Aniara Prize
The Aniara Prize (Original: Aniarapriset ) is a Swedish literary prize . It was donated in 1974 by Svensk Biblioteksförening , the Swedish Association of Libraries, under the leadership of Bengt Holmström. The award is given to the best adult novels of each calendar year. It is currently endowed with 50,000 crowns and is awarded together with a sculpture by Linnèa Jbodeland .
Award winners
- 1974: PC Jersild
- 1975: Göran Sonnevi
- 1976: Per Olov Enquist
- 1977: Göran Palm
- 1978: Tora Dahl
- 1979: Lars Ardelius
- 1980: Erik Beckman
- 1981: Birgitta Defiant
- 1982: Lars Norén
- 1983: Gunnel Ahlin and Lars Ahlin
- 1984: Torgny Lindgren
- 1985: Tomas Tranströmer
- 1986: Olof Lagercrantz
- 1987: Göran Tunström
- 1988: Karl Vennberg
- 1989: Kerstin Ekman
- 1990: Niklas Rådström
- 1991: Sara Lidman
- 1992: Werner Aspenström
- 1993: Sven Lindqvist
- 1994: Eva Ström
- 1995: Bo Carpelan
- 1996: Bodil Malmsten
- 1997: Willy Kyrklund
- 1998: Lennart Sjögren
- 1999: Birgitta Stenberg
- 2000: Jesper Svenbro
- 2001: Agneta Pleijel
- 2002: Elsie Johansson
- 2003: Lars Gustafsson
- 2004: Elisabeth Rynell
- 2005: Monika Fagerholm
- 2006: Magnus Florin
- 2007: Tua Forsström
- 2008: Anne-Marie Berglund
- 2009: Erik Eriksson
- 2010: Ann Jäderlund
- 2011: Kristian Lundberg
- 2012: Bruno K. Öijer
- 2013: Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2014: Kjell Westö
- 2015: Sara Stridsberg
- 2016: Claes Andersson
- 2017: Johannes Anyuru
- 2018: Eva-Stina Byggmästar
- 2019: Mirja Unge