The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.2004, Blaðsíða 45

Vol. 59 #1
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Contributors
KRISTIANA MAGNUSSON CLARK has written four family history books
relating to the Magnusson/Sigvaldson families one that was in co-operations with her
brother in law, Richard Rothe and another with her second husband, Alder Clark. She
has also published an anthology Winds of Spring and many articles and poems for var-
ious publications. She lives in the White Rock, BC area.
DAVID J6N FULLER is a Winnipeg-based freelance writer. He works for
Logberg-Heimskringla. His work has appeared in The Icelandic Canadian, and Prairie
Books Now, and he is a regular contributor to Uptown magazine.
GLENJAKOBSON is the son of Dr. Bodvar and Borga Jakobson. He was raised
in Neepawa, Manitoba and studied English at the University of Winnipeg, education at
Brandon University and Icelandic at Haskoli Islands. Following his two years in Iceland
he spent a year in Denmark. He has spent the last 13 years treaching in Uwajima (2
years) and Matsuyama (11 years) in Japan. During the hot, humid Japanese summers he
divides his time between Nanaimo, B.C. and Siglavik, near Gimli.
KEVIN JON JOHNSON, B.A. Honours, B.Ed., has taught English in Canada and
Japan. He has won two creative writing scholarships from the University of Winnipeg
and served as President of Logberg-Heimskringla newspaper from 1996 to 2000. In
1997 Kevin wrote, with Melinda McCracken, the Canadian social history Magnus
Eliason: A Life on the Left. Soon, the American firm Publish America will publish his
autobiographical novel, Deep Structure Comedy. This unique metaphysical saga tells of
Kevin's overcoming a bipolar mood disorder, winning the love of a young Grey Nun
named Barb, and defeating Satan like the medieval Icelandic intellectual Saemund the
Wise.
J. TIMOTHY SAMSON, Q.C. practices law as a partner in the firm of Aikins,
MacAulay & Thorvaldson, LLP. and teaches law related courses at the University of
Manitoba. He is the President of Canada Iceland Foundation and, among other activi-
ties, serves on the VIP Fund Committee for the Department of Icelandic and the
Icelandic Collection at the University of Manitoba. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross
of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon in 2000.
HELEN SIGURDSON is a retired teacher. She wrote a book, I Wanted You to
Know, which is her life story. She has written book reviews for the Free Press and
presently facilitates a life story writing program at the Stradbrook Senior Centre. She
lives in St. Vital with her husband, Frank.
SIGURBJORG STEFANSSON was a highly respected teacher. A school in Gimli
bears her name. She was instrumental in establishing tne libraries at Gimli, Riverton and
Arborg. She had a great pride in her Icelandic heritage. Delving into the history led her
to translating the letters so that they could be shared.
W. D. VALGARDSON has recently retired after forty-two years of teaching
English and Creative Writing. He is currently restoring his Heritage Home in Victoria.
When he's not sawing, hammering, painting, cementing, he is working on a collection
of short stories.
GENE WALZ is professor of Film Studies at the University of Manitoba and the
author of Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson. In
addition to the forthcoming One Man's Documentary, he has edited two anthologies:
Canada's Best Features and Flashback: People and Institutions in Canadian Film
Flistory. In 1987 he wrote and directed The Washing Machine, a half-hour comedy
drama based on a story by David Arnason.