Norwegian Booksellers' Prize
The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.[1]
Lisa Aisato, winner of 2019.
The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980.[2][3]
Prize winners
Jo Benkow, 1985 winner
Gunnar Staalesen, 1989 winner
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, 1996 winner
Åsne Seierstad, 2002 winner
- 1948 – Sigurd Hoel
- 1961 – Kristian Kristiansen
- 1962 – Vera Henriksen
- 1963 – Terje Stigen
- 1964 – Elisabeth Dored
- 1965 – Johan Borgen
- 1966 – Ebba Haslund
- 1967 – Kristian Kristiansen and Tarjei Vesaas
- 1968 – Odd Eidem and Hans Heiberg
- 1969 – Finn Alnæs and Richard Herrmann
- 1981 – Leif B. Lillegaard
- 1982 – Anne Karin Elstad
- 1983 – Herbjørg Wassmo
- 1984 – Torill Thorstad Hauger
- 1985 – Jo Benkow
- 1986 – Anne-Cath. Vestly
- 1987 – Fredrik Skagen
- 1988 – Bjørg Vik
- 1989 – Gunnar Staalesen
- 1990 – Lars Saabye Christensen
- 1991 – Roy Jacobsen
- 1992 – Karsten Alnæs
- 1993 – Jostein Gaarder
- 1994 – Klaus Hagerup
- 1995 – Anne Holt
- 1996 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen
- 1997 – Karin Fossum
- 1998 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
- 1999 – Erlend Loe
- 2000 – Jo Nesbø
- 2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen
- 2002 – Åsne Seierstad
- 2003 – Per Petterson
- 2004 – Levi Henriksen
- 2005 – Anne B. Ragde
- 2006 – Erik Fosnes Hansen
- 2007 – Jo Nesbø
- 2008 – Tore Renberg
- 2009 – Roy Jacobsen
- 2010 – Jan-Erik Fjell
- 2011 – Jørn Lier Horst
- 2012 – Per Petterson
- 2013 – Cecilie Enger
- 2014 – Lars Mytting
- 2015 – Maja Lunde
- 2016 – Vigdis Hjorth
- 2017 – Helga Flatland
- 2018 – Simon Stranger
- 2019 – Lisa Aisato
- 2020 – Tore Renberg
- 2021 – Abid Raja
References
- "Bokhandlerprisen". barum.folkebibl. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- Summary of various prizes including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (in Norwegian)
- Norwegian Booksellers' Prize Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
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