The Bastian Prize ( no, Bastianprisen) is a prize awarded annually by the

Norwegian Association of Literary Translators Norwegian Association of Literary Translators ( no, Norsk Oversetterforening) is an association for Norwegian literary translators, founded in 1948. The association has awarded the annual Bastian Prize from 1951, for best literary translation into t ...

. The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into

Norwegian language Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regio ...

. The award is a statue made by

Ørnulf Bast Ørnulf Bast (25 January 1907 – 28 October 1974) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter particularly known for his public monuments. Background Ørnulf Bjarne Bast was born in Oslo. His parents were Halsten Andersen Bast Birklund (1870–19 ...

, and usually a monetary grant as well.

List of winners

These are the winners of the Bastian Prize:

Regular class

*1951 : Helge Simonsen *1952 :

Eli Krog Eli Krog (née Meyer; 1891–1970) was a Norwegian publicist, translator and author. Biography Eli Krog was born in Oslo, Norway. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Ludvig Meyer (1861-1938) and his second wife Augusta Gran (1865-1936). I ...

*1953 : Åke Fen *1954 :

Nils Lie Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

*1955 : Leo Strøm *1956 : Elsa Uhlen *1957 :

Peter Magnus Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

*1958 :

André Bjerke Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918 – 10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet. He wrote a wide range of material: poems (both for children and adults), mystery novels (four of them under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge), essays, and arti ...

*1959 :

Odd Bang-Hansen Odd Bang-Hansen (9 April 1908 – 4 March 1984) was a Norwegian educator, journalist and author. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Lauritz Bang-Hansen (1879–1960) and Astri Halvorsen (1880–1971). H ...

*1960 :

Hartvig Kiran Hartvig Kiran (3 November 1911 – 15 August 1978) was a Norwegian author, lyricist and composer. He was most commonly associated with his broadcasts on the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Biography Kiran was born at Ålesund in Møre og ...

*1961 :

Halldis Moren Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. Biography She was born on a f ...

*1962 : Trygve Greiff *1963 : Carl Hambro *1964 :

Brikt Jensen Brikt Jensen (15 September 1928 – 14 November 2011) was a Norwegian publisher, writer, journal editor, professor who also hosted a popular TV program about literature. Jensen was born in Bergen, and was made a PhD in 1964 with a thesis on Fran� ...

*1965 :

Sigmund Skard Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature. Biography Skard was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and Gyda Christensen (1868� ...

*1966 :

Hans Braarvig Hans Braarvig (17 April 1905 – 11 February 1986) was a Norwegian writer. He was born in Lillesand. He is best known as a crime writer, young adult fiction writer and novelist, partly under the pseudonym Haakon Bjerre. He was awarded the Bastian ...

*1967 :

Åse-Marie Nesse Åse-Marie Nesse ( 29 April 1934 – 13 July 2001) was a Norwegian philologist, translator and poet. Biography Åse-Marie Nesse was born in Klepp, in Rogaland county, Norway. She finished her secondary education in 1952 at ''Rogaland offentleg ...

*1968 :

Albert Lange Fliflet Albert Lange Fliflet (10 May 1908 – 14 April 2001) was a Norwegian philologist and translator. He is best known for translating ''Kalevala''. He was born in Inderøy as a son of dean Andreas Vilhelm Agersborg Fliflet (1874–1956) and nurse Cha ...

*1969 :

Milada Blekastad Milada Blekastad (1 July 1917 – 25 October 2003) was a Norwegian literary historian. Personal life She was born in Prague. Her grandfather František Topič was one of the most prominent publishers in that town and often published Nordic lite ...

*1970 :

Lotte Holmboe Lotte may refer to: Businesses * Lotte Corporation, a South Korean industrial conglomerate ** Lotte Holdings, a Japanese holding company ** Lotte Capital, a South Korean financial company ** Lotte Card, a South Korean credit card provider ** ...

*1971 :

Axel Amlie Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

*1972 :

Ivar Eskeland Ivar Eskeland (30 November 1927 – 23 December 2005) was a Norwegian philologist, publisher, translator, biographer, literary critic, newspaper editor, theatre worker, radio personality and organizational leader. Career He was born in Stord a ...

*1973 :

Trond Winje Trond is a Norwegian male given name. The base of the name, Tron'r (Þróndr or Þrándr), is Old Norse and means "to grow and thrive" (þroásk)17785 peoplein Norway have Trond as their first name, making it the 23rd most used name (2008). The nam ...

*1974 :

Tom Rønnow Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

*1975 :

Kjell Risvik Kjell Risvik (29 June 1941 – 28 March 2021) was a translator of literature into Norwegian from various languages, including Catalan, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from o ...

*1976 : Carl Fredrik Engelstad *1977 : Erik Gunnes *1978 :

Geir Kjetsaa Geir Kjetsaa (2 June 1937, in Oslo – 2 June 2008) was a Norwegian professor in Russian literary history at the University of Oslo, translator of Russian literature, and author of several biographies of classical Russian writers.

*1979 :

Arne Dørumsgaard Arne Dørumsgaard (7 December 1921 – 13 March 2006) was a Norwegian composer, poet, translator and music collector. He started his professional career as a composer, but is also known for his translations of Eastern poetry and for his large ...

*1980 :

Carsten Middelthon Carsten Middelthon (10 December 1916 – 9 November 2005) was a Norwegian journalist and translator. He was born in Kristiania. After finishing his secondary education in 1936, he graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degr ...

*1981 :

Anne-Lisa Amadou Anne-Lisa Amadou (4 March 1930 – 19 March 2002) was a Norwegian literary researcher. She was born in Oslo. In 1966 she took her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree with a thesis on Marcel Proust. She was a Professor of French literature at the U ...

