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Halldór Laxness

Icelandic author (1902-1998)

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Halldór Laxness was an Icelandic writer who lived from 1902 to 1998 and is considered one of Iceland's most important literary figures. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955, making him Iceland's first and only Nobel laureate in that category, and his works significantly shaped modern Icelandic literature and culture.

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Born: 1902
Died: 1998
Works: 285

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Den store vaever fra Kashmir
De islandske sagaer og andre essays
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Halldór Kiljan Laxness (born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest…

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The Fish Can Sing1973
The Fish Can Sing1973
Halldór Kiljan Laxness — Self (archive footage)1962

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Halldór Kiljan Laxness ( Icelandic: [ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaxsnɛs] ; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway.

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