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1179–1241
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson · 冰岛
1179–1241, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician, principal compiler of the *Prose Edda* and *Heimskringla* (*Lives of the Norwegian Kings*).
Born in Hvammur, western Iceland, he was educated at Oddi as a child; after marrying in 1199 he accumulated land and power, and was twice elected Lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament (Althing) (1215–1218, 1222–1232); in 1218 he visited Norway at the invitation of King Haakon IV of Norway, and thereafter became entangled in the power struggle between Iceland and Norway, being assassinated at Reykholt in 1241; his works were mostly written during his settled period at Reykholt in 1223–1235.
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Born in Hvammur (Dalir region); place of activity and assassination Reykholt.
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Cultural significance
Without Snorri's compilation, much knowledge of Norse mythology and Old Icelandic poetic metre would have been lost; he is the founding figure of medieval Icelandic literature.