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Nordic Council's Literature Prize
The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, that meets "high literary and artistic standards". Established in 1962, the prize is awarded every year, and is worth 350,000 Danish kroner (2008). Eligible works are typically novels, plays, collections of poetry, short stories or essays, or other works that were published for the first time during the last four years, or in the case of works written in Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish, within the last two years. The prize is one of the most prestigious awards that Nordic authors can win. The winner is chosen by an adjudication committee appointed by the Nordic Council. The committee consists of ten members, two each from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The committee members are generally experts in their own country's literature, as well as their neighbouring countries. In addition to the regular members, additional members may be added to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Council
The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomous areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. The representatives are members of parliament in their respective countries or areas and are elected by those parliaments. The Council holds ordinary sessions each year in October/November and usually one extra session per year with a specific theme. The council's official languages are Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish, though it uses only the mutually intelligible Scandinavian languages—Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish—as its working languages. These three comprise the first language of around 80% of the region's population and are learned as a second or foreign language by the remaining 20%. In 1971, the Nordic Council of Ministers, an intergovernmental for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ane Farsethås
Ane or ane may refer to: * Āne, a village in Latvia * Ane, Netherlands, a village in Overijssel, Netherlands, also ** Battle of Ane (1227), a battle fought near the village * -ane, a suffix in organic chemistry, or specifically ** Alkanes, which take this suffix * Aun, a mythological king of Sweden * Ane River, a river in Shiga Prefecture, Japan The acronym ANE may refer to: * Acute necrotizing encephalopathy * Ancient Near East The ancient Near East was home to many cradles of civilization, spanning Mesopotamia, Egypt, Iran (or Persia), Anatolia and the Armenian highlands, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula. As such, the fields of ancient Near East studies and Nea ... * The All Night Express, a wrestling stable in ROH * Ancient North Eurasian, archaeogenetic lineage * Angers – Loire Airport, Angers, France (IATA airport code ANE) * Anoka County–Blaine Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (FAA airport code ANE) * Anthro New England, annual furry conv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Oksanen, Vinnare Av Nordiska Radets Litteraturpris 2010
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Known as Serdica in antiquity, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars, and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the First Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule until 1194, when it was reincorporated by the Second Bulgarian Empire. Sredets became a major administrative, economic, cultural and literary hub until its conquest by the Ottomans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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W13 may refer to: * British NVC community W13, one of the woodland communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system * Eagle's Nest Airport (Virginia), in Augusta County, Virginia, United States * Hansa-Brandenburg W.13, a German flying boat bomber * London Buses route W13 * Mercedes W13, a racing car * Rhombicuboctahedron * Route W13 (WMATA), a former bus route in Maryland * ''W-13''-class minesweeper of the Imperial Japanese Navy * W13 nuclear warhead * Watjanti language * W13, a postcode district in London, England {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjartan Flogstad
Kjartan ( Icelandic: ; Faroese: ; Norwegian: ) is a masculine given name found in the Nordic countries, most prominently in Iceland and Norway. The Old Norse name ' was a shortening of ', from , the name of an Irish king whose daughter Melkorka (Old Irish ', "servant of Curcach") was brought to Iceland as a slave. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. ', 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, . The Irish name Muirchertach, meaning "mariner", is modernised to ', anglicised as Murtagh.Kjartan on NordicNames.de Kjartan may refer to: * Kjartan Finnbogason (born 1986), Icelandic international football player * |
Faroe Stamp 164 William Heinesen
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Faroe may refer to: Places * Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic and a part of the Kingdom of Denmark **Faroese people ** Faroese language * Danish ship ''Færøe'' * Fårö, an island off Gotland, Sweden * Farø, an island south of Zealand, Denmark Arts, entertainment, and media * Faroe, southernmost main island in the Skellige archipelago in The Witcher 3 video game by CD Projekt See also * Pharaoh (other) Pharaoh is the title of ancient Egyptian monarchs. Pharaoh, Pharao or Pharoah may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and literature * Pharaoh (Prus novel), ''Pharaoh'' (Prus novel), a book a 1897 by Bolesław Prus ** Pharaoh (film), ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyvind
