Tómas Gundmundsson - Reykjavík, Iceland
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This dedicated bench comes with a statue and it was placed in a nice park in Reykjavík, capital city of Iceland
Waymark Code: WMPJFD
Location: Iceland
Date Posted: 09/08/2015
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The bench is dedicated to Tómas Gundmundsson, an Icelandic poet, born 1901, died 1983.
From Wikipedia:
"Tómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic author. He was known as Reykjavík's poet (Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur).
Tómas's parents were Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir and Guðmundur Ögmundsson, living at Efri-Brú in Grímsnes. He soon got in touch with literature and poetry. He read Icelandic sagas, Jónas Hallgrímsson's poems and more. He also started to write his own poetry at a young age.
He moved to Reykjavík and studied at Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, there he got in touch with many authors, including Halldór Laxness (they formed a close friendship during the M.R. years), Guðmundur G. Hagalín and Davíð Stefánsson. Tómas graduated from M.R. in 1921.
He then studied law at Háskóli Íslands and graduated in 1926. During that time he got in touch with even more authors, including Jón Thoroddsen junior.
After his graduation he opened an office to practice law and in 1928 he started working at Hagstofa Íslands. He closed his office in 1929 and quit at the bureau in 1943.
From 1943 he was mostly working at poetry and authorship. He was one the editors of Helgafell and Nýja Helgafell, he also translated stories, plays and poems.
Tomas died 1983 in Reykjavík, aged 82."
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This bench was probably dedicated by the city. There is a simple bronze plaque and a real life scale statue representing the poet sitting on the bench.
To learn more about the city park where the bench can be seen, check the following Wikipedia address: (
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