Updated at November 5, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Halldor Laxness |
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Birthdate | April 23, 1902 |
Birth Place | Reykjavik, Iceland |
Age (in 2024) | 122 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Novelist |
Halldor Laxness is best known as Novelist who has born on April 23, 1902 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Currently, Halldor Laxness is 122 years, 6 months and 12 days old. Halldor Laxness will celebrate 123rd birthday on Wednesday, 23rd of April 2025. Below the countdown to Halldor Laxness upcoming birthday.
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.
He published his first article in the local newspaper when he was just fourteen years old.
He was blacklisted in the United States after writing a satirical novel, The Atom Station, about the consequences of the atomic bomb.
His daughter, Guony Halldorsdottir, became an award-winning filmmaker.
In 1941, he translated Ernest Hemingway's famous work, A Farewell to Arms, into the Icelandic language.
Halldor Laxness is 122 years old today.
Halldor Laxness was born on April 23, 1902 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Halldor Laxness zodiac sign is Taurus.
Halldor Laxness was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Halldor Laxness's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1949 | Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy. |
1951 | Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia. |
1961 | Algiers putsch by French generals. |
1967 | Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. |
1968 | Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university. |
1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). |
1985 | Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. |
1990 | Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
1993 | Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum. |
1993 | Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province. |
1999 | NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. |
2005 | The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim. |
2013 | At least 28 people are killed and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq. |
2018 | A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. |
2019 | The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers. |
1988 | The birth of Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater |
1988 | The birth of Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer |
1990 | The birth of Dev Patel, English actor |
1991 | The birth of Nathan Baker, English footballer |
1991 | The birth of Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter |
1991 | The birth of Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player |
1994 | The birth of Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer |
1994 | The birth of Song Kang, South Korean actor |
1995 | The birth of Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality |
1996 | The birth of Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Zach Apple, American swimmer |
1999 | The birth of Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter |
2018 | The birth of Prince Louis, member of the British royal family |
2014 | The death of Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911) |
2014 | The death of F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951) |
2014 | The death of Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967) |
2016 | The death of Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915) |
2016 | The death of Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1932) |
2019 | The death of Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (b. 1983) |
2019 | The death of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921) |
2021 | The death of Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (b. 1979) |
2022 | The death of Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (b. 1934) |
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