Nominations for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2018
26.03.2018
On Monday 26 March, during the International Book Fair in Bologna, the adjudication committee presented the following 12 works as the nominations for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2018:
Denmark
Lynkineser by Jesper Wung-Sung and Rasmus Meisler (ill.), Dansklærerforeningen, 2017
Hest Horse Pferd Cheval Love by Mette Vedsø, Jensen & Dalgaard, 2017
Finland
Kurnivamahainen kissa by Magdalena Hai and Teemu Juhani (ill.), Karisto, 2017
Pärlfiskaren by Karin Erlandsson, Schildts & Söderströms, 2017
Faroe Islands
Træið by Bárður Oskarsson, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags, 2017
Iceland
Vertu ósýnilegur – Flóttasaga Ishmaels by Kristín Helga Gunnarsdóttir, Forlagið, 2017
Skrímsli í vanda by Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Kalle Güettler and Rakel Helmsdal, Forlagið, 2017
Norway
Ingenting blir som før by Hans Petter Laberg, Cappelen Damm, 2017
Alice og alt du ikke vet og godt er det by Torun Lian, Aschehoug forlag, 2017
The Sami Language Area
Joekoen sjïehteles ryöjnesjæjja by Anne-Grethe Leine Bientie and Meerke Laimi Thomasson Vekterli (ill.), Iđut, 2014
Sweden
Fågeln i mig flyger vart den vill by Sara Lundberg, Mirando Bok, 2017
Norra Latin by Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Rabén Sjögren, 2017
Åland
Pärlfiskaren by Karin Erlandsson, Schildts & Söderströms, 2017
The winner will be announced on 30 October
The winner of the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize and DKK 350,000 will be announced on 30 October at the Oslo Opera House in conjunction with the Session of the Nordic Council.
About the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize
The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize was first awarded during the 2013 Session of the Nordic Council together with the council’s other prizes. The prize is the result of the long-standing efforts of the Nordic ministers for culture to strengthen and elevate children’s and young people’s literature in the Nordic Region.
About the Nordic Council prizes
The Nordic Council awards five prizes each year – for literature, film, music, the environment, and children’s and young people’s literature. The purpose of the Nordic Council 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. The prizes help to elevate and give visibility to Nordic co-operation.