The Danish Critics Prize for Literature (in Danish: ''Kritikerprisen'') is an annual
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
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* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
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. The Association also awards the Georg Brandes-Prize.Denstoredanske.dk (The Grand Danish Encyclopedia)
Villy Sørensen
Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 2001) was a Danish people, Danish short story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophy, philosophical ideas, and ...
: ''Digtere og dæmoner – fortolkninger og vurderinger'' (essays) and Willy-August Linnemann: ''Døden må have en årsag'' (novel)
* 1960 –
Ole Sarvig
Ole Sarvig ( Danish pronunciation:) (1921 in Copenhagen – 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal ''heretica''. In 1967 he received the grand prize of the Danish Academy. In 2004 ...
* 1961 –
Cecil Bødker
Cecil Bødker (27 March 1927 – 19 April 2020) was a Danish writer and poet, most known for young adult fiction books about the character "Silas". For her "lasting contribution to children's literature" she received the international Hans Chr ...
Leif Panduro Leif Thormod Panduro (18 April 1923 – 16 January 1977) was a Danish writer, novelist, short story writer, and dramatist.
Life
A dentist by profession, he began in his thirties to write stories about people who can't conform to society's rule ...
: ''Fern fra Danmark'' (novel)
* 1964 – Erik Aalbæk Jensen: ''Perleporten'' (novel)
* 1965 –
Klaus Rifbjerg
Klaus Rifbjerg (15 December 1931 – 4 April 2015) was a Danish writer. He authored more than 170 novels, books and essays. In 1965 he co-produced the film '' 4x4'' which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.
Biography
Ri ...
Anders Bodelsen
Anders Bodelsen (11 February 1937 – 17 October 2021) was a Danish writer primarily associated with the 1960 new-realism wave in Danish literature, along with Christian Kampmann and Henrik Stangerup. Bodelsen preferred the social-realistic st ...
* 1969 –
Inger Christensen
Inger Christensen (16 January 1935 – 2 January 2009) was a Danish poet, novelist, essayist and editor. She is considered the foremost Danish poetic experimentalist of her generation.
Life and work
Born in the town of Vejle, on the eastern J ...
Svend Aage Madsen
Svend is a Danish and Norwegian given name that may refer to:
* King Svend
* Svend Aagesen (c.1145–?), Danish historian
* Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), Danish jazz violinist known as "The Fiddling Viking"
* Svend Auken (1943–2009), Danish ...
: ''Tugt og utugt i mellemtiden'' (novel)
* 1977 –
Tage Skou-Hansen
Tage Skou-Hansen (12 February 1925 – 11 November 2015) was a Danish writer, editor and scholar.
Overview
Born in the town of Fredericia, Tage Skou-Hansen graduated from Marselisborg Gymnasium in Aarhus and became a student of history of lite ...
: ''Den hårde frugt'' (novel)
* 1978 –
Vagn Lundbye Vagn () is an Old Norse language, Old Norse masculine forename, meaning 'vehicle; wagon, wain'.
It was the name of a famous 10th-century Jomsviking, Vagn Åkesson.
The Old Norse was revived in modern Scandinavia, the first modern bearer of the nam ...
: ''Tilbage til Anholt'' (novel)
* 1979 – Erik Stinus: ''Jorden under himlen'' (poems)
* 1980 –
William Heinesen
Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands.
His writing
The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of H ...
: ''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
Henrik Nordbrandt (21 March 1945 – 31 January 2023) was a Danish poet, novelist, and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the poetry collection ''Digte''. He was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2000 for the poetry c ...
: ''84 digte'' (poems)
* 1985 – Hanne Marie Svendsen: ''Guldkuglen'' (novel)
* 1986 – Bo Green Jensen: ''Porten til jorden'' (poems)
* 1987 –
Vita Andersen
Vita Andersen (29 October 1942 – 20 July 2021) was a Danish poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer.
Career
Andersen made her literary debut in 1977 with the poetry collection ', which is among the most sold poetry collections in Den ...
Ib Michael
Ib Michael (born 1945 in Roskilde, Denmark) is a Danish novelist and poet. His writing style has been described as magic realism.
He attended the University of Copenhagen, where he studied Central American and Indian Language and Culture. Michae ...
Peter Høeg
Peter Høeg (born 17 May 1957) is a Danish writer of fiction. He is best known for his novel '' Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow'' (1992).
Early life
Høeg was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Before becoming a writer, he worked variously as a sailor, ...
Per Højholt
Per Højholt (22 July 1928 – 15 October 2004) was a Denmark, Danish poet. Højholt had his debut in 1948 when he published "De nøgne" (The Naked Ones), a series of poems which appeared in the magazine ''Heretica''. His first collection was ''Hes ...
Knud Sørensen
Knud Sørensen (10 March 1928 – 26 September 2022) was a Danish writer, poet and novelist.
Born in Hjørring, in 1958 Sørensen settled as a surveyor on Mors. He made his debut as a poet with ''Eksplosion'' in 1961.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
Helle Helle (born 1965 as Helle Olsen but later named Helle Krogh Hansen) is a widely translated Danish short story writer and novelist. Basing her stories on episodes in the lives of ordinary people, she gained fame in 2005 with her novel ''Rødb ...
: ''Rødby-Puttgarden'' (novel)
* 2006 –
Naja Marie Aidt
Naja Marie Aidt (born 24 December 1963) is a Danish-language poet and writer.
Biography
Aidt was born in Aasiaat, Greenland, and was brought up partly in Greenland and partly in the Vesterbro area of Copenhagen. In 1991, she published her fir ...
: ''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
Pia Juul (; 30 May 196230 September 2020) was a Danish poet, prose writer, and translator. She received several prizes and was a member of the Danish Academy. She also taught at the writing school ''Forfatterskolen'' in Copenhagen.
Biography
...
: ''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)