Fourteen nominees for the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize

BIlder av de 14 nominerade böckernas omslag
Fourteen Nordic novels, short stories, and poetry collections have been nominated for the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize. This year’s nominees span the entire Nordic Region with works from all countries and language areas. This strong field of fiction also contains previously nominated authors. The winner will be announced in Copenhagen in conjunction with Session week in November.

Writing on wet paper, the decay of capitalism and the lust that goes up in smoke on Scandinavian Star, socially realistic depictions of close relationships and linguistic presence, uncompromisingness, as well as a valley full of plastic flowers are just a few examples of the content that can be found among this year’s nominated works.

Here are the nominees for this year’s literature prize:

Denmark

Finland

Faroe Islands

Greenland

Iceland

Norway

The Sami language area

Sweden

Åland

The works have been nominated by the national members of the adjudicating committee for the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize.

Winner to be announced on 2 November

The winner of the 2021 Nordic Council Literature Prize will be announced on 2 November in Copenhagen in conjunction with the Session of the Nordic Council. The winner will receive the Northern Lights statuette and DKK 300,000.

About the Nordic Council Literature Prize

The Nordic Council Literature Prize was first awarded in 1962. It goes to a literary work written in one of the Nordic languages, such as poetry, prose, or drama that meets high literary and artistic standards.

The purpose of the Nordic Council’s five prizes is to raise interest in the Nordic cultural community and Nordic co-operation on the environment, as well as to recognise outstanding artistic and environmental efforts.