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I don't usually share stuff in Icelandic but I want this to be seen. My friend Ásgeir, poet and cultural critic, died last week. We had known each other since 1991 when I was twelve and he was fifteen. I tried to paint a picture of him and our relationship. Traditionally such obituaries are published in the newspaper Morgunblaðið. Ásgeir used to work there and one of the last thing he published was a scathing indictment of the incoming editor, and former Prime Minister of Iceland, Davíð Oddsson. While most people kept their heads down hoping to be spared Ásgeir rose to the occasion. https://smygl.is/2025/01/31/oli-gneisti-soleyjarson-skrifar/