Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize which was awarded in the period 1934–1995 by the
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publisher
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag AS, commonly referred to as Gyldendal N.F. and in Norway often only as Gyldendal, is one of the largest Norwegian publishing houses. It was founded in 1925 after buying rights to publications from the Danish publishing ho ...
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The prize was awarded to significant authors, regardless of which publisher the author was associated with.
From 1996 the Gyldendals endowment was superseded by the Gyldendal Prize
[Summary of Gyldendal's Endowment Award for 2007 (Norwegian)]
/ref> for "particularly significant writing" and (since 1998) by the ''Sult-prisen'' (Hunger Award) for "eminent young authors".
Endowment winners
*1934 – Olav Duun
Olav Duun (21 November 1876 – 13 September 1939) was a noteworthy author of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He once lacked only one vote to receive the Nobel ...
*1935 – Peter Egge, Herman Wildenvey
Herman Wildenvey (20 July 1885 – 27 September 1959), born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translati ...
, Arnulf Øverland
Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1968) was a Norwegian poet and artist. He is principally known for his poetry which served to inspire the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway during World ...
*1936 – Gabriel Scott
Gabriel Scott (8 March 1874 – 9 July 1958) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer.
Personal life
Gabriel Scott Jensen was born in Leith in Scotland as the son of sailors' priest Svend Holst Jensen and his wife wri ...
*1937 – Cora Sandel
Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius (20 December 1880 – 3 April 1974), better known by her pen name Cora Sandel, was a Norwegian writer and painter who lived most of her adult life abroad. Her best-known works are the novels now known as the ''Alb ...
*1938 – Arthur Omre
Arthur Omre (17 December 1887, in Brunlanes – 16 August 1967) was a Norwegian novelist and writer of short stories.
Omre hailed from Vestfold. With a background as sailor, journalist, constructor in the United States, engineer in Oslo, busine ...
*1939 – Johan Falkberget
Johan Falkberget, born Johan Petter Lillebakken, (30 September 1879 – 5 April 1967) was a Norwegian author. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Life and career
Johan Falkberget was born on the Lillebakken farm in the Rugl ...
*1940 – Sigurd Christiansen
Sigurd Christiansen (17 November 1891 – 23 October 1947) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. He made his literary debut with the novel ''Seieren'' in 1915.
His literary breakthrough was the trilogy ''Indgangen'' (1925), ''Sverdene'' (1927 ...
, Ronald Fangen
Ronald Fangen (29 April 1895 – 22 May 1946) was a Norwegian novelist, essayist, playwright, psalmist, journalist and literary critic.
Biography
Ronald August Fangen was born at Kragerø in Telemark, Norway. His parents were Sten August Fan ...
, Sigurd Hoel
Sigurd Hoel (December 14, 1890 – October 14, 1960) was a Norwegian author and publishing consultant, born in Nord-Odal. He debuted with the collection of short stories (The Way We Go) in 1922. His breakthrough came with (Sinners in Summertim ...
*1941 – Gunnar Reiss-Andersen
Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (21 August 1896 – 29 July 1964) was a Norway, Norwegian Lyric poetry, lyric poet and writer.
Biography
He was born at Larvik in Vestfold, Norway. Reiss-Andersen went to sea at 17 years of age, sailing the Baltic Sea, Balt ...
, Kristian Elster
*1942 – Inge Krokann
Inge Krokann (19 August 1893 – 27 September 1962) was a Norwegian writer. His most famous work is '' I Dovre Sno '' (1929), an epic story of the Loe family during the Middle Ages. Because his writing was full of local expressions and is so ...
*1943 – Tarjei Vesaas
Tarjei Vesaas (20 August 1897 – 15 March 1970) was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Vesaas is widely considered to be one of Norway's greatest writers of the twentieth century and perhaps its most important since World War II.
Biography
Vesaas ...
*1944 – Inger Hagerup
Inger Hagerup (née Halsør; 12 April 1905, in Bergen – 6 February 1985, in Fredrikstad) was a Norwegian writer, playwright and poet. She is considered one of the greatest Norwegian poets of the 20th century.
Life and career
Inger Johanne Ha ...
*1945 – Johan Borgen
Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was ...
*1946 – Emil Boyson Emil Boyson (4 September 1897 – 2 June 1979) was a Norwegian poet, writer, and translator.
Biography
Carl Emil Steen Boyson was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were Immanuel Boysen (1854–1921) and Christine Steen (1869–1905). He gre ...
, Ernst Orvil
Ernst Orvil (née Ernst Richard Nilsen; 12 April 1898 – 16 June 1985) was a Norwegian novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright.
Biography
Ernst Richard Orvil was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents Johan Nilsen (Rev ...
