2019-11-22

NORLA offers its warmest congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Brage Prize

The winners are:

2019 bragevinnerne foto ingvild k brodal, den norske forleggerforening
From the left: Torgrim Eggen, Martin Ernstsen, Edvard Hoem, Ane Barmen and Nina Lykke. Photo: Ingvild K. Brodal, The Norwegian Publishers Association.

Open class: Picture books for adults and children
SULT (“Hunger”)
By Martin Ernstsen (and Knut Hamsun)
Minuskel forlag

Non-fiction
Axel. Fra smokken til Ovnen (Biography of author Axel Jensen)
By Torgrim Eggen
Cappelen Damm

Books for children and young adults
Draumar betyr ingenting (“Dreams Mean Nothing”)
By Ane Barmen
Gyldendal

Fiction
Full spredning (“Natural Causes”)
By Nina Lykke
Forlaget Oktober

Honorary Award
Edvard Hoem

Read more

More about the Brage Prize, and see previous winners, here.

If you happen to read Norwegian, you will find the jury’s statements here.