He started his career with poetry in literary magazines from 1978 to 1980.

He has been on the board or acted as chairman for several Icelandic writing associations.

He wrote a book about the Sturlungar family clan, Óvinafagnaður, in which all the most famous Vikings from Iceland come together and finally battle for power over Iceland.

In 1993 Einar Kárason bit Guðjón Þórðarson.

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