, Tore Ørjasæter
Tore Ørjasæter (3 March 1886 – 29 February 1968) was a Norwegian educator and poet.
Biography
à ...
*1947 – Nils Johan Rud
Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / ''M ...
*1948 – Ingeborg Møller
Ingeborg Møller (29 December 1878 – 18 February 1964) was a Norwegian teacher, playwright, novelist and biographer.
Biography
Ingeborg Møller was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Her parents were Thorvald Fredrik Møller (1821-18 ...
, Aksel Sandemose
Aksel Sandemose (né Axel Nielsen; 19 March 1899 – 6 August 1965) was a Danish-Norwegian writer whose works frequently elucidate the theme that the repressions of society lead to violence.
Biography
Axel Nielsen was born at Nykøbing Mors on t ...
*1949 – Gunnar Larsen, Magnhild Haalke
Magnhild Haalke (12 August 1885 – 18 October 1984) was a Norwegian novelist.Erik Bjerck Hagen"Magnhild Haalke" Store norske leksikon /ref>
Biography
Magnhild Camilla Kvaale was born on Vikna, an island off the Namdalen coast in Nord-Trøndel ...
*1950 – Egil Rasmussen Egil Rasmussen (28 April 1903 – 18 June 1964) was a Norwegian writer, literature critic and pianist.
Rasmussen was born in the village of Bossekop in Alta, Norway. He grew up in Tromsø after Rasmussen's family moved to the city when he was 3 ...
, Hans Henrik Holm
Hans Henrik Holm (18 January 1896 – 27 September 1980) was a Norwegian poet and folklorist. He made his literary début in 1933 with the epic poem ''Jonsoknatt'', the first in a series of seven volumes. His published the trilogy ''Bygdir i so ...
*1951 – Gunvor Hofmo
Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets.
Background
Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha B ...
*1952 – Jakob Sande
Jakob Sande (1 December 1906 – 16 March 1967) was a Norwegian writer, poet and folk singer from Dale in Sunnfjord. His parents were Andreas Sande and Ragna Margrete (born Barsnes). He married Solveig Ytterlid in 1942 and they had a daughter, Si ...
, Mikkjel Fønhus
Mikkjel Fønhus (14 March 1894 – 28 October 1973) was a Norwegian journalist, novelist and short story writer. Fønhus' stories are often set in the wilderness, featuring animals and animal behaviour.
Personal life
Mikkel Arnesen Fønhus was bo ...
*1953 – Engvald Bakkan
*1954 – Agnar Mykle
Agnar Mykle (8 August 1915 – 15 January 1994) was a Norwegian author. He became one of the most controversial figures in Norwegian literature in the 20th century.
Early life
Born in Norway's third largest city, Trondheim, Mykle was often si ...
, Terje Stigen
Terje Stigen (28 June 1922 – 14 August 2010) was a Norwegian author.Erik Bjerck Hagen''Terje Stigen'' (Store norske leksikon)/ref>
Biography
Terje Stigen was born on Magerøya in Finnmark, Norway. He spent part of his childhood in Tromsø. Af ...
*1955 – Bjørn Rongen
Bjørn Rongen (24 July 1906 – 26 August 1983) was a Norwegian novelist and children's writer.
He was born at Evanger in the Voss district of Hordaland, Norway. He lived in Drøbak most of his adult life.
He made his literary debut in 1934 ...
, Alfred Hauge
Alfred Hauge (17 October 1915 – 31 October 1986) was a Norwegian educator, journalist, novelist, poet and historian. He wrote extensively about life on the Ryfylke islands and about Norwegian-American emigration.
Biography
Hauge was born ...
*1956 – Sigbjørn Hølmebakk
Sigbjørn Hølmebakk (2 February 1922 – 25 November 1981) was a Norwegian author.
Biography
Hølmebakk was born at Feda (now Kvinesdal) in Vest-Agder, Norway. His parents were Søren Adolf Svindland (1881–1966) and Inger Marie Abrahamsen M ...
*1957 – Eivind Tverbak
Eivind Tverbak (4 April 1897, in Sørfold, Salten – 1982) was a Norwegian novelist and children's writer from Sørfold. He wrote several novels from fishermen's life in Northern Norway. He has also written books for children. He was awarded t ...
, 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 ...
*1958 – Astrid Tollefsen
Astrid Tollefsen (11 December 1897 – 9 October 1973) was a Norwegian poet. She was born in Horten. She made her literary debut with the poetry collection ''Portrett i speil'' (1947). She lived in a long-term relationship with the lyricist G ...
*1959 – Alf Larsen
Alf Larsen (22 July 1885 – 12 December 1967) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and magazine editor.
Biography
Larsen was born at Tjøme in Vestfold, Norway. he was the eldest of seven children born to Alfred Larsen (1859-1905) and Kristi ...
