He traveled to the Soviet Union and wrote approvingly of the Soviet system and culture Halldór Guðmundsson, "The Islander: a Biography of Halldór Laxness".
He traveled to the Soviet Union and wrote approvingly of the Soviet system and culture. In 1953 Laxness was awarded the World Peace Council Literary Prize Halldór Guðmundsson, "The Islander: a Biography of Halldór Laxness".