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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955
Halldór Laxness

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955

Halldór Kiljan Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 was awarded to Halldór Laxness "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland".

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