Halldór Laxness, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Halldór Laxness

Icelandic author

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1902

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1998

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, philosopher, novelist, linguist

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic: ['haltour 'c??ljan 'laxsn?s] (listen); 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.
Major influences included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway.