Nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize
The nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010 have been announced by the national members of the Adjudicating Committee:
Denmark
Peter Laugesen
Fotorama (Photorama)
Poetry collection, Forlaget Borgen 2009
Ida Jessen
Børnene (The Children)
Novel, Forlaget Gyldendal 2009
Finland
Sofi Oksanen
Puhdistus (Purge)
Novel, WSOY 2008
Monika Fagerholm
Glitterscenen (The Glitter Scene)
Roman, Söderströms och Albert Bonniers Förlag 2009
Iceland
Einar Kárason
Ofsi (Fury)
Novel, Mál og menning 2008 (Danish translation by Kim Lembek)
Steinar Bragi
Konur (Women)
Novel, Mál og menning 2008 (Swedish translation by Inge Knudson)
Norway
Karl Ove Knausgård
Min kamp 1 (My Struggle, Part 1)
Novel, Förlaget Oktober 2009
Tomas Espedal
Imot kunsten (notatbøkene) (Towards Art (the notebooks))
Novel, Gyldendal 2009
Sweden
Steve Sem-Sandberg
De fattiga i Łódź (The Destitutes of Lodz)
Novel, Albert Bonniers Förlag 2009
Ann Jäderlund
Vad hjälper det en människa om hon häller rent vatten över sig i alla sina dagar (What Does It Help A Person If She Pours Clean Water Over Herself For All Of Her Days)
Poetry collection, Albert Bonniers Förlag 2009
Faroe Islands
Gunnar Hoydal
Í havsins hjarta (In the Heart of the Sea)
Novel, Forlaget Sprotin 2007 (Danish translation by Jette Hoydal)
Greenland
No nominations submitted
The Sami Language Area
No nominations submitted
The winner will be selected by the Adjudicating Committee at its meeting in Helsinki, 29–30 March 2010, and announced 30 March 2010.
The award ceremony will be held during the annual Session of the Nordic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland, in November 2010.
