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1902 – 1998Halldor Laxness (1902-1998)Died 8 February 1998, aged 95Halldor Laxness, the Icelandic novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955 for works including Independent People, died on 8 February 1998. He remains Iceland's most celebrated writer.