Halldór Laxness

Biography

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 Hemingway. Description above from the Wikipedia article Halldór Laxness, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on
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Personal Info

Id

1201817

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-04-23

Place of Birth

Reykjavik, Iceland

Also Known As

  • Halldór Kiljan Laxness
  • Halldór Guðjónsson
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    Known For

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    The Fish Can Sing

    The Fish Can

    1973

    The Fish Can Sing

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    1962

    Halldór Kiljan Laxness

    asSelf (archive footage)