# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thor-vilhjalmsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:52:21.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thor-vilhjalmsson"
name: "Thor Vilhjálmsson"
slug: "thor-vilhjalmsson"
description: "Thor Vilhjálmsson 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. In 1992, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'."
tagline: "Icelandic writer (1925-2011)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-08-12"
deathDate: "2011-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump