13 Nordic novels, short stories and collections of poems have been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2020. The winner will be announced in October during the Nordic Council's award ceremony in Reykjavik and the battle will be between the following works of fiction. "When the tropics are placed against the tropics" by Mikaela Nyman from Åland is among the nominees.
Denmark
- YAHYA HASSAN 2 by Yahya Hassan. Collection of poems, Gyldendal, 2019.
- HHV, FRSHWN - Dødsknaldet i Amazonas by Hanne Højgaard Viemose. Roman, Gyldendal.
Finland
- Vem dödade bambi? by Monika Fagerholm. Roman, Förlaget M, 2019.
- Ihmettä kaikki by Juha Itkonen. Roman, Otava, 2018.
Faroe Islands
- Ikki fyrr enn tá by Oddfríður Marni Rasmussen. Roman, Sprotin, 2019.
Iceland
- Lifandilífslækur by Bergsveinn Birgisson. Roman, Bjartur, 2018.
- Kláði by Fríða Ísberg. Novellsamling, Partus forlag, 2018.
Norway
- Den gode vennen by Bjørn Esben Almaas. Roman, Oktober forlag 2019.
- Vi er fem by Matias Faldbakken. Roman, Oktober forlag, 2019.
The Sami language area
- Juolgevuođđu by Niillas Holmberg. Dikter, DAT, 2018.
Sweden
- Marginalia/Xterminalia by Johan Jönson. Dikter, Albert Bonniers förlag, 2019.
- W. by Steve Sem-Sandberg. Roman, Albert Bonniers förlag, 2019.
Åland
- När vändkrets läggs mot vändkrets by Mikaela Nyman. Dikter, Ellips förlag, 2019.
The Nordic Council Literature Prize has been awarded since 1962 to a work of fiction written in one of the Nordic languages. It can be a novel, a drama, a collection of poems, a collection of short stories or a collection of essays that meet high literary and artistic requirements.
The purpose of the Nordic Council's five prizes is to increase interest in the Nordic cultural community and Nordic environmental co-operation, as well as to recognize outstanding artistic and environmental contributions.