Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness (1902 – 1998) — Iceland, writing in Icelandic. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.
“for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Halldór Laxness
Icelandic novelist who brought rural life, Nordic saga and the conflicts of the twentieth century into a voice at once epic and satirical. His characters are bound by land, debt, religion and the dream of independence, observed with severity, humour and compassion.