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Halldór Laxness

  • Halldór Kiljan Laxness
  • Halldór Guðjónsson
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Laxness, Halldór
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Person
Gender
Male
Date of birth
1902-04-23
Place of birth
Reykjavík
Date of death
1998-02-08
Place of death
Reykjavík

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Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic: [ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaksnɛs] ; 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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Icelandic writer.

Last modified: 2023-04-01 (revision #133093)

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Die IslandglockePaperback978-3-95829-726-52020
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17225412
Wikidata ID
Q80321

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