August Prize
Introduction The '''August Prize''' () is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. The Swedish Publishers' Association also awards the Young August Prize (''Lilla Augustpriset'') to youth and young adults (until the age of 20).
Prize In the years 1989–1992, the prize was awarded in one general category. Since 1992, the prize has been awarded in the categories Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children's and Youth Literature. The prize is named after the writer August Strindberg.
Selection All Swedish publishers may submit nominations for the award. In each category, a jury shortlists six titles each. These titles are then read and voted on by an assembly of 63 electors, 21 in each category. The electors come from across the country, and comprise booksellers, librarians and literary critics. The books receiving the largest number of votes in each category win the prize.The prizes are handed out at a gala in Stockholm. Winners receive 100,000 Swedish krona and a bronze statuette by the artist Michael Fare.
Winners and nominees ===Best book (1989–1991)===YearWinnerWorkShortlisted nominees'''1989'''100pxCecilia Lindqvist  (b. 1932)'''''Tecknens rike'''''  (lit. 'The Empire of Signs')Bonniers'''1990'''100pxLars Ahlin  (1915–1997)'''''De sotarna! De sotarna!''''' (lit. 'The Chimney Sweepers! The Chimney Sweepers! ')Bonniers'''1991'''Sven Delblanc  (1931–1992)'''''Livets ax'''''  (lit. 'Ear of Life')Bonniers===Fiction===YearWinnerWorkShortlisted nominees'''1992'''100pxNiklas Rådström  (b. 1953)'''''Medan tiden tänker på annat'''''  (lit. 'When Time Thinks About Other Things')Gedins'''1993'''100pxKerstin Ekman  (b. 1933)'''''Händelser vid vatten'''''  (lit. 'Events by Water')  (trans. ''Blackwater'')Bonniers'''1994'''100pxBjörn Ranelid  (b. 1949)'''''Synden'''''  (lit. 'The Sin')Bonnier Alba'''1995'''100pxTorgny Lindgren  (1938–2017)'''''Hummelhonung'''''  (lit. 'Bumblebee Honey')  (trans. ''Sweetness'')Norstedts'''1996'''100pxTomas Tranströmer  (1931–2015)'''''Sorgegondolen'''''  (lit. 'The Sorrow Gondola')Bonniers'''1997'''100pxMajgull Axelsson  (b. 1947)'''''Aprilhäxan'''''  (lit. 'April Witch')Gedins'''1998'''100pxGöran Tunström  (1937–2000)'''''Berömda män som varit i Sunne'''''  (lit. 'Famous Men Who Have Visited Sunne')Albert Bonniers förlag'''1999'''100pxPer Olov Enquist  (1934–2020)'''''Livläkarens besök'''''  (lit. 'The Visit of the Royal Physician')Norstedts'''2000'''100pxMikael Niemi  (b. 1951)'''''Populärmusik från Vittula'''''  (lit. 'Popular Music from Vittula')Norstedts'''2001'''100pxTorbjörn Flygt  (b. 1964)'''''Underdog'''''Norstedts'''2002'''100pxCarl-Johan Vallgren  (b. 1964)'''''Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia'''''  (lit. 'The Story of Monstrous Love')  (trans. ''The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot'')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2003'''100pxKerstin Ekman  (b. 1933)'''''Skraplotter'''''  (lit. 'Lottery Scratchcards')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2004'''100pxBengt Ohlsson  (b. 1963)'''''Gregorius'''''Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2005'''100pxMonika Fagerholm  (b. 1961)'''''Den amerikanska flickan'''''  (lit. 'The American Girl')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2006'''100pxSusanna Alakoski  (b. 1962)'''''Svinalängorna'''''  (lit. 'The Swine Rows')  (trans. ''Beyond'')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2007'''100pxCarl-Henning Wijkmark  (1934–2020)'''''Stundande natten'''''  (lit. 'Night Approaching')Norstedts förlag'''2008'''100pxPer Olov Enquist  (1934–2020)'''''Ett annat liv'''''  (lit. 'A Different Life')Norstedts förlag'''2009'''100pxSteve Sem-Sandberg  (b. 1958)'''''De fattiga i Łódź'''''  (lit. 'The Poor in Łódź')  (trans. ''The Emperor of Lies'')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2010'''100pxSigrid Combüchen  (b. 1942)'''''Spill. En damroman'''''  (lit. 'Spill: A Lady's Novel')Norstedts'''2011'''100pxTomas Bannerhed  (b. 1966)'''''Korparna'''''  (lit. 