Question: Which writer is from a country closer to the United States of America, Halldór Laxness or A. A. Milne?
Sentence (from "Halldór Laxness"): Laxness wrote poetry, newspaper articles, plays, travelogues, short stories, and novels. Major influences included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway.
Relevant evidence: No