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Halldór Laxness

Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

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Born
April 23, 1902
Died
February 8, 1998
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1902

About Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness 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 include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway. In 1955 Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his vivid epic power, which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland". Laxness was awarded the Sonning Prize in 1969.

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Halldór Laxness timeline

  1. In 1955 Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his vivid epic power, which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland".
  2. Laxness was awarded the Sonning Prize in 1969.

The world when Halldór Laxness was born

Halldór Laxness was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Halldór Laxness's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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