Jakobína Johnson
1883–1977

Introduction

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Born: Oc­to­ber 24, 1883, Hól­ma­vað, Að­al­da­lur, South Þingeyjarsýsla, Ice­land (birth name: Sig­ur­björns­dót­tir).

Died: Ju­ly 7, 1977, Se­at­tle, Wash­ing­ton.

Cremated: Dis­po­si­tion of ash­es is un­known.

Biography

Jakobina was the wife of Ísa­ki Jóns­son (John­son).

At age six, she emi­grat­ed from Ice­land with her par­ents to Win­ni­peg, Ca­na­da. She lat­er moved to Vic­tor­ia, Brit­ish Co­lum­bia, then Se­at­tle.

Works

She trans­lat­ed a num­ber of Ice­land­ic po­ems to Eng­lish. Her oth­er works in­clude:

Translations

  1. Fading Day Ad­orns the West, The

Sources