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Drachmannlegatet is a Danish literary award founded in 1917, based on funding derived from the entrance fee to Drachmanns Hus in
Skagen Skagen () is Denmark's northernmost town, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalborg. The Port of Skage ...
. The winner is announced annually on 9 October, the anniversary of the birthday of Danish writer and painter
Holger Drachmann Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (9 October 1846 – 14 January 1908) was a Danish poet, dramatist and painter. He was a member of the Skagen artistic colony and became a figure of the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough Movement. Early yea ...
(1846–1908).


List of recipients

2021 Kristian Ditlev Jensen 2022 Jesper Wung-Sung


References

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External links


Drachmannshus
(in Danish)

(in Danish) Danish literary awards Holger Drachmann