Søren Gyldendal Prize
The Søren Gyldendal Prize ( Danish : Søren Gyldendal prisen ) is a Danish literary prize since 1958 by the Foundation Fonden Søren Gyldendal is awarded. The award's namesake, Søren Gyldendal (1742–1802), was the founder of Gyldendal , which is now Denmark's oldest and largest publisher. The prize is awarded annually on his birthday on April 12th and comes with a monetary award, which was increased to 200,000 Danish kroner in 2009 . Until 1994 the premium was 10,000 kroner, from 1994 to 2000 100,000 kroner and from 2001 to 2008 150,000 kroner. The Søren Gyldendal Prize is mainly awarded to Danish authors who, according to the foundation charter, are “in the midst of a strong and peculiar creative act” and who are to be encouraged to continue their work through the award. From year to year there is a change between authors of fiction and non-fiction .
Award winners
No. | year | Award winners | Born | Died |
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1. | 1958 | Willy-August Linnemann | June 4, 1914 | 22 Aug 1985 |
2. | 1959 | KE Løgstrup | Sep 2 1905 | Nov 20, 1981 |
2. | 1959 | Sven Møller Kristensen | Nov 12, 1909 | Aug 3, 1991 |
3. | 1960 | Thorkild Bjørnvig | Feb. 2, 1918 | 5th Mar 2004 |
4th | 1961 | Jørgen Hæstrup | Aug 9, 1909 | Apr 12, 1998 |
5. | 1962 | Frank Jaeger | June 19, 1926 | 4th July 1977 |
6th | 1963 | Thorkild Hansen | Jan. 9, 1927 | Feb. 4, 1989 |
6th | 1963 | Palle Lauring | Oct 16, 1909 | Oct 3, 1996 |
7th | 1964 | Ole Sarvig | Nov. 27, 1921 | Dec. 4, 1981 |
8th. | 1965 | Villy Sørensen | Jan. 13, 1929 | Dec 16, 2001 |
9. | 1966 | Peter Vilhelm Glob | Feb. 20, 1911 | July 20, 1985 |
10. | 1967 | Hans Lyngby Jepsen | Apr 1, 1920 | July 31, 2001 |
11. | 1968 | Torben Brostrøm | June 4, 1927 | |
12. | 1969 | Klaus Rifbjerg | Dec 15, 1931 | Apr 4, 2015 |
13. | 1970 | Days Kaarsted | May 27, 1928 | Dec 29, 1994 |
14th | 1971 | Tove Ditlevsen | Dec 14, 1917 | 7th Mar 1976 |
15th | 1972 | Johan Fjord Jensen | December 17, 1928 | Dec 21, 2005 |
16. | 1973 | Poul Ørum | 23 Dec 1919 | Dec. 27, 1997 |
17th | 1974 | Elsa Gress | Jan. 17, 1919 | July 18, 1988 |
18th | 1975 | Leif Panduro | Apr 18, 1923 | Jan. 16, 1977 |
19th | 1976 | Jørgen Knudsen | 22 Mar 1926 | Sep 1 2017 |
20th | 1977 | Erik Aalbæk Jensen | Aug 19, 1923 | Sep 30 1997 |
21st | 1978 | Paul Hammerich | June 16, 1927 | Apr 12, 1992 |
22nd | 1979 | Days of Skou-Hansen | Feb 12, 1925 | Nov 11, 2015 |
23. | 1980 | Hakon Lund | Oct 18, 1928 | 4th May 2013 |
24. | 1981 | Not so with Bodelsen | Feb 11, 1937 | |
25th | 1982 | Svend Cedergreen Bech | Jan. 6, 1920 | Apr 13, 2007 |
25th | 1982 | Erik Kjersgaard | Aug 18, 1931 | June 25, 1995 |
26th | 1983 | Inger Christensen | Jan. 16, 1935 | Jan. 2, 2009 |
27. | 1984 | Thomas Bredsdorff | Apr 1, 1937 | |
28. | 1985 | Svend Åge Madsen | Nov 2, 1939 | |
29 | 1986 | Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen | Jan. 2, 1945 | |
30th | 1987 | Cecil Bødker | 27 Mar 1927 | Apr 19, 2020 |
30th | 1987 | Henrik Nordbrandt | 21 Mar 1945 | |
30th | 1987 | Kirsten Thorup | Feb 9, 1942 | |
31. | 1988 | Else Roesdahl | Feb. 26, 1942 | |
32. | 1989 | Klaus Høeck | Nov. 27, 1938 | |
33. | 1990 | Søren Mørch | Dec. 2, 1933 | |
34. | 1991 | Vita Andersen | Oct. 29, 1944 | |
35. | 1992 | Jørgen Jensen | July 30, 1936 | 2nd Mar 2008 |
36. | 1993 | Ib Michael | Jan. 17, 1945 | |
37. | 1994 | Hanne Engberg | Sep 11 1935 | |
38. | 1995 | Dorrit Willumsen | Aug 31, 1940 | |
39. | 1996 | Hans Hertel | Jan. 22, 1939 | |
40. | 1997 | Bjarne Reuter | Apr. 29, 1950 | |
41. | 1998 | Niels Birger Wamberg | Nov 3, 1930 | |
42. | 1999 | Suzanne Brøgger | Nov 18, 1944 | |
43. | 2000 | Frans Lasson | Oct. 20, 1935 | 22 Mar 2009 |
44. | 2001 | Bent Vinn Nielsen | 4th Mar 1951 | |
45. | 2003 | Bo Lidegaard | Jan. 23, 1958 | |
46. | 2003 | Hanne-Vibeke Holst | Feb 21, 1959 | |
47. | 2004 | Keld Zeruneith | 19 Mar 1941 | |
48. | 2005 | Pia Tafdrup | May 29, 1952 | |
49. | 2006 | Jens Andersen | Nov 15, 1955 | |
50. | 2007 | Jens Christian Grøndahl | Nov 9, 1959 | |
51. | 2008 | Peter Øvig Knudsen | Oct 9, 1961 | |
52. | 2009 | Ida Jessen | 25 Sep 1964 | |
53. | 2010 | Tom Buk-Swienty | July 19, 1966 | |
54. | 2011 | Well Marie Aidt | Dec 24, 1963 | |
55. | 2012 | Carsten Jensen | July 24, 1952 | |
56. | 2013 | Jens Smærup Sørensen | May 30, 1946 | |
57. | 2014 | Lone Frank | 28 Sep 1966 | |
58. | 2015 | Søren Ulrik Thomsen | May 8, 1956 | |
59. | 2016 | Morten Moller | ||
60. | 2017 | Kirsten Hammann | Nov 1, 1965 | |
61. | 2018 | Anne-Marie May | Dec 15, 1953 | |
61. | 2019 | Kim Leine | Aug 28, 1961 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Danske litteraturpriser: Forlaget Gyldendal - Søren Gyldendal Prisen , accessed on September 2, 2010 (Danish)
- ↑ a b Den Store Danske : Søren Gyldendal Prisen , accessed on September 2, 2010 (Danish)
- ^ Marie Ravn Nielsen: Carsten Jensen får pris for at lave rav i den . In DR Kultur on April 12, 2012, accessed on April 24, 2012 (Danish)