About
An Icelandic author and the 1955 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, he is best known for such novels as The Atom Station, Iceland's Bell, and The Fish Can Sing. He also published several memoirs, plays, travelogues, and short story collections.
Before Fame
He published his first article in the local newspaper when he was just fourteen years old.
Trivia
He was blacklisted in the United States after writing a satirical novel, The Atom Station, about the consequences of the atomic bomb.
Family Life
His daughter, Guony Halldorsdottir, became an award-winning filmmaker.
Associated With
In 1941, he translated Ernest Hemingway's famous work, A Farewell to Arms, into the Icelandic language.
