| Year: | 1950 |
| Number: | 17-1 |
| Nominee: | |
| Name: | Halldór K Laxness |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, birth: | 1902 |
| Year, death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | IS (ICELAND) |
| Received prize: | lit 1955 » |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | Halldór Stefánsson |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | President of the Icelandic Writers’ Union |
| Country: | IS (ICELAND) |