Eyvind is a masculine given name. Its variant is Eivind. Notable people with the name include: * Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director * Eyvind Andersen (1874–1939), Norwegian judge * Eyvind Bødtker (1867–1932), Norwegian chemist * Eyvind Braggart, one of Queen Gunnhild's brothers, a character in ''Egil's Saga'' * Eyvind Bratt (1907–1987), Swedish diplomat * Eyvind Brynildsen (born 1988), Norwegian rally driver * Eyvind Earle (1916–2000), American artist, author and illustrator * Eyvind Finnson, 10th-century Norwegian skald * Eyvind Getz (1888–1956), Norwegian barrister and mayor of Oslo, Norway * Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen (1922–2013), Norwegian philologist * Eyvind Hellstrøm (born 1948), chef & formerly part owner of Bagatelle restaurant, Oslo * Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (1896–1946), Danish stage and film actor * Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976), Swedish novelist and short story writer * Eyvind Kang (born 1971), composer and viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Abdollahi
Sara may refer to: People * Sara (given name), a feminine given name People with the given name * Sara Aboobacker (1936–2023), Indian writer and translator * Sara Ahmed (born 1969), British-Australian writer * Sara Allgood (1880–1950), Irish-American actress * Sara Bareilles (born 1979), American musician * Sara Sun Beale (born 1949), American law professor * Sara Cox (born 1974), British broadcaster and author * Sara Davies (born 1984), British businesswoman, entrepreneur, and television personality * Sara Duterte (born 1978), 15th Vice-President of the Philippines * Sara Gadimova (1922–2005), Azerbaijani singer * Sara Ali Khan (born 1995), Indian actress * Sara Gilbert (born, 1975), American actress * Sara-Nicole Morales (1986–2021), American woman who was shot dead * Sara Elisabeth Moræa (1716–1806), Swedish founder of the Linnean Society of London * Sara Nuru (born 1989), German fashion model * Sara Agnes Rice Pryor (1830–1912), American novelist * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rune Christiansen
Rune Christiansen (born 10 April 1963 in Bergen) is a Norwegian poet and novelist. He is a professor of creative writing at Telemark University College. He won the Brage Prize in 2014 and the Gyldendal lifetime award in 2015. Rune Christiansen debuted as a poet in 1986. Since then, he has written twelve collections of poems, and nine novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ...s. He has also translated Alain Bosquet, Eugenio Montale, Frank Kuppner and Edmond Jabès. He grew up at Østerås and resides in Vestfossen. Bibliography *1986: ''Hvor toget forlater havet'', poem *1987: ''Sanger fra måneraketten'', poem *1989: ''I dødvanne'', poem *1990: ''Hvalene i Glasgow'', novel *1991: ''Skilpaddedøgn'', poem *1992: ''Dypt mørke'', novel *1993: ''En følsom tid' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Vandborg
Lise may refer to: People *Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor * Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique Given name Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa *Lise de Baissac (1905–2004), Mauritian secret agent of the Special Operations Executive in World War II * Lise Cabble (born 1958), Danish singer and songwriter * Lise Lindstrom, American operatic soprano * Lise Magnier (born 1984), French politician * Lise Mayer (born 1959), American-born English television and film writer *Lise Meitner Elise Lise Meitner ( ; ; 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist who was instrumental in the discovery of nuclear fission. After completing her doctoral research in 1906, Meitner became the second woman ... (1878–1968), Austrian-Swedish physicist * Lise Myhre (born 1975), Norwegian cartoonist * Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist * Lise St-Denis (born 1940), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristján Jóhann Jónsson
Kristján is an Icelandic masculine given name. The Icelandic surname Kristjánsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Kristján''. Kristjánsdóttir is a patronymic surname meaning ''daughter of Kristján''. Notable people Kristján with the name include: * Kristján Andrésson (born 1981), Icelandic handball player * Kristján Arason (born 1961), Icelandic handball player * Kristján Eldjárn (1916–1982), third President of Iceland The president of Iceland () is the head of state of Iceland. The incumbent is Halla Tómasdóttir, who won the 2024 Icelandic presidential election, 2024 presidential election. The president is not involved in the running of the country, bu ... * Kristján Emilsson (born 1993), Icelandic footballer * Kristján Einar (born 1989), Icelandic racing driver * Kristján Finnbogason (born 1971), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Kristján Guðmundsson (born 1941), Icelandic conceptual artist * Kristján Helgason (born 1974), Icelandic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Lähde
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina. People named Kristiina include: * Kristiina Brask (born 1990), Finnish pop singer * Kristiina Ehin (born 1977), Estonian singer, poet and translator * Kristiina Elstelä (1943–2016), Finnish actress * Kristiina Halttu (born 1963), Finnish actress * Kristiina Kass (born 1970), Estonian children's writer and illustrator * Kristiina Kolehmainen (1956–2012), Finnish-Swedish librarian and translator * Kristiina Lassus (born 1966), Finnish product designer and interior architect * Kristiina Mäkelä (born 1992), Finnish athlete (triple jump) * Kristiina Mäki (born 1991), Finnish-born Czech runner * Kristiina Nurk (born 1972), Estonian underwater swimmer * Kristiina Ojuland (born 1966), Estonian politician *Kristiina Poska Kristiina Poska (born 12 July 1978, Türi, Estonia) is an Estonian conductor. Biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
