There is a lovely spot in Manitoba where a small stream runs through a gentle rise on the prairie. There, at the site of his homestead, the author Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason is commemorated with a plaque dedicated to him by the Icelandic-Canadian community in Manitoba. Not many Canadian writers have their home places marked as historic sites…
David Arnason
David Arnason is a Winnipeg writer who teaches at the University of Manitoba. His novel Baldur’s Song: A Saga was published by Turnstone Press in 2010.