*1982 :

Hans Aaraas Hans Aaraas (1919–1998) was a Norwegian literary researcher. He was born in Skien. He took the mag.art. degree in 1947 and the dr.philos. degree in 1960 with a thesis on Georges Bernanos. He was a lecturer in Norwegian at Sorbonne from 1949 t ...

*1983 : Ole Michael Selberg *1984 :

Knut Ødegård Knut Ødegård (born 6 November 1945) is a Norwegian poet. Biography Born in 1945 in Molde, Norway, Ødegård made his poetic debut in 1967.''(Norwegian)'' http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/katalog.aspx?f=7543 Since then he has published mor ...

*1985 : Herbert Svenkerud *1986 : Ivar Orgland *1987 : Anne Elligers *1988 : Camilla Wulfsberg *1989 : Turid Farbregd *1990 : Inger Gjelsvik *1991 : Mona Lange *1992 : Aud Greiff *1993 :

Karin Gundersen Karin Gundersen (born 1944) is a Norwegian literary scholar and translator. A professor of French literature at the University of Oslo, she is also a translator of French literary works. She was awarded the Bastian Prize in 1993, for her transla ...

*1994 :

Merete Alfsen Merete Alfsen (born 14 February 1950) is a Norwegian translator. Career Alfsen started working as translator in 1981, and has translated more than ninety books into Norwegian language. She has previously been literary critic for the newspaper ' ...

*1995 :

Nils Ivar Agøy Nils Ivar Agøy (born 19 November 1959) is a Norwegian historian, theologian, tolkienologist and translator. He hails from Gjøvik. He took the cand.philol. degree in history at the University of Oslo in 1987, with the master's thesis ''Kampen ...

*1996 : Kåre Langvik-Johannessen *1997 : Johannes Gjerdåker *1998 : Solveig Schult Ulriksen *1999 : Christian Rugstad *2000 : Erik Ringen *2001 : Kari Kemény *2002 : Birger Huse *2003 :

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*2004 : Dag Heyerdahl Larsen *2005 : Bård Kranstad *2006 : Olav Angell *2007 : Grete Kleppen *2008 :

Per Qvale Per Qvale (born 1946) is a Norwegian translator and literary historian. He was born in Oslo. After studying in Oslo, Bergen and Tübingen, he was an auxiliary teacher of philosophy at the University of Oslo from 1974 to 1977 and took the mag.art. ...

*2009 : Tom Lotherington *2010 : Isak Rogde *2011 : Knut Ofstad *2012 : Ika Kaminka *2013 : Tommy Watz *2014 : Eve-Marie Lund *2015 : Oskar Vistdal *2016 : Kristina Solum *2017 : Bjørn Herrman *2018 : Mikael Holmberg *2019 :

Sverre Dahl Sverre, Sverrir or Sverri is a Nordic name from the Old Norse ''Sverrir'', meaning "wild, swinging, spinning". It is a common name in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands; it is less common in Denmark and Sweden. It can also be a surname. Sverre ma ...

*2020 : Gøril Eldøen *2021 :

Geir Pollen Geir Pollen (born 4 April 1953 in Målselv) is a Norwegian poet, novelist and translator. His literary debut was the poetry collection ''Posteringar i språket'' from 1982. He was leader of the Norwegian Authors' Union The Norwegian Authors' Un ...

*2022 : Kirstin Vogt

Children's literature

*1984 :

Zinken Hopp Signe Marie "Zinken" Hopp, née Brochmann (9 January 1905 – 3 September 1987) was a Norwegian writer, poet, playwright. She wrote in several genres: cultural-historical books, poems and travel stories. She translated children's books and was ...

, Johannes Farestveit *1985 : Siri Ness *1986 : Tor Edvin Dahl *1987 : Kari Skjønsberg *1988 :

Tormod Haugen Tormod Haugen (12 May 1945 – 18 October 2008) was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990. Biography To ...

*1989 : Isak Rogde *1990 : Tove Gravem Smedstad *1991 :

Mette Newth Mette Cecilie Newth (born 31 January 1942) is a Norwegian illustrator, author of children's literature, and organizer. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book. Personal life Mette Newth was born in Oslo as the daughter o ...

*1992 : Johan Fredrik Grøgaard *1993 : Jo Giæver Tenfjord *1994 : Lars Vikør *1995 :

*1996 : ''none'' *1997 : Erik J. Krogstad *1998 : Jo Ørjasæter *1999 : Henning Hagerup *2000 : Torstein Bugge Høverstad *2001 : Gunnel Malmstrøm *2002 : Øystein Rosse *2003 : Tove Bakke *2004 : Fartein Døvle Jonassen *2005 : Guri Vesaas *2006 :

*2007 : ''none'' *2008 :

Ragnar Hovland Ragnar Hovland (born 15 April 1952 in Bergen) is a Norwegian novelist, essayist, poet, and writer of children's books. Personal life Hovland was born in Bergen to priest Håkon Hovland and schoolteacher Sigrid Indrebø, and grew up in Strandvik ...

*2009 : Kyrre Haugen Bakke *2010 : ''none'' *2011 : Carina Westberg *2012 : ''none'' *2013 : Bjørn Herrman *2014 : Eivind Lilleskjæret *2015 : Torleif Sjøgren-Erichsen *2016 : Stian Omland *2017 : Tiril Broch Aakre *2018 : Nina Aspen *2019 : Kirsti Vogt *2020 : Kari Bolstad *2021 : Vibeke Saugestad *2022 : Hilde Stubhaug

References

{{Reflist Norwegian literary awards Translation awards Awards established in 1951 1951 establishments in Norway