What is Thor Vilhjalmsson?
[[File:Thor Vilhjalmsson in 2008.jpg|thumb|Thor Vilhjalmsson in 2008]] '''Thor Vilhjalmsson''' (12 August 1925 – 2 March 2011) was an [[Iceland]]ic writer.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2011/03/02/thor_vilhjalmsson_latinn/ |title=Thor Vilhjálmsson látinn |first= |last= |work=mbl.is |year=2 March 2011|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> His first [[novel]], ''Maðurinn er alltaf einn (Man is Always Alone)'' was published in 1950.<ref name=shi>{{cite web |url=http://www.sagenhaftes-island.is/en/news/nr/1856 |title=Thor Vilhjálmsson dies at 85 |first= |last= |work=sagenhaftes-island.is |year=2 March 2011 |accessdate=22 October 2011 |archive-date=24 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124073018/http://www.sagenhaftes-island.is/en/news/nr/1856 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literary Prize for his novel ''Grámosinn glóir (Justice Undone)''.<ref name=shi/> Vilhjalmsson was born in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] in 1925.<ref name=gr>{{cite web |url= http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/259496.Thor_Vilhj_lmsson |title=Thor Vilhjálmsson (Author of Justice Undone) |first= |last= |work=goodreads.com |year=2011 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> He studied at the [[University of Iceland]] in 1944-1946, at the [[University of Nottingham]] in 1946-1947 and at the [[Sorbonne]] in [[Paris]] from 1947-1952.<ref name=gr/> He worked as a librarian at the National Library of Iceland in 1953 and at the National Theatre 1955-1957. He was involved in many art groups and events including the [[Reykjavik]] Writers Festival, the Writer's Union of Iceland, the Federation of Icelandic Artists, the Reykjavík Arts Festival, the Reykjavík Film Festival and the Reykjavík Judo-Society.<ref name=gr/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilhjalmsson, Thor}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Icelandic writers|Thor Vilhjalmsson]]