Nominations for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012
The national members of the Adjudicating Committee have nominated the following works for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2012.
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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)
The Sami Language Area
Rawdna Carita Eira
ruohta muzetbeallji ruohta (løp svartøre løp)
Poetry, Gyldendal, 2011
Greenland
Tungutaq Larsen
Nittaallatut
Poetry collection, Forlaget Atuagkat, 2011
The Åland Islands
Leo Löthman
Transportflotte Speer
Novel, PQR-kultur, 2011
The winner will be chosen by the Adjudicating Committee at its meeting in Reykjavik in the spring of 2012. The prize is worth 350,000 Danish kroner. Further information can be found on norden.org/literature-prize.
Contacts
Contacts for the Adjudication Committee: Eva Smekal, the Swedish delegation to the Nordic Council, mobile +46 70 399 77 73, eva.hjelm@riksdagen.se and Dan Alvarsson +46 70 231 35 72 dan.alvarsson@riksdagen.se
