Halldór Laxness

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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Halldór Laxness is known for work in writing across film and television. New Release currently presents 6 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Fish Can Sing (1973), The Fish Can Sing (1973), Halldór Kiljan Laxness (1962), Under the Glacier (1989), The Honour of the House (1999), Salka Valka (1954). The recorded credits span 1954 to 1999, including 5 movies and 1 TV show.

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