Halldór Guðmundsson. 2004. Halldór Laxness. (Reykjavík: JPV) Wikiquote has quotations related to Halldór Laxness. Gljúfrasteinn, the Halldór Laxness Museum...
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Biography of Halldór Laxness (Original title Ævisaga Halldórs Kiljans Laxness) was published in Iceland from 2003. It is a biography of novelist and Nobel...
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Dóri DNA (redirect from Halldór Laxness Halldórsson)
video. Halldór is the son of filmmakers Guðný Halldórsdóttir and Halldór Þorgeirsson and grandson of writer and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness and writer...
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Halldór Laxness is an album released by the Icelandic musical group Mínus. It was recorded and mixed in Studio Sýrland, Iceland, by Ken Thomas and Curver...
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Independent People (category Novels by Halldór Laxness)
An Epic (Icelandic: Sjálfstætt fólk) is a novel by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, originally published in two volumes in 1934 and 1935. It deals with...
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Look up Halldór in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Halldór (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhalːˌtouːr̥]) or Halldor is a given name. Notable people with the...
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The Atom Station (category Novels by Halldór Laxness)
Atom Station (Icelandic: Atómstöðin) is a novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The initial...
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The Great Weaver from Kashmir (category Novels by Halldór Laxness)
Kashmir (Icelandic: Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír) is the third novel by Halldór Kiljan Laxness, published in 1927 by the Reykjavík publisher Forlagið. The theme...
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Halldór Laxness – both authors were eventually awarded. Hemingway was a favourite to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954 along with Halldór...
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Sigurðsson in his English language debut. Co-written by the director with Halldór Laxness Halldórsson and Tobias Munthe, the film stars Timothy Spall and Lydia...
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The Fish Can Sing (category Novels by Halldór Laxness)
(Icelandic: Brekkukotsannáll) is a 1957 novel by Icelandic author Halldór Laxness, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. The novel is...
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Gerpla (category Novels by Halldór Laxness)
Gerpla is a 1952 Icelandic novel by Halldór Laxness based on the Old Icelandic Fóstbræðra saga. 1954. Gerpla. Translated by Ingegerd Nyberg Fries. Stockholm:...
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family names; one Icelander to do so was the Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness, while another author, Einar Hjörleifsson, and his brothers chose the...
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1955 Nobel Prize in Literature (category Halldór Laxness)
old and new..." Halldór Laxness wrote novels, poetry, journalism, essays and plays. The conventional Icelandic saga influenced Laxness, best known for...
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Several Reykjavík writers have received international and Nordic awards. Halldór Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955 for "vivid epic...
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it is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness. Partial list films strongly related to Iceland while not produced...
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Island of Missing Trees, shortlisted for the Costa Book Award, 2021; Halldór Laxness International Literature Prize, 2021; The Island of Missing Trees,...
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mid-20th century. Her husband was Icelandic Nobel Literature laureate Halldór Laxness, and Auður worked as his secretary and writing collaborator for many...
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being given the name "Nábrókarstafur". The stave is mentioned in Halldór Laxness's historic novel, Íslandsklukkan ("Iceland's Bell" 1943) where a character...
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Guðný Halldórsdóttir (category Halldór Laxness)
winner Halldór Laxness, while her mother was writer and textile designer Auður Laxness. Her son is rapper, actor and comedian Halldór Laxness Halldórsson...
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[ˈklju(v)raˌsteitn̥]) is a writer's home museum, which was the former home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness, a 1955 Nobel Prize for Literature winner. It is located in Mosfellsbær...
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1955 Willis Lamb; Polykarp Kusch Vincent du Vigneaud Hugo Theorell Halldór Laxness None 1956 John Bardeen; Walter Houser Brattain; William Shockley Cyril...
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[citation needed] Iceland has produced many great authors including Halldór Laxness, Guðmundur Kamban, Tómas Guðmundsson, Davíð Stefánsson, Jón Thoroddsen...
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Halldór Laxness—ævisaga. Reykjavík: JPV, 2004. ISBN 9979-781-61-0. English ed. trans. Philip Roughton: The Islander: A Biography of Halldór Laxness....
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Olivier (1966) Willem Visser 't Hooft (1967) Arthur Koestler (1968) Halldór Laxness (1969) Max Tau (1970) Danilo Dolci (1971) Karl Popper (1973) Hannah...
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especially, of fatalism is, however, a matter of scholarly contention. Halldór Laxness argued that the saga is primarily a book about the fatalism inherent...
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Cold War. Bjarni was caricatured by the Nobel prize winning writer Halldór Laxness in his 1948 play Atómstöðin (The Atom Station). In 1956, when the left-wing...
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the party and their positions before being tried.[citation needed] Halldór Laxness, the Icelandic author, was present at the trial and described it in...
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Olivier (1966) Willem Visser 't Hooft (1967) Arthur Koestler (1968) Halldór Laxness (1969) Max Tau (1970) Danilo Dolci (1971) Karl Popper (1973) Hannah...
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Olivier (1966) Willem Visser 't Hooft (1967) Arthur Koestler (1968) Halldór Laxness (1969) Max Tau (1970) Danilo Dolci (1971) Karl Popper (1973) Hannah...
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