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Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.

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Lisa Aisato, winner of 2019. source ↗

The Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (Bokhandlerprisen) is a literature prize awarded annually by the Norwegian Booksellers Association after voting among all who work in Norwegian bookstores.1

The prize is awarded for one of the year's books in the fiction / general literature category, including children's and youth books. The prize was initiated in 1948, then did not return until 1961. It was also on a hiatus from 1970 to 1980.23

Prize winners

Jo Benkow, 1985 winner source ↗
Gunnar Staalesen, 1989 winner source ↗
Ingvar Ambjørnsen, 1996 winner source ↗
Åsne Seierstad, 2002 winner source ↗
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References

  1. "Bokhandlerprisen". barum.folkebibl. Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. Summary of various prizes including the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize (in Norwegian)
  3. Norwegian Booksellers' Prize Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Nedrebø, Ingrid (2023-11-14). "Oliver Lovrenski (19) får Bokhandlerprisen som tidenes yngste". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2023-11-14.