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This compelling collection will appeal to readers interested in poetry, women's history, midwifery, Icelandic culture, and feminist literature. It is ideal for those who appreciate formally ambitious poetics that interrogate gender roles and historical narratives.
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Herostories reveals tales untold by most history books: the harrowing journeys and vital triumphs of nineteenth and twentieth century midwifery in the vast landscape of Iceland.
Composed from the memoirs and biographies of 100 Icelandic midwives, poet-historian Kristn Svava Tomasdottr's found poems illuminate the dangers and valor of birthwork. Forgoing traditional sagas of androcentric conquest, these poems centre the adventures of ljsmur, "mothers of light." Tomasdottr leverages epic elements—dashing mountain treks, rivers forded on horseback, unyielding compassion—to challenge how and by whom stories become legend.
The follow-up to Tomasdottr and Thors' award-winning, PEN-nominated Stormwarning, Herostories documents the professional achievements of Iceland's first women to work outside the home, precursors to today's midwives who remain central to contemporary health care on the island.
Beyond archival recognition, the text's formally ambitious poetics render gender-based battles for literacy and education alongside narratives of selfless womanly caretaking, pressurizing the fundamental tensions between feminine self-actualization and the romanticised service of these trailblazing figures.
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Winner of the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award and long-listed for the PEN Literary Award for Poetry in Translation, Herostories has been praised for its sharp critique of contemporary capitalist culture, marked by both moralism and prejudice, while maintaining a witty tone. Magdalena Kay in World Literature Today highlights the book’s ability to challenge societal norms humorously and powerfully.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781646052288
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 May 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Translated by KB Thors
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 177.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 162
About the Author
Kristn Svava Tmasdttir is a poet and historian in Reykjavk, Iceland. She has published four books of poetry: Bltglur (2007), Skrlingjasningin (2011), Stormvivrun (2015) and Hetjusgur (2020), the latest one being awarded the Icelandic Womens Prize for Fiction. Stormvivrun was translated into English by K.B. Thors as Stormwarning and published in a bilingual edition in the United States by Phoneme Media in 2018. For her translation, Thors won the American-Scandinavian Foundation's Leif and Inger Sjberg Award and was longlisted for the PEN America Literary Award for translated poetry.
K.B. Thors is the author of Vulgar Mechanics (Coach House Books, 2019) and translator of Soledad Marambio's Chintungo: The Story of Someone Else (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017and Kristn Svava Tmasdttir's Stormwarning (Phoneme, 2018), winner of the American Scandinavian Foundation's Leif and Inger Sjberg Prize and nominee for the 2019 PEN Literary Award for Poetry in Translation.
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