The Anvil Award ( no, Amboltprisen) is a

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literary prize conferred by the association Friends of

Olav H. Hauge Olav Håkonson Hauge (18 August 1908 – 23 May 1994) was a Norwegian horticulturist, translator and poet. Biography Hauge was born at the village of Ulvik in Hordaland, Norway. His parents Håkon Hauge (1877-1954) and Katrina Hakestad (1873-19 ...

(). The prize consists of

NOK Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site. Archaeology The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...

10,000 and an artistically crafted "anvil" created by the sculptor Leif Gjerme. The Anvil Award is conferred upon the person that has done the most to promote awareness of Hauge's poetry.

List of prizewinners

*2000: Idar Stegane *2002: Ola E. Bø *2004:

Jan Erik Vold Jan Erik Vold (born 18 October 1939) is a Norwegian lyric poet, jazz vocal reciter, translator and author. He was a core member of the so-called "''Profil'' generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine ''Profil''. Throughout his care ...

*2006:

Erling Lægreid Erling Lægreid (5 September 1939 – 25 November 2011) was a Norwegian journalist and non-fiction writer. He was born in Årdalstangen Årdalstangen is the administrative centre of Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is ...

*2008:

Robert Bly Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is '' Iron John: A Book About Men'' (1990), which spent 62 weeks on ' ...

*2010: Arne Skjerven *2012:

Bodil Cappelen Bodil Cappelen (born April 26, 1930) is a Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator. She has also written children's books. Early life Cappelen was born in Stavanger, the daughter of Johan Munthe Cappelen from Oslo and Edith Heiber ...

*2014: Espen Eide * 2016:

Klaus Anders Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseb ...

* 2018: Ole Karlsen * 2021:

Kathrine Hanson Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

References

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External links

Website of the Friends of Olav H. Hauge
Norwegian literary awards Awards established in 2000 2000 establishments in Norway