Kristjan Niels Julius Biography | Poet

Kristjan Niels "K. N." Julius (April 4, 1860–October 25, 1936) was a satirical poet from Iceland, who later lived in the U.S. State of North Dakota. He was born April April 7, 1860, and emigrated to North America in 1878. He originally lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and later moved to the United States where he lived in Duluth, Minnesota. Around 1894, he moved to North Dakota and took up residence in Thingvalla Township, which had several large Icelandic settlements. His poems were well known in Iceland and in the United States.