Halldór Kiljan Laxness (; born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer. He won the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Works
1919: Barn náttúrunnar (Child of Nature) 1924: Undir Helgahnúk (Under the Holy Mountain) 1927: Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír (The Great Weaver from Kashmir) 1931: Þú vínviður hreini (O Thou Pure Vine) – Part I of Salka Valka 1932: Fuglinn í fjörunni (The Bird on the Beach) – Part II of Salka Valka 1933: Úngfrúin góða og Húsið (The Honour of the House), as part of Fótatak manna: sjö þættir 1934: Sjálfstætt fólk — Part I, Landnámsmaður Íslands (Icelandic Pioneers), Independent People 1935: Sjálfstætt fólk – Part II, Erfiðir tímar (Hard Times), Independent People 1937: Ljós heimsins (The Light of the World) – Part I of Heimsljós (World Light) 1938: Höll sumarlandsins (The Palace of the Summerland) – Part II of Heimsljós (World Light) 1939: Hús skáldsins (The Poet's House) – Part III of Heimsljós (World Light) 1940: Fegurð himinsins (The Beauty of the Skies) – Part IV of Heimsljós (World Light) 1943: Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) – Part I of Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) 1944: Hið ljósa man (The Bright Maiden) – Part II of Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) 1946: Eldur í Kaupinhafn (Fire in Copenhagen) – Part III of Íslandsklukkan (Iceland's Bell) 1948: Atómstöðin (The Atom Station) 1952: Gerpla (The Happy Warriors (1958) / Wayward Heroes (2016)) 1957: Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) 1960: Paradísarheimt (Paradise Reclaimed) 1968: Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier / Christianity at the Glacier) 1970: Innansveitarkronika (A Parish Chronicle) 1972: Guðsgjafaþula (A Narration of God's Gifts)