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The fourth biennial Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize is to be presented to Salman Rushdie in Reykjavik on September 13.

‘A Symbol of Courage and Unyielding Will’

In its fourth iteration, Iceland’s biennial Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize is to be awarded to Salman Rushdie on September 13.

This is a €15,000 prize (US$16,598) designed to highlight internationally recognized authors whose work contributes to “narrative art, echoing the rationale of the Swedish Academy when Halldór Laxness received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.”