Halldór Laxness
“On this occasion, I think of my book-loving country, Iceland, which has kept its watchful eye on me ever since I took my first steps as an author,” said Halldór Laxness when he returned to Iceland with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
“On this occasion, I think of my book-loving country, Iceland, which has kept its watchful eye on me ever since I took my first steps as an author,” said Halldór Laxness when he returned to Iceland with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
In 2011, all of Laxness' titles will be in print in Germany for the first time. We had a chat with Valgerður Benediktsdóttir, foreign rights manager at the publishing house Forlagið, about what the year
had in store for Laxness aficionados, and also joined a group of junior college students who were visiting Gljúfrasteinn, former residence of the Nobel Laureate.
Photography/editing: Þorsteinn J.
Music: Samaris, winning band of Músíktilraunir 2011.
Archive footage: courtesy of The Icelandic Film Museum, narration by Kristján Eldjárn.
English subtitles: Steingrímur Karl Teague.