Jón Sveinsson
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Jón "Nonni" Stefán Sveinsson (16 November 1857, near Akureyri - 16 October 1944, Cologne) was an Icelandic children's writer and member of the Society of Jesus.
He left Iceland in 1870 for France, where he converted to Catholicism. His children's stories concerning a character named Nonni are well-known in Iceland and parts of Europe. His childhood home in Akureyri is now a museum and he has featured on postage stamps. Sveinsson's stories of growing up with his brother Ármann, nicknamed "Manni", were adapted into the television series Nonni and Manni
[edit] Bibliography
Titles are currently listed in German.
- Nonni ISBN 3423700440
- Nonni und Manni ISBN 3932426258
- Sonnentage
- Die Stadt am Sund ISBN 3451197227
- Abenteuer auf den Inseln
- Auf Skipalon
- Nonni erzählt
- Zwischen Eis und Feuer
- Wie Nonni das Glück fand ISBN 3932426266
- Nonni in Amerika
- Die Feuerinsel im Nordmeer
- Nonnis Reise um die Welt Band 1: Nonni in Amerika Band 2: Nonni in Japan
