. more on the storyNever read his translations, but i've heard they are very good. Lion |
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Post by phil&dona on Jan 9, 2007 22:32:05 GMT
Hailsa Lion!
He did quite a few of the sagas in the Penguin Classics series, some on his own & some with Hermann Palsson, like Laxdaela Saga, Njals Saga, King Haralds Saga, The Vinland Sagas; he also wrote Iceland Saga on the early history of Iceland which is very good.
We'll raise a horn to Magnus Magnusson, may he Fare Well!
Phil & Dona.
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Post by thornogson on Jan 12, 2007 10:58:28 GMT
This is news to me! He was a great contributer to our knowledge of our kin. May the gods greet him when he arrives to settle with his kin.
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Post by wulfric on Feb 16, 2007 10:03:09 GMT
He will be missed. I have several of his saga translations and history books sitting on my bookshelves. I've started re-reading Njal's Saga which he translated with Hermann Pálsson.
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Post by thornogson on Feb 16, 2007 13:37:37 GMT
I want to try and get DVDs of his history programmes. They can't be that hard to find!
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