Per Olov Enquist Prize
The Per Olov Enquist Prize ( Swedish P.O. Enquists pris ) is a literary prize for young writers who have become famous across Europe . The prize was donated by his international publishers in 2005 on the 70th birthday of the Swedish author Per Olov Enquist . It includes a four-week work grant .
Enquist first presented the award at the end of September 2005 at the Gothenburg Book Fair .
Award winners
- 2005: Juli Zeh (Germany)
- 2006: Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Sweden)
- 2007: Trude Marstein (Norway)
- 2008: Daniel Kehlmann (Germany / Austria)
- 2009: Helle Helle (Denmark)
- 2010: Jonas T. Bengtsson (Denmark)
- 2011: Jón Kalman Stefánsson (Iceland)
- 2012: Mara Lee (Sweden)
- 2013: Ingvild H. Rishøi (Norway)
- 2014: Dorthe Nors (Denmark)
- 2015: Karolina Ramqvist (Sweden)
- 2016: Lars Petter Sveen (Norway)
- 2017: Johannes Anyuru (Sweden)
- 2018: Caroline Albertine Minor (Denmark)
- 2019: Amanda Svensson (Sweden)