'The Ravens')Weyler förlag'''2012'''100pxGöran Rosenberg  (b. 1948)'''''Ett kort uppehåll på vägen från Auschwitz'''''  (lit. 'A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2013'''100pxLena Andersson  (b. 1970)'''''Egenmäktigt förfarande – en roman om kärlek'''''  (lit. 'Arbitrary Conduct – A Novel About Love')  (trans. ''Wilful Disregard'')Natur & Kultur'''2014'''100pxKristina Sandberg  (b. 1971)'''''Liv till varje pris'''''  (lit. 'Life at Any Cost')Norstedts'''2015'''100pxJonas Hassen Khemiri  (b. 1978)'''''Allt jag inte minns'''''  (lit. 'Everything I Don't Remember')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2016'''100pxLina Wolff  (b. 1973)''''''  (lit. 'The Polyglot Lovers')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2017'''100pxJohannes Anyuru  (b. 1979)'''''De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar'''''  (lit. 'They Will Drown in their Mothers' Tears')Norstedts'''2018'''Linnea Axelsson  (b. 1980)'''''' (lit. 'Earth')Albert Bonniers förlag'''2019'''100pxMarit Kapla (b. 1970)'''''Osebol'''''Teg Publishing'''2020'''  (b. 1987)'''''Samlade verk'''''  (lit. 'Collected Works')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2021'''Elin Cullhed  (b. 1983)'''''Eufori: en roman om Sylvia Plath'''''  (lit. Euphoria: A Novel about Slyvia Plath)Wahlström & Widstrand'''2022'''Ia Genberg (b. 1967)'''''Detaljerna''''' ''(lit. The details)''Weyler Förlag* Johannes Anyuru, ''Ixelles'' (Norstedts)* Anneli Jordahl, ''Björnjägarens döttrar'' (lit. The Bear Hunter's Daughters) (Norstedts)* Iman Mohammed, Minnen av infraröd (lit. Memories of infrared) (Norstedts)* Jenny Tunedal, ''Dröm, baby, dröm'' (lit. Dream, baby, dream) (Wahlström & Widstrand)* Lina Wolff, ''Djävulsgreppet'' (lit. Devil's grip) (Albert Bonniers Förlag)===Non-fiction===YearWinnerWorkShortlisted nominees'''1992'''100pxGunnar Broberg  (b. 1942)''''''  (lit. 'Golden Apples')Atlantis'''1993'''100pxPeter Englund  (b. 1957)'''''' (lit. 'The Year of Unrest')Atlantis'''1994'''  (b. 1933)''''''  (lit. 'Music in Sweden I-IV')Fischer & Co'''1995'''  (b. 1954)''''''  (lit. 'A Thousand Years in the Garden: From Sörmland Manors and Backyards')Tiden'''1996'''100pxMaja Hagerman  (b. 1960)''''''  (lit. 'Traces of the King's Men')Prisma'''1997'''100pxSven-Eric Liedman  (b. 1939)''''''  (lit. 'In the Shadow of the Future')Bonnier Alba'''1998'''100px (b. 1948)''''''  (lit. 'Swedish Roads to St. Petersburg')Wahlström & Widstrand'''1999'''Jan Svartvik  (b. 1931)''''''  (lit. 'English – Island Language, World Language, Trend Language')Norstedts'''2000'''100pxDick Harrison  (b. 1966)''''''  (lit. 'Great Death')Ordfront Förlag'''2001'''Hans Hammarskjöld  (1925–2012),    (b. 1941),  & Per Wästberg  (b. 1933)''''''  (lit. 'The Ladder of Memory')Max Ström'''2002'''  (1934–2020)''''''  (lit. 'Gustav Vasa – Father of the Country or Tyrant? ')Prisma'''2003'''100px  (b. 1934)''''''  (lit. 'Ideas About Life')Natur & Kultur'''2004'''100pxSverker Sörlin  (b. 1956)''''''  (lit. 'History of Europe's Ideas 1492–1918:The Order of the World and the Darkness in Man')Natur & Kultur'''2005'''100pxLena Einhorn  (b. 1954)'''''Ninas resa'''''  (lit. 'Nina's Journey')Prisma'''2006'''100pxCecilia Lindqvist  (b. 1932)'''''Qin'''''Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2007'''100px  (b. 1948)''''''''''  (lit. 'With Life at Stake')Wahlström & Widstrand'''2008'''  (b. 1964)  &   (b. 1944)''''''  (lit. 'Directed by Bergman')Max Ström'''2009'''  (b. 1958) &  Susanne Åkesson  (b. 1964)''''''  (lit. 'To Survive the Day')Symposion'''2010'''100pxYvonne Hirdman  (b. 1943)''''''  (lit. 'The Red Countess')Ordfront förlag'''2011'''100pxElisabeth Åsbrink  (b. 1965)''''''  (lit. 'And in Wienerwald the Trees Remain')Natur & Kultur'''2012'''100pxIngrid Carlberg  (b. 1961)''''''  (lit. 'There's a Room Waiting for You – The Story of Raoul Wallenberg')Norstedts'''2013'''100pxBea Uusma  (b. 1966)''''''  (lit. 