biography
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Arnason, Jón
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known as the Grimm of Iceland
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1819–88)
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| biography:
| Collector of folk-tales, born in Iceland. He collected and published a huge collection of Icelandic folk-tales and fairy-tales (1862–4), translated as Legends of Iceland by Eiríkur Magnússon (1864–6). |
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