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Halldór Laxness

Personal Information

Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Born / DiedApr 23, 1902 (Died at 96)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthReykjavik, Iceland
Career Span1954 – 1998
Known Credits6 Titles
Official Links
WritingPopularity Score 0.6

Halldór Laxness

Also known as:Halldór Kiljan LaxnessHalldór Guðjónsson
Total Works

6

5 movies • 1 shows

Avg Rating

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Global Reach

#1

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Halldór Laxness, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 6 titles featuring Halldór Laxness

Under the Glacier
6.7
Under the Glacier
1989•movie

Role: Novel

The Honour of the House
6.2

Role: Writer

Salka Valka
6.0
Salka Valka
1954•movie

Role: Writer

8.0
The Fish Can Sing
1973•movie
Halldór Kiljan Laxness

as Self (archive footage)

The Fish Can Sing
2 eps
The Fish Can Sing
1973•series