, Åge Rønning
Åge Rønning (4 October 1925 – 31 January 1991) was a Norwegian writer and journalist.
Biography
Åge Rønning was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Normann Rønning (1888–1974) and Astrid Therese Nielsen (1895–1978). He graduated in ...
*1960 – Finn Bjørnseth
Finn Bjørnseth (15 July 1924 – 24 November 1973) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and short story writer.
Finn Bjørnseth was born in Oslo, Norway. He made his literary début in 1950 with the short story collection ''Unge netter''. Among hi ...
*1961 – Johannes Heggland
Johannes Heggland (29 June 1919 – 24 January 2008) was a Norwegian novelist, short story and children's literature writer, playwright, and elected official with the Centre Party (Norway), Centre Party. He is most commonly associated with ...
, Per Bronken
Per Bronken (13 March 1935 – 4 October 2002) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, actor, film director and stage producer.
Career
Bronken made his literary debut in 1955 with the poetry collection ''Kom drikk også mitt blod''. He made his stag ...
*1962 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff
*1963 – Ã…sta Holth, Arnold Eidslott, Ola Viker Ola Viker (1897–1972) was a Norwegian novelist and lawyer.
Viker was born in Fluberg, Oppland. He made his literary debut in 1951 with the novel ''Gullskoen''. He was awarded the Gyldendal's Endowment Gyldendal's Endowment was a literature prize ...
*1964 – Aslaug LÃ¥stad Lygre, Odd Hølaas
Oddleiv Sigurd Bang Hølaas (27 March 1898 – 2 March 1968) was a Norwegian journalist and writer. He won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1964.
He was born in Tveit as a son of physician Oddleiv Magne Hølaas (1869–1915) and Aa ...
*1965 – Marie Takvam, Gisken Wildenvey
Gisken Wildenvey (23 March 1892 – 14 January 1985) was a Norwegian novelist and author of short stories.
Jonette Pauline Andreassen was born at Austvågøy at Vågan in Lofoten, Norway. She was the daughter of farmer Anton Lauritz Andre ...
*1966 – Georg Johannesen, Odd Winger
*1967 – KÃ¥re Holt
Kåre Holt (10 October 1916 – 15 March 1997) was a Norwegian author. He wrote plays, poetry and about forty books.
Biography
Holt was born in the village of VÃ¥le in Vestfold, Norway. His parents were Peder Anton Kristiansen (1870-1958) and M ...
, Per Hansson
*1968 – 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 ...
*1969 – Knut Faldbakken
Knut Faldbakken (born 31 August 1941, in Hamar) is a Norwegian novelist.
He studied psychology at Oslo University, and then worked as a journalist. Faldbakken visited a number of countries, working variously as a bookkeeper, sailor, and factor ...
*1970 – Espen Haavardsholm
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, ''Tidevann''. He was one of the central writers in the modernist ...
, 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†...
, Merete Wiger
*1971 – Tor Obrestad
Tor Obrestad (12 February 1938 – 25 January 2020) was a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.
Early and personal life
Obrestad was born in HÃ¥ on 12 February 1938. His parents were farmer Jon R. Obrestad and Sophie Riise.
He studie ...
*1972 – Jens Bjørneboe
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society an ...
*1973 – Tor Edvin Dahl
*1974 – Emil Boyson Emil Boyson (4 September 1897 – 2 June 1979) was a Norwegian poet, writer, and translator.
Biography
Carl Emil Steen Boyson was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were Immanuel Boysen (1854–1921) and Christine Steen (1869–1905). He gre ...
, Nils Johan Rud
Nils Johan Rud (24 July 1908 – 7 June 1993) was a Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, children's writer, and a magazine editor. He is particularly known for his long-term period as editor of the magazine ''Arbeidermagasinet'' / ''M ...
, Gunvor Hofmo
Gunvor Hofmo (30 June 1921 – 17 October 1995) was a Norwegian writer, often considered one of Norway's most influential modernist poets.
Background
Gunvor Hofmo was born in Oslo, Norway. Her parents were Erling Hofmo (1893–1959) and Bertha B ...
, Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Tor Åge Bringsværd
Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 16 November 1939 in Skien, Norway) is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Nor ...
*1975 – PÃ¥l Sundvor
*1976 – Finn Carling
Finn Carling (1 October 1925 – 12 March 2004) was a Norwegian language, Norwegian novelist, playwright, poet and essayist.
Biography
He was born in Oslo, Norway. He took artium in 1945 and studied psychology at the University of Oslo from ...
, Sigurd Evensmo
Sigurd Evensmo (14 February 1912 – 17 October 1978) was a Norwegian author and journalist.
