Talk:Halldór Laxness
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i dont know who edited this out, but you are a certified offical grade a 100% coward.
Modern readers might be alarmed by the handful of racist remarks in his books about Africa and black people. There are only one or two sentences in Independent People, and Atom Station, and perhaps others, but they reveal that he was not subject to the modern pressure to avoid offensive terminology. Perhaps the translation of some harmless Icelandic word ended up as 'nigger' in English, or perhaps not. Either way, there is more than a single word that is condescending and prejudiced about the sentences of problem.
[edit] Gissurarson Biography
I've removed the following from the article pending verifiability:
- ...some of them controversial, such as the three volume work by Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson. Laxness’ widow, with public support from many of Iceland's most prominent scholars on literature, sued Gissurarson for plagiarism, accusing him of editing and/or re-prhasing whole passages from her late husband's works and passing them on as his own. Gissurarson, a long-time outspoken conservative, claimed that these allegations were motivated by politics or even personal ill-will. In November 2006, Gissurarson was acquitted on all counts by the Reykjavík District Court.
Can this be properly sourced? Jkelly 02:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
