Laxness

American  

[lahks-nes] / ˈlɑks nɛs /

noun

1. Halldór Kiljan 1902–98, Icelandic writer: Nobel Prize 1955.

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Laxness British  

/ ˈlaxsnɛs /

noun

1. Halldór ( Kiljan ) (haldəʊr). 1902–98, Icelandic novelist, noted for his treatment of rural working life in Iceland. His works include Salka Valka (1932) and Independent People (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1955

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Laxness

Laxness inspired but he also cast a shadow, and if you had been an aspiring writer in Iceland in the ’40s or ’50s, or even the ’60s, you would probably have felt both.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

One of my favorites of these is Halldor Laxness, who was born in 1902 and died in 1998, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022

In 2021, she was awarded the Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize for her contribution to "the renewal of the art of storytelling".

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021

It was based on the four-volume novel of the same name by Halldór Laxness, Iceland’s greatest writer and its only Nobel Prize laureate.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016

Laxness in the care of one's room may mean the habit of laxness in other and more important ways.

From A Girl's Student Days and After by Mary Emma Woolley

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