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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.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 was awarded to Halldór Kiljan Laxness "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"
Halldór Laxness (born April 23, 1902, Reykjavík, Iceland—died February 8, 1998, near Reykjavík) was an Icelandic novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955. He is considered the most creative Icelandic writer of the 20th century.
Feb 8, 1998 · February 08, 1998. Genre. Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories. Influences. The Icelandic Sagas, Catholicism, Communism, Taoism. edit data. Born Halldór Guðjónsson, he adopted the surname Laxness in honour of Laxnes in Mosfellssveit where he grew up, his family having moved from Reyjavík in 1905.
Jul 4, 2022 · An outspoken socialist and a defender of Iceland’s independence (achieved in 1944, when, after centuries under the Danish monarchy, it declared itself a republic), Laxness condemned the country...
The universal appeal of the very Icelandic author, Halldór Laxness (1902-1998) is what makes him so unique to other Icelandic writers of the 20th century. Laxness took his subject matter from Icelandic society, and produced work rooted in the Icelandic epic tradition.
Halldór Laxness wrote novels, poetry, journalism, essays and plays. He is best remembered for three series of novels written during the 1930s that take place in Iceland and in various ways involve social realism.
It is a biography of novelist and Nobel Laureate, Halldór Laxness by Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson and is in three volumes: Halldór the first part was published in 2003; Part two Kiljan was published in 2004; Part three, Laxness, was published in 2005.
Halldór Laxness’s speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1955. (Translation) I was travelling in the south of Sweden a few weeks ago, when I heard the rumour that the choice of the Swedish Academy might possibly fall on me.
Oct 6, 2020 · How Halldór Laxness Brings the Heroic to the Everyday. John Freeman on the Moral Power of Independent People. By John Freeman. October 6, 2020. In the spring of 1927, the Icelandic novelist Halldór Laxness had reached a crisis point in his young life.
