Award Bonanza at the Norwegian Festival of Literature
This week, the Norwegian Literature Festival kicks off in Lillehammer and true to tradition, the festival is also the perfect backdrop for the awarding of literary prizes: The Dobloug Prize, The Booksellers Association’s awards and scholarships, The Norwegian Youth Literature Award (“Uprisen”), and also The Norwegian Fiction Translator Fund Award.
At NORLA, we offer our warmest congratulations to all the winners!
The Dobloug Prize From the left: Kjartan Hatløy (photo: Oddleiv Apneseth), Mona Høvring (photo: Agnete Brun)
During the opening event of the Norwegian Festival of Literature at Lillehammer, The Dobloug Prize 2021 was awarded Kjartan Hatløy and Mona Høvring,
The Norwegian Youth Literature Award (“Uprisen”) From the left: Randi Fuglehaug and Anne Gunn Halvorsen. Photo: Vibeke Røgler, Foreningen !les
Anne Gunn Halvorsen and Randi Fuglehaug are the winners of The Norwegian Youth Literature Award (“Uprisen”) 2021 for their novel Royalteen 1. The Heir (Original title: Arvingen. Halve kongeriket 1), the first in a series.
The Norwegian Youth Literature Award (“Uprisen”) was established in 2007, and is a collaboration between Association Read!, The Norwegian Festival of Literature and “The Cultural Rucksack” (“Den kulturelle skolesekken”, a national programme for art and culture).
This is the adolescents’ own award for the best teen book of the year, in which approx. 1000 adolescents take part. The award is handed out by a national jury.
The Norwegian Booksellers Children’s Books Scholarship
Nora Dåsnes is awarded The Norwegian Booksellers Children’s Books Scholarship 2021.
The scholarship is awarded by the Norwegian Bookseller’s Association and Norwegian Writers for Children (NWC). It is the literary council of the NWC who determins who is to recieve the scholarship, which is financed by the members of the Norwegian Bookseller’s Association. The scholarship amounts to 40 000 NOK.
The Norwegian Booksellers Non-Fiction Award Photo: Odd Mehus
Bergsveinn Birgisson is the winner of the The Norwegian Booksellers Non-Fiction Award for his book The man from the middle ages (original title: Mannen fra middelalderen). About the book
The Norwegian Fiction Translator Fund Award Photo: Ebba Drolshagen
At the Norwegian Festival of Literature’s Literary Gala, Ika Kaminka received The Norwegian Fiction Translator Fund Award 2021 for her oeuvre. Kaminka translates from Japanese and English to Norwegian.
