The Grand Prize of the Danish Academy, founded in 1961, is the most notable of

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. Until 1982, it was handed yearly, but since then it has been given every second year. The first years the prize was 50.000 DKK. In 1982 the Cultural Ministry of Denmark increased the prize to 100.000 DKK. From 1992 to 1997 it was 200.000 DKK, in 1998 it was 250.000 DKK and since 2000 it has been 300.000 DKK. The prize is a recognition of a writers work as a whole and not only for one book.

Recipients of the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy

* 1961 Knuth BeckerDanskeakademi.dk
DET DANSKE AKADEMIS STORE PRIS * 1962

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 ...

* 1963 Jens August Schade * 1964 Jacob Paludan * 1965

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* 1966

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 ...

* 1967

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 ...

* 1968

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* 1969 Frank Jæger * 1970 Ivan Malinowski * 1971

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 ...

* 1972 Svend Åge Madsen * 1973

Hans Scherfig Hans Scherfig (April 8, 1905 – January 28, 1979) was a renowned Danish writer and artist. His most famous works of literature include ''Stolen Spring'', ''Frydenholm'', ''Idealists'', and ''The Scorpion'', the last of which was published in ov ...

* 1974 Sven Holm * 1975

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* 1976 Jørgen Sonne * 1977 Peter Seeberg * 1978

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 liter ...

* 1979 Poul Vad * 1980

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 ...

* 1981 Dorrit Willumsen * 1982

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 ...

* 1984 Jess Ørnsbo * 1986

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* 1988

Halfdan Rasmussen Halfdan Wedel Rasmussen (29 January 1915 in Copenhagen – 2 March 2002) was a Danish poet. He was known for his literary nonsense verse for children and his serious adult writings about social issues and human rights. He was awarded with the ...

* 1990 Jens Smærup Sørensen * 1992 Peter Laugesen * 1994

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* 1996 Vibeke Grønfeldt * 1998

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 ...

* 2000 Kirsten Thorup * 2002

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* 2004 Peer Hultberg * 2006 Bent Vinn Nielsen * 2008 F.P. Jac * 2010 Jørn Riel * 2012

Thomas Boberg Thomas Boberg (born 5 May 1960 in Roskilde) is a Danish poet and travel writing, travel writer. Since his debut in 1984 he has received extensive recognition for his contribution to Danish literature. Since 2018 member of The Danish Academy (Det ...

* 2014

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.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 ...

* 2018 Christina Hesselholdt * 2020

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References

External links

List of recipients of the Grand Prize
on Litteraturpriser.dk Danish literary awards 1961 establishments in Denmark {{Denmark-stub