Hermann Pálsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hermann Pálsson

Icelandic scholar and translator

Date of Birth: 26-May-1921

Place of Birth: Blönduós, Iceland

Date of Death: 11-Aug-2002

Profession: writer, translator, university teacher, philologist, linguist

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Hermann Pálsson (26 May 1921 – 11 August 2002) was an Icelandic language scholar and translator, "one of the most distinguished scholars of Icelandic studies of his generation".
Often working in collaboration with others such as Magnus Magnusson or Paul Edwards, he translated around 40 works of medieval Icelandic literature.