Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael. The Norsemen in the West: or America before Columbus. James Nisbit, 1872.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Berry, Francis. I Tell of Greenland. Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1977.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Boyer, Elizabeth. Freydis and Gudrid. Veritie Press, 1976.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Busch, Fritz-Otto. Wikingersegel vor Amerika. Die Saga von Gudrid und Freydis [Viking Sailing Before America: The Saga of Gudrid and Freydis]. Sponholtz, 1966.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in German

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Clark, Joan. Eiriksdottir: A tale of dreams and luck. Penguin, 1993.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

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Elphinstone, Margaret. The Sea Road. Canongate, 2000.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

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Guðmundur Kamban. Jeg ser et stort skønt land [I See a Wondrous Land]. Gyldendal, 1936.

Novel · Danish
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiriks saga rauða, and Eyrbyggja saga written in Danish

Guðmundur Kamban. Vítt sé ég land og fagurt I og II [Far and Wide I See an Enchanting Land: One and Two]. Helgafell, 1945.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiriks saga rauða, and Eyrbyggja saga translated into Icelandic

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Hanson, Lida (Siboni). Eric the Red. Doubleday, 1930.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Gudrid the Fair. Constable, 1918.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fred. Edric the Norseman: A Tale of Adventure and Discovery. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1887-88.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fr. Kormak the Viking; or, The Shield-Borne Boy. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1885.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Hough, Clara Sharpe. Leif the Lucky. A Romantic Saga of the Sons of Erik the Red. Century, 1926.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Humble, Richard. Leifur heppni [Leif the Lucky]. Translated by Guðrún Magnúsdóttir, Mál og menning, 1991.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in Icelandic

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Igulstad, Frid. Magnus Viking [Magnus the Viking]. Capellen, 2000.

Novel · Norwegian
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Grænlendinga saga written in Norwegian

Irwin, Constance. Gudrid’s Saga. The Norse Settlement in America. A Documentary Novel. St. Martin’s Press, 1974.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

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Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Beginning. Robert G. Johnston, 2010.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Ragnarök. Robert G. Johnston, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Jón Daníelsson. Leifur heppni og Vínland hið góða [Leif the Lucky and Vinland the Good]. Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 2000.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Grænlendinga saga written in Icelandic

Jónas Kristjánsson. Veröld víð: Skáldsaga um ævi og örlög Guðríðar Þorbjarnardóttur, víðförlustu konu miðalda. [Wide World: A Poet’s Saga of the Life and Destiny of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir, A Far-Travelled, Medieval Woman]. Vaka-Helgafell, 1998.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in Icelandic

Julien, Susanne. Gudrid, la Voyageuse [Gudrid the Traveller]. Pierre Tisseyre, 1991.

Novel · French
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in French

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Kutzleb, Hjalmar. Dirk Winlandfahrer [Dirk the Vinland Traveller]. Westermann, 1936.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in German

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Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days. A. C. McClurg, 1901.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiríks saga rauða, and Hávamál written in English

Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Vinland champions. Appleton and Co., 1904.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Lucka, Emil. Winland. Novellen und Legenden [Novellas and Legends]. Deutsch-österreich. Verlag, 1912.

Novel · German
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in German

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Mirsky, Stuart W. The King of Vinland’s Saga. Xlibris, 1998.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Molan, Chris. The Vikings in Vinland. Meuthen Children´s Books Ltd., 1985.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

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Nielsen, Frederick. Siulittuutip eqquunnera. 1982.

Novel · Greenlandic
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in Greenlandic

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Schiller, Barbara. Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky. Troll Associates, 1979.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Seaver, Kirsten A. Gudrid’s saga. Gyldendal norsk forlag, 1994.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Seeliger, Ewald Gerhard. Freydis Rothaar [Freydis Red-hair]. L. Staackmann, 1915.

Novel · German
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in German

Shute, Nevil. An Old Captivity. William Heinemann, 1940.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Shute, Nevil. Vinland the Good. William Heinemann, 1946.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Snedden, Genevra. Leif and Thorkel, Two Norse Boys of Long Ago. World Book Co., 1922.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

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Treece, Henry. Vinland the Good. Bodley Head, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Treece, Henry. Westward to Vinland. Harper torchbooks, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

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Velasco, Manuel. Nacido en Vinland [Born in Vinland]. Mentrelínea Editores, 2004.

Novel · Spanish
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða and Egils saga written in Spanish

Vollmann, William T. The Ice-Shirt. André Deutsch, 1990.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

All 207 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.