*1977 – Jan Jakob Tønseth
Jan Jakob Tønseth (1 September 1947 – 12 October 2018) was a Norwegian author, poet and translator.
Tønseth debuted as a poet with the poetry collection ''Kimærer'' in 1971, when he was only 24 years of age. He achieved broad recognition as ...
*1978 – Olav NordrÃ¥, Arne Ruste
*1979 – Cecilie Løveid
Cecilie Løveid (born 21 August 1951) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books.
Personal life
Løveid was born in Mysen to ship's captain Erik Løveid and actress Ingrid Cecilie Meyer. She had a cohabiting relatio ...
, Wera Sæther
*1980 – Marta Schumann, 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 ...
*1981 – Gidske Anderson, Stein Mehren
Stein Mehren (16 May 1935 – 28 July 2017) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and playwright. He made his literary debut as poet with ''Gjennom stillheten en natt'' (1960). He wrote more than fifty books, mainly poetry.
*1982 – Ola Bauer, Ketil Gjessing
*1983 – Karin Bang
Karin Bang (3 December 1928 – 20 August 2017) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime fiction writer. , Terje Johanssen
*1984 – Mari Osmundsen, Simen Skjønsberg
Simen Skjønsberg (2 September 1920 – 26 December 1993) was a Norwegian journalist and writer.
He was born in Øyer. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested by the Nazi authorities following the 1943 University of Os ...
*1985 – Paal-Helge Haugen
Paal-Helge Haugen (born 26 April 1945) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist and children's writer who has published over 30 books. His titles have been translated into at least 20 languages. His 1968 "punktroman" or "pointillist novel," ''Anne ...
, 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.
*1986 – Inger Elisabeth Hansen
Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 20 April 1950) is a Norwegian poet and translator.
Her poetry collection ''Trask'' was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2004. An extensive selection of her ...
, Erland Kiøsterud
*1987 – Hans Herbjørnsrud
Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 2 January 1938) is a Norwegian author of short stories. His works frequently play with the differences between Norwegian languages Bokmål and Nynorsk and the various Norwegian dialects. His stories' characters sometimes ...
, Tor Ulven
*1988 – Liv Køltzow
Liv Køltzow (born 14 January 1945) is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, biographer and essayist.
Personal life
Køltzow was born in Oslo to Oscar Køltzow and Else Mathisen. She was married to writer Espen Haavardsholm from 1966 to 1973, and to ...
, Øystein Lønn
Øystein Lønn (12 April 1936 – 10 January 2022) was a Norwegian writer. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the short stories ''Prosesjonen'', and followed up with the novel ''Kontinentene'' in 1967. He remained a relatively unknown write ...
*1989 – Edvard Hoem
Edvard Hoem (born 10 March 1949) is a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, lyricist, psalmist and government scholar. He made his literary debut in 1969, with the poetry collection ''Som grønne musikantar''. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize f ...
, Gunnar Staalesen
Gunnar Staalesen (born 19 October 1947) is a Norwegian writer. He is a major figure in the Nordic noir crime fiction genre through his 19 novels featuring Varg Veum, a private detective in Bergen on the rainy west coast of Norway. The Varg Veum ...
*1990 – Sigmund Mjelve, Atle Næss
Atle Næss (born 25 March 1949, in Mysen
Mysen is the administrative center of the municipality of Eidsberg in the county of Østfold in Norway.
The town is named after the old farm of Mysen ( Norse ''Mysin'', from ''*Mosvin''), since the town i ...
*1991 – Kjartan Fløgstad
Kjartan Fløgstad (born 7 June 1944) is a Norwegian author. Fløgstad was born in the industrial city of Sauda in Ryfylke, Rogaland. He studied literature and linguistics at the University of Bergen. Subsequently, he worked for a period as an ind ...
and Herbjørg Wassmo
*1992 – Sissel Lie
Sissel Lie (born 12 November 1942) is a Norwegian novelist, translator, playwright and professor in Romance languages and literature at the University of Trondheim since 1992.
Biography
Sissel Lie was born in Kristiansand, in Vest-Agder county ...
, Steinar Løding og Tor Fretheim
*1993 – Britt Karin Larsen, Thorvald Steen
Thorvald Steen (born 9 January 1954) is a Norwegian writer and government scholar.
He made his literary debut in 1983, and has subsequently published a wide range of novels, plays, collections of poems, books of short stories, children's books a ...
*1994 – Kjersti Scheen, Bjørn Aamodt
Bjørn Aamodt (24 February 1944 – 29 April 2006) was a Norwegian seaman, industrial worker and poet.
Biography
Aamodt was born in Bærum and died in Oslo, Norway. The son of artist and footballer Asbjørn Aamodt, he graduated artium at Va ...
*1995 – Torgrim Eggen, Terje Holtet Larsen
References
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