Which of these psychoanalysts influenced Halldór Laxness?
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
Alfred Adler
Erik Erikson
Answer
Halldór Laxness was a Nobel Prize-winning author who was heavily influenced by Sigmund Freud's theories of psychoanalysis. Freud's theories about the unconscious mind and the importance of dreams resonated with Laxness, who incorporated them into his own work. For example, Laxness's novel "Independent People" is full of characters who are struggling with their own unconscious desires and conflicts.
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