Thor Vilhjálmsson
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Thor Vilhjálmsson, photographed in 2008 by Örlygur Hnefill.
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August 12, 1925 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | March 2, 2011 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Icelandic writer |
Thor Vilhjálmsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtʰouːr ˈvɪlçaulmˌsɔn]; August 12, 1925 – March 2, 2011) was an Icelandic writer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Over the course of his life Vilhjálmsson wrote novels, plays and poetry and also did translations. In 1988 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for his novel Justice Undone (Icelandic: Grámosinn glóir). In 1992, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'.
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