Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness Profile Photo

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.

Career Overview

Halldór Laxness has 6 screen credits in a career dating back to 1954. Signature works include The Honour of the House, Under the Glacier, The Fish Can Sing. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Writing
Gender
male
Known Credits
6
Birth Date
1902-04-23 00:00:00
Birth Place
Reykjavik, Iceland

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Credits