The Rungstedlund Award is an award of honor, founded by the Rungstedlund Foundation (''Rungstedlundfonden'') in 1991. The DKK 25,000 prize is annually handed to a person who has made a notable contribution in an area which interested

Karen Blixen Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countrie ...

. The prize is handed at the birthday of

on 17 April. The award comes from a gift from Hørsholm Municipality at the opening of the Karen Blixen Museum on 14 May 1991. Rungstedlund was the country house in Rungsted near

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

which was owned by Karen Blixen from 1939-58. Rungstedlund is now the site of the Karen Blixen Museum.

Recipients of the Rungstedlund Award

References

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External links

List of recipients of Rungstedlund Award
on Litteraturpriser.dk
Karen Blixen Museum website
Danish literary awards Karen Blixen