Laxness, Halldór Kiljan

Japanese: ラックスネス（英語表記）Laxness， Halldór Kiljan

Born: April 23, 1902 in Reykjavik, Iceland
[Died] February 8, 1998. Born in the suburbs of Reykjavik, Iceland. An Icelandic novelist. At the age of 17, he wrote his debut novel, Barn náttúrunnar (1919), Son of Nature. He traveled around the world, and converted to Catholicism in Luxembourg, but spent three years in the United States, where he became a socialist toward the end of his stay, and became politically active. He produced a series of masterpieces that were based on the lives of oppressed farmers and fishermen, and were full of sharp satire, inheriting the traditions of the old sagas. His representative works include Salka Valka (1931-32) and Sjálfstætt fólk (34-35), as well as the historical novel Íslandsklukkan (43-46). He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1952 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. He is also active in the fields of short stories, plays, poetry, and criticism.

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Japanese:

[生]1902.4.23. アイスランド，レイキャビーク
[没]1998.2.8. アイスランド，レイキャビーク郊外
アイスランドの小説家。 17歳で処女作『自然の子』 Barn náttúrunnar (1919) を著わす。諸国を遍歴し，ルクセンブルクではカトリックに改宗したが，アメリカに3年間滞在し，そこでの社会的不公正に憤って滞米の終り頃社会主義者となり，政治活動を行う。圧迫された農民や漁民の生活を題材として，鋭い風刺を盛り，古いサガの伝統を継承する大作を次々に発表した。代表作『サルカ・バルカ』 Salka Valka (1931～32) ，『独立の民』 Sjálfstætt fólk (34～35) のほか，歴史小説『アイスランドの鐘』 Íslandsklukkan (43～46) など。 52年スターリン賞，55年ノーベル文学賞受賞。短編，戯曲，詩，評論の分野でも活躍。

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