Halldór Laxness
Nominations
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955
Halldór Laxness
Nominated on 25 occasions for the Nobel Prize in
- Literature 1948, by Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1948, by Einar Sveinsson
- Literature 1948, by Jón Helgason
- Literature 1949, by Jón Helgason
- Literature 1950, by Jón Helgason
- Literature 1950, by Halldór Stefánsson
- Literature 1950, by Dag Strömbäck
- Literature 1951, by Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1951, by Einar Sveinsson
- Literature 1952, by Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1952, by Jón Helgason
- Literature 1952, by Einar Sveinsson
- Literature 1953, by Jón Helgason, Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1953, by Steingrimúr Thorsteinsson
- Literature 1954, by Carl Wilhelm Ludvig Bernadotte (Prins Wilhelm)
- Literature 1954, by E.O. Turville-Petre
- Literature 1954, by Hans Kuhn
- Literature 1954, by Steingrimúr Thorsteinsson
- Literature 1954, by Kemp Malone
- Literature 1954, by Jón Helgason, Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1955, by Elias Wessén
- Literature 1955, by Sverker Ek
- Literature 1955, by Jón Helgason, Sigurdur Nordal
- Literature 1955, by Steingrimúr Thorsteinsson
- Literature 1955, by Stellan Arvidson
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MLA style: “Halldór Laxness – Nominations”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018.
MLA style: “Halldór Laxness – Nominations”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Jun 2018.
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