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Norwegian Booksellers' Prize

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Lisa Aisato, winner of 2019.

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.[2][3]

Prize winners

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

References

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  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.