Biography of Halldór Laxness
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Biography of Halldór Laxness (Original title Ævisaga Halldórs Kiljans Laxness) was published in Iceland from 2003. It is a biography of novelist and Nobel Laureate, Halldór Laxness by Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson[1] and is in three volumes:
- Halldór the first part was published in 2003
- Part two Kiljan was published in 2004
- Part three, Laxness, was published in 2005.
Part I, Halldór
[edit]This volume is 620 pages long, including references and index. The book was published by Almenna bókafélagið and is in Icelandic.
It covers the years 1902 to 1932; his first years as a child, his years in Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík, his first dictations from his works, his first travels to foreign countries and adventures there, his stay in the abbey, his relationships with other authors, his first four books and his stay in America.
Part II, Kiljan
[edit]This part was published in 2004.
Part III, Laxness
[edit]This part was published in 2005.
References
[edit]- ^ Øverland, Arnulf (4 April 2019). Framtíð Smáþjóðanna: Erindi á Íslandi og Öðrum Norðurlöndum 1946-1948 (in Icelandic). Reykjavík: Almenna. p. 98. ISBN 9789935497406. Retrieved 22 June 2023.