Literature Prize 2016

CultureTor Ingar Oesterud6. April 2016

Nominations for the Nordic Council Children and Younge People’s Literature Prize 2016.

The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize have nominated the following 13 works for the prize in 2016.

Denmark

“Magnolia af Skagerrak“, Bent Haller and Lea Letén (illustrator), Høst & Søn 2015
“Da Gud var dreng“, Sankt Nielsen and Madam Karrebæk (ill.), Høst & Søn 2015

The Sami language area

“Čerbmen Bizi – Girdipilohta“, Marry Ailonieida Somby and Biret Máret Hætta (ill.), Davvi Girji, 2013

Finland

“Koira nimeltään Kissa“, Tomi Kontio and Elina Warsta (ill.), picture book, Teos, 2015

“Dröm om drakar“, Sanna Tahvanainen and Jenny Lucander (ill.), Schildts & Söderströms, 2015

Faroe Islands

“Stríðið um tað góða grasið” , Bárður Oskarsson, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelag (BFL), 2012

Greenland

“Aima qaa schhh!“, Bolatta Silis-Høegh, Milik Publishing, 2014

Iceland

“Koparborgin“, Ragnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir, Björt, 2015

“Sölvasaga unglings“, Arnar Már Arngrímsson, Forlaget Sögur, 2015

Norway

“Mulegutten“, Øyvind Torseter, Cappelen Damm, 2015
“Krokodille i treet“, Ragnar Aalbu, Cappelen Damm, 2015

Sweden

“Ishavspirater“, Frida Nilsson, Natur & Kultur, 2015

“Iggy 4-ever“, Hanna Gustavsson, Galago, 2015

The winner will be announced and will receive a prize of DKK 350,000 on 1 November 2016 at the DR Concert Hall in Copenhagen at an event in conjunction with the Session of the Nordic Council.

Source. norden.org / Norway Today