Brage Prize

The Brage Prize (Norwegian: Brageprisen) is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation (Den norske bokprisen). The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature. The Brage Prize has been awarded each fall since 1992 for the following categories: Fiction Children's literature Non-fiction Open class – a class which varies each year. In addition to these classes, during the first several years the prize was also awarded in the following categories: Poetry Textbooks Picture books General literature 1992 – Karsten Alnæs, for Trollbyen. 1993 – Øystein Lønn, for Thranes metode. 1994 – Sigmund Mjelve, for Område aldri fastlagt. 1995 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, for Fugledansen. 1996 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, for Skammen. 1997 – Liv Køltzow, for Verden forsvinner. 1998 – Kjartan Fløgstad, for Kron og mynt. 1999 – Frode Grytten, for Bikubesong. 2000 – Per Petterson, for I kjølvannet. 2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen, for Halvbroren. 2002 – Niels Fredrik Dahl, for På vei til en venn. 2003 – Inger Elisabeth Hansen, for Trask. 2004 – Hanne Ørstavik, for Presten. 2005 – Marita Fossum, for Forestill deg. 2006 – Dag Solstad, for Armand V. Fotnoter til en uutgravd roman. 2007 – Carl Frode Tiller, for Innsirkling. 2008 – Per Petterson, for Jeg forbanner tidens elv. 2009 – Karl Ove Knausgård, for Min Kamp. Første bind. 2010 - Gaute Heivoll for Før jeg brenner ned. 2011 - Tomas Espedal for Imot naturen. 2012 - Lars Amund Vaage for Syngja. 2013 - Ruth Lillegraven for Urd. 2014 - Rune Christiansen for Ensomheten i Lydia Ernemans liv. 2015 - Lars Saabye Christensen for Magnet. 2016 – Monica Isakstuen for Vær snill med dyrene. 2017 – Olaug Nilssen for Tung tids tale. 2018 – Tore Kvæven for Når landet mørknar. 2019 – Nina Lykke for Full spredning. 2020 – Beate Grimsrud for Jeg foreslår at vi våkner. 2021 – Jon Fosse for Eit nytt namn (Septologien VI-VII). 2022 – Ingeborg Arvola for Kniven i ilden. Ruijan rannalla – Sanger fra Ishavet.