The Danish Critics Prize for Literature (in Danish: Kritikerprisen) is an annual Danish literature award. It was established in 1957 by the Danish Publishers Association. Since 1971 the award has been made by the Danish Literature Critics Association (Litteraturkritikernes Lav) after a vote by members. The award currently carries a prize of DKK 30,000.Jensen, Niels. Kritikerprisen on Danske Litteraturpriser (Danish Literature Prizes) The Association also awards the Georg Brandes-Prize.Denstoredanske.dk (The Grand Danish Encyclopedia)
Recipients of the Prize
1957 – Karen Blixen and Per Lange 1958 – Poul Ørum: Lyksalighedens Ø (novel) and Frank Jæger: Velkommen, vinter 1959 – Villy Sørensen: Digtere og dæmoner – fortolkninger og vurderinger (essays) and Willy-August Linnemann: Døden må have en årsag (novel) 1960 – Ole Sarvig 1961 – Cecil Bødker 1962 – Albert Dam 1963 – Leif Panduro: Fern fra Danmark (novel) 1964 – Erik Aalbæk Jensen: Perleporten (novel) 1965 – Klaus Rifbjerg: Amagerdigte (poems) 1966 – Benny Andersen 1967 – Jørgen Gustava Brandt 1968 – Anders Bodelsen 1969 – Inger Christensen: Det (poems) 1970 – Peter Seeberg: Hyrder (novel) 1971 – Elsa Gress: Fuglefri og fremmed (memoirs) 1972 – Christian Kampmann 1973 – Aage Dons: Nødstedt i natten (novel) 1974 – Allan Bock 1975 – Thorkild Bjørnvig 1976 – Svend Aage Madsen: Tugt og utugt i mellemtiden (novel) 1977 – Tage Skou-Hansen: Den hårde frugt (novel) 1978 – Vagn Lundbye: Tilbage til Anholt (novel) 1979 – Erik Stinus: Jorden under himlen (poems) 1980 – William Heinesen: Her skal danses (novel) 1981 – Henrik Stangerup: Vejen til Lagoa Santa (novel) 1982 – Kirsten Thorup: Himmel og helvede (novel) 1983 – Dorrit Willumsen: Maria (novel) 1984 – Henrik Nordbrandt: 84 digte (poems) 1985 – Hanne Marie Svendsen: Guldkuglen (novel) 1986 – Bo Green Jensen: Porten til jorden (poems) 1987 – Vita Andersen: Hva'for en hånd (novel) 1988 – Mette Winge: Skriverjomfruen (novel) 1989 – Jens Smærup Sørensen: Katastrofe (novel) 1990 – Gynther Hansen: Danskerne (novel) 1991 – Ib Michael: Vanillepigen (novel) 1992 – Peer Hultberg: Byen og verden (novel) 1993 – Peter Høeg: De måske egnede (novel) 1994 – Christian Skov: Høstnætter (novel) 1995 – Per Højholt: Praksis, 11: Lynskud (poems) and Stenvaskeriet (essays) 1996 – Jytte Borberg: Verdens ende (novel) 1997 – Knud Sørensen: En tid (novel) 1998 – Bent Vinn Nielsen: En skidt knægt (novel) 1999 – Vibeke Grønfeldt: Det rigtige (novel) 2000 – Henning Mortensen: Raketter (novel) 2001 – Sven Holm: Kanten af himlen (short stories) 2002 – Camilla Christensen: Jorden under Høje Gladsaxe (novel) 2003 – Peter Laugesen: Forstad til alt (poems) 2004 – Katrine Marie Guldager: København (short stories) 2005 – Helle Helle: Rødby-Puttgarden (novel) 2006 – Naja Marie Aidt: Bavian (short stories) 2007 – Hans Otto Jørgensen: Med plads til hundrede køer (novel) 2008 – Klaus Høeck: Palimpsest (poems) 2009 – Eske K. Mathiesen: Bonjour monsieur Satie (poems) 2010 – Christina Hesselholdt: Camilla – og resten af selskabet (prose) 2011 – Lars Frost: Skønvirke (prose) 2012 – Pia Juul: Afsted, til stede (short stories) 2013 – Niels Frank: Nellies bog (novel) 2014 – Harald Voetmann: Alt under månen (novel) 2015 – Ursula Andkjær Olsen: Udgående fartøj (poems) 2016 – Rasmus Nikolajsen: Tilbage til unaturen (poems) 2017 – Ida Jessen: Doktor Bagges anagrammer (novel) 2018 – C.Y. Frostholm: Træmuseet (essays) 2019 – Pablo Llambías: Zombierådhus (novel) 2020 – Asta Olivia Nordenhof: Scandinavian Star. Del 1 - Penge på lommen (novel)
References
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