Jón Laxdal
Jón Laxdal Halldórsson (born June 7, 1933 in Ísafjörður , Iceland ; † May 15, 2005 in Kaiserstuhl , Switzerland ) was an Icelandic-Swiss actor and director.
Life
He was known under the name Jón Laxdal . He was the twelfth child of an Icelandic fisherman and studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.
He played, among others, Garðar Hólm in Fish Concert ( Brekkukotsannál , 1972) and the farmer Steinar in Paradise Found again , the two novels by Halldór Laxness that Rolf Hädrich filmed in Iceland. In 1973 he bought a house in Kaiserstuhl in Switzerland and founded his own theater there, where he was director, director and leading actor until the end.
In 1989, the citizens of Kaiserstuhl Halldórsson denied Swiss citizenship by 68 to 51 votes. Among other things, the small community took offense at the fact that he was living with a man and staging plays by critical authors such as Max Frisch or Friedrich Dürrenmatt . In 1993 Halldórsson was naturalized anyway, this time without opposition.
Halo Locher published his biography in 2011 under the title "Life and Theater of Jón Laxdal".
Works
- The world singer , Aarau 1975
Translations into German
- Andrés Indridason : A long winter for Páll , Zurich [u. a.] 1985
- Andrés Indridason : How do you hide red ears? , Würzburg 1989
- Halldór Laxness : On the Hauswiese , Frauenfeld [u. a.] 1978
- Halldór Laxness : Time to Write , Munich 1976
- Frans Lasson : Tania Blixen - her life in Denmark and Africa , Stuttgart 1987
- Sagas and Landscape , Hanover 1984
- Sigurður A. Magnússon : Unter frostigem Stern , Hannover 1984
- Ultima Thule , Freiburg i. Br. 1985
Translations into Icelandic
- Thomy Niederreuther : Watercolors and Texts , Munich 1988
literature
- Jean Grädel: Jón Laxdal . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1088 f.
- Halo Locher: The Life and Theater of Jón Laxdal . Verlag im Aarepark, Aarau 2011. ISBN 3-9522692-1-2 .
Web links
- Jón Laxdal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Laxdal Theater Kaiserstuhl AG CH Jon (Jón) Laxdals Theater
- Obituary in the Zürcher Unterländer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mario Fuchs: Controversial naturalization decisions: Being gay as fate , Aargauer Zeitung, August 9, 2017
- ↑ Publisher's note ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 1, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jón Laxdal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jón Laxdal Halldórsson; Laxdal, Jón |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic actor, director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Isafjordur , Iceland |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2005 |
| Place of death | Kaiserstuhl AG , Switzerland |