Snorri Sturluson

Japanese: スノッリ･ストゥルルソン（英語表記）Snorri Sturluson

1179‐1241
Icelandic poet and historian. Born the son of chieftain Sturla, he was adopted by Jón Loptsson and raised in Odde, a centre of learning. At the age of 20 he married the daughter of a wealthy man and moved to Borg, where he gradually gained fame as a historian, lawyer and poet, and demonstrated his skill as a politician. In 1218 he visited Norway and became acquainted with King Haakon IV and Duke Skrí, which prompted him to write a history of the dynasty. He was active as a poet and legal herald, but was caught up in a political struggle involving the Norwegian king's ambitions for Iceland and was killed by an assassin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1179‐1241
アイスランドの詩人，歴史家。首長スツルラの子として生まれ，ヨウン･ロプトソンの養子になり学芸の中心地オッディで育つ。20歳で資産家の娘と結婚，ボルグに移り，しだいに歴史家，法律家，詩人としての名声を高め，政治家としての手腕を発揮する。1218年ノルウェーを訪れホーコン4世やスクリー侯の知遇をえたことが王朝史執筆のきっかけとなる。詩人，法律布告者として活躍したが，ノルウェー王のアイスランドへの野心にからむ政争にまきこまれ，刺客に殺された。

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