Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment is an annually awarded literary prize from the publishing house
Aschehoug
H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises ot ...
. The prize is a recognition of superior literary work. The publisher's editorial management makes the award based on their collective judgement of merit. Applications are not accepted.Norwegian Literature Portal /ref>
The endowment is awarded in recognition of
Mads Wiel Nygaard Mads may refer to:
*Mads (given name)
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Aschehoug
H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises ot ...
Lizzie Juvkam
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She was award ...
Stein Mehren
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Yngvar Hauge
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Bibliography
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He was born at Kvaløya as the son of fisherman and farmer Emil Larsen Berg and Olufine Johansen, and grew up at a ...
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Personal life
Askildsen was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen (1898–1982) ...
Vigdis Stokkelien
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Arild Nyquist
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Biography
He was born in Oslo, the son of Arild Otto Nyquist (1911–74) and Gerd Nyquist (1913-84).
His father was a sh ...
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Career
Olsen made his literary debut in 1967 with ''Ved skjulestedet''. Among his novels are ''Hud over Damhauen'' from 1982, and ''Alfreds ...
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Biography
Solumsmoen was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. His parents were Torger Solumsmoen (1886-1923) and Mathilde Gren (1885-1967). His father di ...
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Biography
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Biography
Erling Pedersen was born in Rauma, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Pedersen moved to Hedrum (now a part of Larvik m ...
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He made his literary debut in 1958 with the poetry collection ''Du''. Other collections are ''Stenbruddet'' from 1963, and ''Fjernsynsdikt'' from 1982. He ...
*1983 -
Gerd Brantenberg
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Biography
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Among his poetry collections are ''Linedanser på piggtråd'' from 1979, and ''Øm ulv'' from 1990. He published the books ''Frostknuter'' in 1982 and ''Den tatoverte tungen'' in 1987.
He ...
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Anne Karin Elstad
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Biography
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Tove Lie
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She made her literary debut in 1967 with the poetry collection ''Øyeblikk''. Among her other collections are ''Syrinx'' from 1970, and ''Rullesteiner samler ikke mose'' from 1985.
She was awarde ...
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*1988 -
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Elin Brodin
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*1993 -
Cindy Haug
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Tom Lotherington
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*1996 -
Aud Korbøl
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Sigmund Jensen
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Bjarte Breiteig
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Background
Bjarte Breiteig was born in Kristiansand, 1974. He studied physics at NTNU in Trondheim, but dropped out after two years to study literature at the same place. H ...
*2007 -
Carl Frode Tiller
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Tiller made his literary debut in 2001 with t ...
*2008 -
Geir Gulliksen
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Gulliksen originally won the bronze medal as part of the Norwegian team in team jumping, together with Morten Djupvik
Mor ...
*2009 -
Arne Lygre
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*2010 -
Ingrid Storholmen
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*2011 -
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Østergaard debuted usi ...
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*2017 -
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