laxness

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Gunnarsson wrote mostly in Danish and was translated into Icelandic by Laxness.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

Her story is long and somber, but Laxness is adept at putting in some amusing observations.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

In 2021, she was awarded the Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize for her contribution to "the renewal of the art of storytelling".

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2021

It was based on the four-volume novel of the same name by Halldór Laxness, Iceland’s greatest writer and its only Nobel Prize laureate.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

Laxness of the muscles and ligaments in young animals is a predisposing factor.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.