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

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Known For : Writing
Birthday : 1902-04-23
Place of Birth : Reykjavik, Iceland

Halldór Laxness Movies

1962
Movies

Halldór Kiljan Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness

1 1962 HD

In this film, Ósvaldur Knudsen explains the life and work of Halldór Kiljan Laxness.

1973
Movies

The Fish Can Sing

The Fish Can Sing

1 1973 HD

Set at the start of the twentieth century, the movie deals with the orphaned boy Álfgrímur, his adoptive grandparents, and the small,...