Icelandic authors Auður Jónsdóttir and Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2014
The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize have nominated 13 works for the prize in 2014.
The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize have nominated 13 works for the prize in 2014.
The national members of the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize have nominated 13 works for the prize in 2014. The Icelandic novels nominated are Evil / Illska by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and Secretaries to the Spirits /Ósjálfrátt by Auður Jónsdóttir.
The following works are nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2014:
Denmark
Claus Beck-Nielsen
Mine møder med De Danske Forfattere (My Encounters with the Danish Authors). Novel, Gyldendal, 2013
Ida Jessen
Postkort til Annie.
Short stories, Gyldendal, 2013
Finland
Kjell Westö
Hägring 38 (Mirage 38)
Novel, Schildts & Söderströms, 2013
Henriikka Tavi
Toivo (Hope)
Poetry collection, Teos, 2011
Iceland
Auður Jónsdóttir
Ósjálfrátt (Secretaries to the Spirits)
Novel, Mál og menning, 2012
(Danish translation, Kim Lembek)
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Illska
Novel, Mál og menning, 2012
(Danish translation, Nanna Kalkar)
Norway
Tomas Espedal
Bergeners
Prose, Gyldendal, 2013
Mona Høvring
Camillas lange netter
Novel, Oktober, 2013
Sweden
Eva Runefelt
Minnesburen
Lyric poetry, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2013
Andrzej Tichý
Kairos
Novel, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2013
The Faroe Islands
Tóroddur Poulsen
Fjalir
Poetry collection, Forlagið í Støplum, 2013
(Danish translation, Inger Smærup Sørensen)
Greenland
Juaaka Lyberth
Naleqqusseruttortut
Novel, Forlaget Milik, 2012
The Åland Islands
Johanna Boholm
Bygdebok
Prose narration, Ellips publishing house, 2013
The winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize is selected by the Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council Literature Prize and will be announced at the Nordic Council Prize Gala at the end of October 2014 in Stockholm. It is accompanied by a cheque for DKK 350,000.