From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia August Prize
August Prize
Year English title Original title Author Publisher
1989 Tecknens rike Cecilia Lindqvist Bonniers
1990 De sotarna! De sotarna! Lars Ahlin Bonniers
1991 Livets ax Sven Delblanc Bonniers
Augustpriset)
The August Prize (Swedish: Augustpriset is a Swedish lit-
erary prize that has been given out since 1989 by the
Swedish Publishers’ Association. The prize is given in the
categories Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children’s and Youth
Literature. The prize is named after the writer August
Strindberg.[1] Winners include Lars Ahlin, Sven Delblanc,
Peter Englund, Dick Harrison, Henning Mankell, Sven
Nordqvist, Peter Pohl.
Winners
This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by
expanding it.
The following books have received the prize:[2]
1989-1991
Fiction
References
[1] Landes, David (2009-11-24). "Jewish ghetto tale
scoops 2009 August Prize". The Local.
http://www.thelocal.se/23446/20091124/.
Retrieved 2011-10-22.
[2] "Alla Vinnare" (in Swedish). augustpriset.se.
Swedish Publishers’ Association.
http://augustpriset.se/tidigare-ar/alla-vinnare.
Retrieved 2011-10-22.
External links
• Official website (Swedish)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia August Prize
Year English title Original title Author Publisher
1992 Medan tiden tänker på annat Niklas Rådström Gedins
1993 Blackwater Händelser vid vatten Kerstin Ekman Bonniers
1994 Synden Björn Ranelid Bonnier Alba
1995 Sweetness Hummelhonung Torgny Lindgren Norstedts
1996 The Sorrow Gondola Sorgegondolen Tomas Tranströmer Bonniers
1997 April Witch Aprilhäxan Majgull Axelsson Gedins
1998 Berömda män som varit i Sunne Göran Tunström Albert Bonniers
förlag
1999 The Visit of the Royal Physician Livläkarens besök Per Olov Enquist Norstedts
2000 Popular Music Populärmusik från Vittula Mikael Niemi Norstedts
2001 Underdog Torbjörn Flygt Norstedts
2002 The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind- Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia Carl-Johan Vallgren Albert Bonniers
Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot förlag
2003 Lottery Scratchcards Skraplotter Kerstin Ekman Albert Bonniers
förlag
2004 Gregorius Bengt Ohlsson Albert Bonniers
förlag
2005 The American Girl Den amerikanska flickan Monika Fagerholm Albert Bonniers
förlag
2006 Svinalängorna Susanna Alakoski Albert Bonniers
förlag
2007 Stundande natten Carl-Henning Wijk- Norstedts förlag
mark
2008 Ett annat liv Per Olov Enquist Norstedts förlag
2009 The Emperor of Lies De fattiga i Łódź Steve Sem-Sandberg Albert Bonniers
förlag
2010 Spill. En damroman Sigrid Combüchen Norstedts
2011 Korparna Tomas Bannerhed Weyler förlag
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