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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1950s (72) 1955 (5) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1902 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Atlantic Ocean islands (5) Iceland (1) Reykjavík (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1990s (82) 1998 (11) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Atlantic Ocean islands (6) Iceland (1) Mosfellsbær (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) H (52) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) G (47) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Christianity (158) Roman Catholic (51) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 54 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Atlantic Ocean islands (2) Iceland (1) complete name: Halldór Kiljan Laxness nobel prize: literature award year: 1955 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 was awarded to Halldór Kiljan Laxness "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts birth name: Halldór Guðjónsson given name: Halldór family name: Laxness occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: playwright occupation: translator occupation: philosopher occupation: novelist occupation: linguist description: Halldór Kiljan Laxness was a twentieth-century Icelandic writer. Laxness wrote poetry, newspaper articles, plays, travelogues, short stories, and novels. Major influences included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway. In 1955 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature and is the only Icelandic Nobel laureate. pronunciation: (Icelandic: [ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaxsnɛs]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1955/summary/> date birth: 1902 date death: 1998 usual name: Halldór Laxness
