Who among these American authors influenced Halldór Laxness?
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner
Answer
Sinclair Lewis influenced Halldór Laxness, a famous Icelandic author, as a young man. He was particularly impressed by Lewis's book Babbitt, which he read in the 1920s. Lewis's depiction of American life and culture resonated with Laxness, who was at that time trying to find his own voice as a writer. Lewis's work helped to shape Laxness's own ideas about literature and the role of the writer in society.
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