HALLDÓR KILJAN LAXNESS

1955 Nobel Laureate in Literature

for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland.

1902-1998
Residence: Iceland

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• Halldor Laxness obituary
• Description of Laxness in German (submitted by Robert Raschhofer)
• When Laxness got the Nobel prize in 1955 (submitted by Anna Melsted)
• review of Independent People (submitted by Danny Yee)
• Halldor Laxness Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, Biography and much more (submitted by Mira Sorensen)
• review of The Fish Can Sing (submitted by Danny Yee)
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• Laxness Halldor Biography (submitted by )
• Laxness museum (submitted by Anonymous)
• Halldor Laxness Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Gljufrasteinn (submitted by dave)

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