Halldór Laxness Biography
Halldór Kiljan Laxness (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. Writers who influenced Laxness included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway.
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‘We Live in Time’ Charts the Course of a Relationship in Quiet if Predictable Style. Andrew Garfield...
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Funny and Moving, ‘A Real Pain’ Explores Grief, Family, and History
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ Is An Absorbing If Flawed Courtroom Thriller. Nicholas Hoult is ‘Juror...
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‘The Diplomat’ Season 2 Brings More Political Intrigue and a Powerful Allison Janney
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The WandaVision Spin-Off Boasts an Enchanting Kathryn Hahn and a New Mystery. Hahn stars as...
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‘The Penguin’ has charismatic performances but also a lot of gangster cliches. The limited...
