Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955, making them laureate number 50 since the prize was first awarded in 1901.
They are the only writer from Iceland to have won the prize.
Our pick for reading Halldór Laxness for the first time is Sjálfstætt fólk.
One email on announcement day with the winner and where to start reading. Then one Nobel read a month.