Inn á græna skóga [Into the green woods] – an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson’s poetry
At four o’clock on Friday the 22nd of April an exhibition of Snorri Hjartarson’s poetry was opened in the library. On the same occasion the publishing house Forlagið celebrated the publication of Hjartarsons’s 3rd edtion of his Poetry Collection.
Many were present at the opening where Páll Valsson handed over to the National and University Library some of Hjartarson’s manuscripts. The Neskirkja Church Choir sang a song by Hugi Guðmundsson, „Hvíld“[Rest], with lyrics by Hjartarson and Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir sang a new song by Þorvaldur Gylfason, „Vor“[Spring],, with another verse by Snorri with the assistance of Guðrún Dalía Salómonsdóttir on piano.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president of Iceland, delivered a speech and opened the exhibition and a web presenting Hjartarson’s poetry.
In the exhibition his poetic gems are highlighted. Guests of the library are met by his poems in the corridors and they can also sit comfortably with a tablet in the exhibition area and listen to the poems read by Gunnar Þorsteinsson, translator and broadcaster.
