Finlandia Prize

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The Finlandia Prize ( Finnish Finlandia-palkinto , Swedish Finlandiapriset ) is one of the most renowned literary prizes in Finland .

selection

The Finlandia Prize has been awarded annually since 1984 by the Finnish Book Foundation ( Suomen Kirjasäätiö in Finnish , Finlands bokstiftelse in Swedish ) for a work of fiction . Since 1993 it has only been awarded for one novel .

The Finlandia Prize is currently endowed with 30,000 euros (previously 100,000 Finnish marks ). Only Finnish nationals could be nominated until 2010, then the procedure was changed because of the nomination of the Slovak Alexandra Salmela; since then, nominees can be of any nationality. Since 1993, a three-person jury has chosen three to six works in Finnish or Swedish each year. A member of the jury then awards the prize from this preselection. The nominated titles will also be announced. The inclusion in the selection always ensures high print runs.

The Finlandia Junior Prize ( Finlandia Junior-palkinto in Finnish , Finlandia Junior-priset in Swedish ) has been awarded since 1997 for a children's or youth book. Since 1989 there has also been the Finlandia Non-Fiction Prize (Finnish Tieto-Finlandia-palkinto , Swedish Fack-Finlandia-priset ) for a non-fiction or textbook that helps popularize a topic.

Award winners

Finlandia Prize
year author title language selected by
1984 Erno Paasilinna Yksinäisyys yes uhma Finnish
1985 Jörn Donner Far och son Swedish
1986 Sirkka Turkka Tule takaisin, pikku Sheba Finnish
1987 Helvi Hämäläinen Sukupolveni unta Finnish
1988 Gösta Ågren Yes he Swedish
1989 Markku Envall Samurai nukkuu Finnish
1990 Olli Jalonen Isäksi ja tyttäreksi Finnish
1991 Arto Melleri Elavia kirjoissa Finnish
1992 Leena Krohn Matemaattisia olioita tai jaettuja unia Finnish
1993 Bo Carpelan Primal wind Swedish Kai Laitinen
1994 Eeva Joenpelto Tuomari Müller, hieno bad Finnish Tellervo Koivisto
1995 Hannu Mäkelä Mestari Finnish Maria-Liisa Nevala
1996 Irja Rane Naurava neitsyt Finnish Aki Kaurismäki
1997 Antti Tuuri Lakeuden kutsu Finnish Lassi Nummi
1998 Pentti Holappa Ystävän muotokuva Finnish Liisamaija Laaksonen
1999 Kristina Carlson Maan ääreen Finnish Erkki Liikanen
2000 Johanna Sinisalo Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi Finnish Auli Viikari
2001 Hannu Raittila Grand Canal Finnish Claes Andersson
2002 Kari Hotakainen Juoksuhaudantie Finnish Leave Poysti
2003 Pirkko Saisio Punains erokirja Finnish Mervi Kantokorpi
2004 Helena Sinervo Runoilijan talossa Finnish Jukka Sarjala
2005 Bo Carpelan mountain Swedish Paavo Lipponen
2006 Kjell Westö Där vi en gång gått Swedish Jyrki Nummi
2007 Hannu Väisänen Toiset kengät Finnish Kaisu Mikkola
2008 Sofi Oksanen Puhdistus Finnish Pekka Tarkka
2009 Antti Hyry Uuni Finnish Tuula Arkio
2010 Mikko Rimminen Nenäpäivä Finnish Minna Joenniemi
2011 Rosa Liksom Hytti nro 6 Finnish Pekka Milonoff
2012 Ulla-Lena Lundberg Is Swedish Tarja Halons
2013 Riikka Pelo Jokapäiväinen elämme Finnish Asko Sarkola
2014 Jussi Valtonen He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät Finnish Anne Brunila
2015 Laura Lindstedt Oneiron Finnish Hector
2016 Jukka Viikilä Akvarelleja angel kaupungista Finnish Baba Lybeck
2017 Juha Hurme Niemi Finnish Elisabeth Rehn
2018 Olli Jalonen Taivaanpallo Finnish Seppo Puttonen
2019 Pajtim Statovci Bolla Finnish Merja Ylä-Anttila
 

Others

At the 2017 award ceremony, the Finnish-speaking prizewinner Juha Hurme caused a scandal. He spoke parts of his acceptance speech in Swedish and ended his speech in Finnish with the words: “For those who did not understand what I was saying, my advice: learn Swedish, you fools. Strangely enough, it would expand your worldview! "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aldo Keel: "Learn Swedish, you fools". www.nzz.ch, December 1, 2017, accessed on December 1, 2017 .