Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998

LC control no.	n 78095360
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PT7511.L3
Personal name heading	Halldór Laxness, 1902-1998 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Laxness, Halldór, 1902-1998 Khalldor Laksness, 1902-1998 Laxness, Halldór Kiljan, 1902- Laxnes, Chalntor, 1902-1998 Halldór Guðjónsson, 1902-1998 Guðjónsson, Halldór, 1902-1998 Халлдор, Лакснесс, 1902-1988 Khalldor, Laksness, 1902-1988 Хальдор, Лакснесс, 1902-1988 Khalʹdor, Laksness, 1902-1988 Лакснесс, Хальдор Кильян, 1902-1988 Laksness, Khalʹdor Kilʹi︠a︡n, 1902-1988
Associated country	Iceland
Birth date	1902-04-23
Death date	1988-02-08
Profession or occupation	Novelists Poets Dramatists
Special note	Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found in	His Salka Valka ... New enc. Brit. (Laxness, Halldór (Kiljan), b. 4/23/02) BM (Laxness, (Halldór Kiljan)) Is. skald., 1973 (Halldór (Kiljan) Laxness (Gudjónsson), b. 4/23/02) Ísl. bók, 78 (Halldór Laxness, 1902- ) His Salka Valka, 1956: t.p.(Chalntor Laxnes) Washington post, Feb. 10, 1998: obit. (d. Feb. 8, 1998 in a nursing home in Iceland; novelist, poet, playwright; won Nobel Prize for literature, 1955) Wikipedia WWW site, June 26, 2006 (Halldór Kiljan Laxness; b. Halldór Guðjónsson, Apr. 23, 1902; adopted the name Halldór Kiljan Laxness in 1923, when he became a Catholic; d. Feb. 8, 1998) National Library of Israel in VIAF, WWW, viewed on March 27, 2019 (Халлдор, Лакснесс, 1902-1988 = Khalldor, Laksness, 1902-1988; Хальдор, Лакснесс, 1902-1988 = Khalʹdor, Laksness, 1902-1988; Лакснесс, Хальдор Кильян, 1902-1988 = Laksness, Khalʹdor Kilʹi︠a︡n, 1902-1988) Nobel Foundation, WWW, viewed on March 27, 2019: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 (The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955 was awarded to Halldór Kiljan Laxness "for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland." Residence at the time of the award: Iceland; Language: Icelandic)
Associated language	ice