Synonyms

Laxness

American

[lahks-nes] / ˈlɑks nɛs /

noun

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

Laxness British

/ ˈlaxsnɛs /

noun

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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Gunnarsson wrote mostly in Danish and was translated into Icelandic by Laxness.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 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

Reykjavik is both a gossipy town and a literary hotspot — everyone knows where Halldor Laxness lives and keeps an eye out for him.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2020

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 was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955.

From Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson

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