The nominees for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012

Thursday, 01 December 2011 13:01

Photo: Johannes Jansson/ norden.org

The nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012 have been announced. The national members of the Adjudicating Committee have chosen the nominees. The winning book will be chosen at the Adjudicating Committee meeting in the spring of 2012.

The following books are competing for the prize, which is worth 350,000 Danish kroner:

Denmark
Vibeke Grønfeldt
Livliner
(Novel, Samleren, 2011)

Janina Katz
Skrevet på polsk
(Poetry, Rosinante, 2011)

Finland
Gösta Ågren
I det stora hela
(Poetry collection, Söderströms, 2011)

Saila Susiluoto
Carmen
(Poetry, Otava 2010)

Iceland
Bergsveinn Birgisson
Svar við bréfi Helgu (Svar på brev frå Helga)
(Novel, Bjartur, 2010 (Norwegian translation Johannes Gjerdåker))

Gerður Kristný
Blóðhófnir (Blodhov)
(Poetry, Mál og menning, 2010 (Swedish translation John Swedenmark))

Norway
Øyvind Rimbereid
Jimmen
(A poem, Gyldendal, 2011)

Merethe Lindstrøm
Dager i stillhetens historie
(Novel, Aschehoug forlag, 2011)

Sweden
Katarina Frostenson
Flodtid
(Poetry collection, Wahlström & Widstrand, 2011)

Eva-Marie Liffner
Lacrimosa
(Novel, Natur & Kultur, 2011)

Faroe Islands
Hanus Kamban
Gullgentan (Guldpigen)
(Short stories, Mentunargrunnur Studentafelagsins, 2010) (Danish translation, Kirsten Brix)

Greenland
Tungutaq Larsen
Nittaallatut
(Poetry collection, Forlaget Atuagkat, 2011)

The Sami Language Area
Rawdna Carita Eira
ruohta muzetbeallji ruohta (løp svartøre løp)
(
Poetry, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2011)

The Åland Islands
Leo Löthman
Transportflotte Speer
(Novel, PQR-kultur, 2011)

Read more about the nominees at Norden.org