Herdís & Ólína: The Poetry of Everyday Life

• Published in: Scandinavistica Vilnensis
• Main Author: Driscoll, M. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla / Vilnius University Press 2019
• Subjects: Icelandic literature; popular poetry; women’s poetry; female authorship; þulur; Breiðafjörður; Nordal; Reykjavík; Iceland; Flatey
• Online Access: https://www.journals.vu.lt/scandinavistica/article/view/12858; https://doi.org/10.15388/ScandinavisticaVilnensis.2019.2

The twin sisters Herdís Andrésdóttir and Ólína Andrésdóttir were born on the island Flatey in Breiðafjörður, western Iceland, in 1858. Following the death of their father at sea three years later, the family was dispersed and the sisters did not see each other until half a century later, when they w...