Snorri Sturluson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...leson, 1178 1241, Icelandic chieftain, historian, critic, and saga teller, the leading figure in medieval Norse literature. He was the author of the invaluable Prose Edda (see Edda ), a treatise on the art of poetry and a compendium of Norse...