NORLA congratulates the winners of the 2022 Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for children and young adults!
At the end of March, the Norwegian Minister of Culture, Annette Trettebergstuen, awarded the prestigious Ministry of Culture’s literary prizes for children and young adult literature published in 2022.
A total of NOK 350,000 were awarded in seven different categories for children’s and YA literature; Best Fiction Book, Best Picture Book, Best Non-fiction Book, Best graphic novel/Cartoon, First Book Award, The Illustration Award and The Translation Award.
The 2022 winners are:
BEST FICTION BOOK
Erna Osland
for Spring!
(NOK 50 000)
(Omnipax)
BEST PICTURE BOOK
Markus Lantto and Camilla Kuhn (ill.)
for Kåre and Marimba to the rescue (Kåre og Marimba hjelper til)
(NOK 50 000)
(Samlaget)
BEST NON-FICTION BOOK
Ida Larmo
for Rigel – Urettens ekko
(NOK 50 000)
(Strand)
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / CARTOON
Hans Jørgen Sandnes
for Deep Freeze (Dypfryst, Vol. 5 in the Crypto series)
(NOK 50 000)
(Gyldendal)
FIRST BOOK PRIZE
Nina Anderson Sjødal
for Vilde’s Drawer (Vildeskuffen)
(NOK 50 000)
(Gyldendal)
THE ILLUSTRATION PRIZE
Ida Skjelbakken
for the illustrations in Arne Lindmo’s Trollheim-series Kråkeslottets hemmelighet og Hevneren fra Helheim
(NOK 50 000)
(Figenschou)
THE TRANSLATOR’S PRIZE
Vibeke Saugestad
for the translation from English of Angie Thomas’ Betongrose
(NOK 50 000)
(Gyldendal)
Read more
All about the winners (in Norwegian only) here
