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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Icelandic writer, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1955. Laxness published his first book at the age of 17. He is best-known for his fiction depicting the hardships of the working fishermen and farmers, and historical novels combining the tradition of sagas and mythology with national and social issues. With Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889-1975) and (1902-1983) Laxness was among the first internationally known Icelandic authors. " I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams. Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child." (from Laxness's Nobel acceptance speech) Returning to Iceland, Laxness spent several years traveling through the country. During a stay in the United States, he lectured among others about fishing at a IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) club, but was not enthusiastic by their anarchist activities and believed that they opposed as much Marx and Lenin as Rockefeller and Morgan. In San Francisco he read James Joyce's Ulysses - later he wondered why Joyce is not counted among the most important surrealist writers. German authors, such as Thomas Mann, did not inspire him - according to Laxness, Mann was too professor-like and Goethe overrated. Perhaps the most important novelist for him was

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Laxness, Halldor Kiljan Ecrivain islandais (Reykjavik, 1902 - id., 1998) �Deux fois plus vieux que son pays�, a -t -on dit - la R�publique islandaise moderne ne date que du 17 juin 1944, m�me si la tradition fait remonter sa d�mocratie � l'an 974 -, il aura donn� � l'Islande une �me nouvelle. D�s lors, il ne cessa plus de jeter un regard ironique sur ses engouements pass�s, tout en magnifiant la simplicit� et la t�nacit� paysannes, h�ritage d'un pass� imm�morial (l'Atelier de tricot, 1962; Dans l'enclos de la maison, 1975 -1977), dans une langue drue, cr�atrice, qui parcourut toute la gamme des sonorit�s et des sentiments.

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Encyclopædia Universalis, le portail de la connaissance Accueil Boutique Contact Assistance J'ai oublié mon mot de passe Zone de recherche Saisir un mot clef LAXNESS Page précédente  Ressources  Introduction 1. Voyages et conversions 2. La vie du peuple 3. Satire de la guerre Ressources Page suivante   La vie du peuple Le Grand Tisserand de Cachemire , roman insolite, avait été assez peu goûté des Islandais. Du reste, l'auteur adopta bientôt un style plus réaliste et plus populaire. Un récit en deux volumes, généralement intitulé  Salka Valka  (1931-1932), histoire de la naissance des mouvements ouvriers dans un village de pêcheurs, fut plus apprécié du peuple islandais, de la classe ouvrière au moins. Qu'un auteur comme Laxness ait voulu dépeindre le paysan islandais, tout comme Knut Hamsun, qu'il admirait, l'avait fait pour le paysan norvégien, il n'y avait là rien que de très naturel. En 1935, parut  Sjálfstaett fólk  Gens indépendants ) où Laxness montre la lutte que mène le petit paysan islandais dans un pays revêche, son obstination et son indomptable ténacité pour se suffire à lui-même et devenir « indépendant ». L'auteur atteint ici l'apogée de son art, et s'y maintient dans la tétralogie  Heimsljós  Lumière du monde ), où l'on montre un pauvre homme épris de poésie qui erre parmi les hommes dans les campagnes et au bord de la mer, entre en possession d'une minable chaumière et y habite avec femme et enfants jusqu'au moment où on lui prend sa hutte ; mais nul ne peut lui retirer la beauté de la poésie et la splendeur du ciel. Le roman se fonde sur le journal d'un institut […]

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31. Halldór Laxness Achievements, Author Biography, Trivia, And Movies – Juggle.c April 23, 1902 Birthplace Reykjavik Date of death February 8, 1998 Religion Roman Catholicism Also known as Halldor Laxness, Halldor Kiljan Laxness http://www.juggle.com/halldor-laxness

Explore: Topics Debates Art Autos Business ... Authors Halldór Kiljan Laxness was a twentieth-century Icelandic novelist and author of Independent People, The Atom Station, and Iceland's Bell. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. Laxness was born under the name Halldór Guðjónsson in Reykjavik in 1902, the son of Guðjón Helgason and Sigríður Halldórsdóttir. After spending his early years in Reykjavik, he moved with his family in 1905 to Laxnes near Mosfellsbær, a more rural area just north of the capital. He soon started to read books and write stories. At the age of 14 his first article was published in the newspaper Morgunblaðið under the name "H.G." In 1922, Laxness joined the Abbaye St. Maurice et St. Maur in Clervaux, Luxembourg. The monks followed the rules of Saint Benedict of Nursia. Laxness was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church early in 1923. Following his confirmation, he adopted the surname Laxness and added the name Kiljan . more quick facts Birthdate: April 23, 1902

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