The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Literature, 1901-1950

Year:	1948
Number:	1-1
Nominee:
Name:	Halldór K Laxness
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1902
Year, death:	1998
Profession:	Author
Country:	IS (ICELAND)
Received prize:	lit 1955 »
Nominator:
Name:	Einar O Sveinsson
Gender:	M
Profession:	Professor of history of literature, literary scholar, folklorist
Affiliation:	Iceland University
City:	Reykjavik
Country:	IS (ICELAND)
Comment:	S. Nordal and E. Sveinsson nominated H. Laxness, see entries 1-0 and 1-1.