Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (born Halldór Guðjónsson) (April 23, 1902 - February 8, 1998) was a famous 20th century Icelandic author of such novels as Independent People, The Atom Station, Paradise Reclaimed, Iceland's Bell, The Fish Can Sing and World Light. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.

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In Icelandic:

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• Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. 2003. Halldór. Almenna bókafélagið, Reykjavík.
• Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin H-O. 1990. Editors: Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir and Sigríður Harðardóttir. Örn og Örlygur hf., Reykjavík.
• Ritaskrá
• Halldór Laxness
• Sýning - Þar ríkir fegurðin ein, öld með Halldóri Laxness

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• Biography from the Nobel Prize website

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