The Nordic Council Literature Prize has been awarded since 1962 and is given to a work of fiction written in one of the Nordic languages. This may be a novel, a play, or a collection of poems, short stories, or essays that are of a high literary and artistic quality. The prize is designed to generate interest in the literature and language of neighbouring countries, and in the Nordic cultural community.
The Nordic Council awards five prizes every year: The Literature Prize, the Film Prize, the Music Prize, the Environment Prize, and the Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.
The Nordic Council Literature Prize 2018 goes to Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir for the novel Ör (Hotel Silence, Pushkin Press 2018, translator Brian FitzGibbon),
Mikaela Nyman: För att ta sig ur en rivström måste man röra sig i sidled. Poetry collection, Ellips förlag, 2023. Nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Kim Simonsen: Lívfrøðiliga samansetingin í einum dropa av havvatni minnir um blóðið í mínum æðrum. Poetry collection, Verksmiðjan, 2023. Nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature P...
Laura Lindstedt & Sinikka Vuola: 101 tapaa tappaa aviomies. Menetelmällinen murhamysteeri. Novel, Siltala, 2022. Nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Eva-Stina Byggmästar: Vill du kyssa en rebell? Poetry collection, Schildts & Söderströms, 2023. Nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie & Bierna Leine Bientie: Jaememe mijjen luvnie jeala, Short stories, Iđut, 2021. Nominated for the 2023 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Zandra Lundberg: Konsten att inte hitta sig själv på Bali, Prose, Schildts & Söderströms, 2022. Nominated for the 2023 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Isabella Nilsson: Nonsensprinsessans dagbok. En sjukskrivning. Poetry collection, Ellerströms, 2018. Nominated for the 2019 Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Jan Grue: Jeg lever et liv som ligner deres. En levnetsbeskrivelse. Autobiographical non-fiction, Gyldendal, 2018. Nominated for the 2019 Nordic Council Literature Prize.