Eeva Joenpelto Prize
The Eeva Joenpelto Prize ( Finnish Eeva Joenpelto -palkinto ) is a Finnish literature prize.
It was awarded a total of six times from 1988 to 2004 by the southern Finnish city of Lohja . Every three years, the prize was awarded to a foreign writer whose work or who himself has a special relationship with Finnish literature. The selection was made by a four-person jury.
The prize was endowed with 13,000 euros. The prize money was donated by the Finnish writer Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004), who lived in Lohja.
In 2008, four years after Joenpelto's death, the city of Lohja decided not to award the literature prize in future. The memory of Eeva Joenpelto should be kept alive in another way.
Award winners
- 1988 - Jaan Kross
- 1992 - Olof Lagercrantz
- 1995 - Sándor Csoóri
- 1998 - Andreï Makine
- 2001 - Bernhard Schlink
- 2004 - Herbjørg Wassmo
Web links
- Kansainvälinen Eeva Joenpelto -palkinto lopetetaan ( YLE , February 6, 2008)