Halldór Laxness
Writing23rd April 1902(died at 95)Reykjavik, Iceland6 titles
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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Born
23rd April 1902 · Reykjavik, Iceland
Died
8th February 1998
Known for
Writing
Also known as
Halldór Kiljan Laxness, Halldór Guðjónsson
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