Halldór Guðmundsson

Halldór Guðmundsson ( born 1956 in Reykjavík, Iceland ) is an Icelandic writer.

Life

Halldór studied literature and since 1984 as publishing director of Iceland's greatest publishing Mál above menning and the resulting post-merger publisher JPV, Forlagið. He has several books and articles published, of which the biographies of Halldór Laxness and Gunnar Gunnarsson ( Skáldalíf ) found special attention. In 2011, he was responsible for Iceland's appearance as guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair Frankfurt.

Awards

  • 2004: Icelandic Literature Prize for Halldór Laxness. A Biography
  • 2006: Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize for Skáldalíf

Publications

  • Loksins, loksins: vefarinnmikli above upphaf íslenskra nútímabókmennta, Mál above menning, Reykjavík 1987
  • Halldór Laxness - ævisaga. JPV, Reykjavík 2004, ISBN 997-9781610 German: Halldór Laxness. A Biography, translated by Helmut Lugmayer. ; btb, Munich 2009 ISBN 978-3-442-73918-9
  • Halldór Laxness: Life and Work. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-88243-997-1
  • Halldór Laxness: His Life. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-86930-235-5
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