| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Literature | |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Number: | 10 - 1 |
| Nominee: |
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| Name: | Halldór Kiljan Laxness |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1998 |
| Profession: | Author |
| Country: | ICELAND (IS) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 | |
| Nominator 1: |
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| Name: | Jón Helgason |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Icelandic literature history |
| University: | University of Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
| Nominator 2: |
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| Name: | Sigurdur Nordal |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Professor of Icelandic philology and cultural history |
| University: | Reykjavik University |
| City: | Reykjavik |
| Country: | ICELAND (IS) |