'The Expedition. My Love Story')  (trans. ''The Expedition: The Forgotten Story of a Polar Tragedy'')Norstedts'''2014'''100pxLars Lerin  (b. 1954)''''''  (lit. 'Natural Science')Bonniers'''2015'''100px  (b. 1959)''''''  (lit. 'My European Family. The Last 54,000 Years')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2016'''100pxNina Burton  (b. 1946)''''''  (lit. 'The Gutenberg Galaxy's Nova. An essay on Erasmus of Rotterdam, Humanism and the 16th-century Media Revolution')Albert Bonniers Förlag'''2017'''  (b. 1977)''''''  (lit. 'Fucking Sunshine: A Biography of Ester Blenda Nordström')Forum'''2018'''100px  (b. 1971)'''''Svälten. Hungeråren som formade Sverige'''''  (lit. 'Famine: The Years of Hunger that Shaped Sweden')Albert Bonniers förlag'''2019'''100px  (b. 1972)'''''Ålevangeliet. Berättelsen om världens mest gåtfulla fisk'''''  (lit. 'The Gospel of the Eel. The Story of the World's Most Enigmatic Fish')Albert Bonniers förlag'''2020'''Elin Anna Labba  (b. 1980)'''''Herrarna satte oss hit. Om tvångsförflyttningarna i Sverige'''''  (lit. 'The Gentlemen Put Us Here. About the Forced Relocations in Sweden')Norstedts'''2021'''  (b. 1975)'''''Dolda gudar – en bok om allt som inte går förlorat i en översättning'''''  (lit. 'Hidden Gods. A Book about Everything that is not Lost in a Translation')Nirstedts/litteratur'''2022'''Nina van den Brink (b. 1966)'''''Jag har torkat nog många golv''''' (lit. I have  mopped enough floors)Norstedts* Hans Gunnar Axberger, ''Statsministermordet'' (lit. The Prime Minister's assassination)* Claes Britton, ''Pontus Hultén'' * Andreas Cervenka, Girig-Sverige (lit. Greedy Sweden)* Maja Larsson, ''Kläda blodig skjorta'' (lit. Wear Bloody Shirt)* Amat Levin, ''Svart Historia'' (lit. Black History)===Children and Young Adult===YearEnglish titleOriginal titleAuthorPublisher'''1992''' ''I Miss You, I Miss You!'' ''Jag saknar dig, jag saknar dig!'' Peter Pohl & Kinna Gieth Rabén & Sjögren'''1993''' ''Vinterviken''   Mats Wahl  Bonnier Carlsen'''1994''' ''The Master and the Four Printers''   Ulf Nilsson  Natur & Kultur'''1995''' ''The Girl Who Did Not Want to Kiss''   Rose Lagercrantz  Brombergs'''1996''' ''My Sister is an Angel''  ''Min syster är en ängel''  Ulf Stark & Anna Höglund  Alfabeta Bokförlag'''1997''' ''Truth or Dare''   Annika Thor  Bonnier Carlsen'''1998''' ''The Journey to the End of the World''   Henning Mankell  Rabén & Sjögren'''1999''' ''Plays Dead''    Opal'''2000''' ''Gittan and the Gray Wolves''   Pija Lindenbaum  Rabén & Sjögren'''2001''' ''Are U 4 Real?'' ''Sandor slash Ida''  Sara Kadefors  Bonnier Carlsen'''2002''' ''Goodbye, Mr. Muffin''   Ulf Nilsson & Anna-Clara Tidholm  Bonnier Carlsen'''2003''' ''In the Ceiling the Stars Are Shining''  ''I taket lyser stjärnorna''  Johanna Thydell  Natur & Kultur'''2004''' ''Is Elias Dancing? No!'' Katarina Kieri  Rabén & Sjögren'''2005''' ''Eddie Bolander & I''    &  Rabén & Sjögren'''2006''' ''Svenne''   Per Nilsson  Rabén & Sjögren'''2007''' ''Where's My Sister?'' Sven Nordqvist  Opal'''2008''' ''The Legend of Sally Jones''    Bonnier Carlsen'''2009''' ''Write Again and Again''   Ylva Karlsson, , Sara Lundberg &  X Publishing'''2010''' ''Me On the Floor, Bleeding''   Jenny Jägerfeld Gilla Böcker'''2011''' ''Girls Lost''  ''Pojkarna''   Bonnier Carlsen'''2012''' ''ABC to All About It''    Bonnier Carlsen'''2013''' ''The String, The Bird and Me''   Ellen Karlsson & Eva Lindström  Hippo bokförlag'''2014''' ''The Murderer's Ape''   Jakob Wegelius  Bonnier Carlsen'''2015''' ''When the Dogs Come''   Jessica Schiefauer  Bonnier Carlsen'''2016''' ''Ten Past One''   Ann-Helén Laestadius  Rabén & Sjögren'''2017''' ''The Bird in Me Flies Wherever It Wants''   Sara Lundberg  Mirando Bok'''2018''' ''Gropen''   Emma Adbåge  Mirando Bok'''2019''' ''Wait for the Wind''    Brombergs'''2020''' ''Humlan Hansson's Secrets''    &  Hippo bokförlag'''2021'''''We're Just Going to Cycle Past''''Vi ska ju bara cykla förbi''Ellen StrömbergRabén Sjögren and Schildts & Söderströms
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