Nominations for the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.
Fourteen works have been nominated for the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. Eight Nordic languages are represented among this year’s nominations, which were presented at the international book fair in Bologna on 2 April.
The nominated works include picture books, illustrated series, novels, and collections of poems. The winner will be announced this autumn:
Denmark
Da Mumbo Jumbo blev kæmpestor by Jakob Martin Strid. Picture book/illustrated s…Styrke. Karanagalaksen. Log I. by Cecilie Eken. Novel, Høst & Søn, 2018.
Finland
Breven från Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff. Novel, Förlaget, 2018.Ruusun matka by Marika Maijala. Picture book, Etana Editions, 2018.
Faroe Islands
Miljuløtur by Rakel Helmsdal and Kathrina Skarðsá (ill.). Stories, Bókadeild Fø…
Greenland
Tuttuarannguaq by Camilla Sommer and Pernille Kreutzmann (ill.). Picture book, …
Iceland
Rotturnar by Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir. Forlagið / Vaka-Helgafell, 2018.Silfurlykillinn by Sigrún Eldjárn. Novel, Forlagið / Mál og menning, 2018.
Norway
Alle sammen teller by Kristin Roskifte. Picture book, Magikon, 2018.Det var ikke en busk by Eli Hovdenak. Picture book, Ena, 2018.
Sami language area
Šiellaspeajal by Karen Anne Buljo. Poetry collection, Davvi Girji, 2017.
Sweden
Den förskräckliga historien om Lilla Hon by Lena Ollmark and Per Gustavsson (il…Risulven Risulven by Nina Ivarsson. Novel, Rabén & Sjögren, 2017.
Åland
På en trollsländas vingar by Ann-Christin Waller and Anni Wikberg (ill.). Novel…
The works have been nominated by the national members of the adjudicating committee for the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.
Winner to be announced on 29 October
The winner of the 2019 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize will be announced on 29 October in Stockholm in conjunction with the Session of the Nordic Council. The winner will receive the Northern Lights statuette and DKK 350,000.
About the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize was first awarded at the 2013 Session of the Nordic Council together with the Nordic Council’s other prizes. The prize was born out of the long-standing desire of the Nordic ministers for culture to strengthen and highlight literature for children and young people in the Nordic Region.
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