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Halldór Laxness

Birth name: Halldór Guðjónsson

Also known as: Halldór Kiljan Laxness, Halldor Laxness, Halldor Kiljan Laxness

Place of birth:

Reykjavík Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1902-04-23 • Birth Sign: Taurus

Citizenship:

Iceland

Death date:

1998-02-08 (95 years old)

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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 include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway.

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Arts and culture Science and academia linguist novelist translator playwright poet philosopher writer Reykjavík Iceland

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