About

Known credits:
6
Birthday:
1902-04-23
Place of birth:
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Halldór Laxness

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
1973 The Fish Can Sing Actor N/A
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1962 Halldór Kiljan Laxness Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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Writing
1999 The Honour of the House Writing Writer 58
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1989 Under the Glacier Writing Novel 59
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1973 The Fish Can Sing Writing Novel N/A
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1954 Salka Valka Writing Writer 59
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