Einar Bragi

Einar Bragi (or Einar Bragi Sigurðsson) (7 April 1921 – 26 March 2005) was an Icelandic poet and publisher. He was a modernist who founded and edited the journal Birtingur, the leading forum for modernism in Iceland at the time.

Einar Bragi published nine books of poetry between 1950 and 1980. He is known as one of the Atom Poets. He also translated poetry into Icelandic.

Poetry Einar Bragi was born in Eskifjördur. His first two books were published while he was studying in Sweden; he returned to Iceland in 1953. His subject matter includes love and nature, often joined together, and he is critical of greed and exploitation. His critique of social injustice, according to scholar of Icelandic literature Neijmann, is expressed through sarcasm or the use of imagery derived from nature, and is free from sermonizing. "so that in effect the poet was republishing his work over and over again." His prose poems were called "fine," with "a refined sense of poetic diction," French scholar Régis Boyer also commented on his admirably rhythmical prose.

In addition to writing poetry, Einar Bragi also translated poetry "from virtually all European languages,"

Publishing ventures With the Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth, he founded the publishing company Forlag Editions, which published a number of important books by Roth. In 1953, he founded the journal Birtingur, which became the "main forum for Icelandic modernists" and was published until 1968. Bragi died in Reykjavík.