What is Halldór Laxness?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | awards = {{awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1955}} | image = Halldór Kiljan Laxness 1955.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Halldór Guðjónsson | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], Iceland | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|2|8|1902|4|23|df=y}} | death_place = Reykjavík, Iceland | nationality = [[Icelandic people|Icelandic]] | spouses = {{marriage|Ingibjörg Einarsdóttir|1930|1940}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://icelandreview.com/news/2011/10/28/halldor-laxnesss-love-letters-published |magazine=Iceland Review |title=Halldór Laxness love letters published |date=28 October 2011 |access-date=24 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301134745/http://icelandreview.com/news/2011/10/28/halldor-laxnesss-love-letters-published |archive-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>{{marriage|Auður Sveinsdóttir|1945|1998}} }} {{nobelprize|Literature}}'''Halldór Kiljan Laxness''' ({{IPA-is|ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaksnɛs|lang|Is-Halldor kiljan laxness.oga}}; born '''Halldór Guðjónsson'''; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer. He won the 1955 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-30-countries-with-nobel-prize-winners.html|title = Nobel Prize Winners by Country}}</ref> ==Works== * 1919: ''Barn náttúrunnar'' (''Child of Nature'') * 1924: ''Undir Helgahnúk'' (''Under the Holy Mountain'') * 1927: ''Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír'' (''[[The Great Weaver from Kashmir]]'') * 1931: ''Þú vínviður hreini'' (''O Thou Pure Vine'') – Part I of ''Salka Valka'' * 1932: ''Fuglinn í fjörunni'' (''The Bird on the Beach'') – Part II of ''Salka Valka'' * 1933: ''Úngfrúin góða og Húsið'' (''The Honour of the House''), as part of ''Fótatak manna: sjö þættir'' * 1934: ''Sjálfstætt fólk'' — Part I, ''Landnámsmaður Íslands'' (''Icelandic Pioneers''), ''[[Independent People]]'' * 1935: ''Sjálfstætt fólk'' – Part I