The Bastian Prize () is a prize awarded annually by the

Norwegian Association of Literary Translators Norwegian Association of Literary Translators () is an association for Norwegian literary translators, founded in 1948. The association has awarded the annual Bastian Prize from 1951, for best literary translation into the Norwegian language. The p ...

. The prize, established in 1951, is given for translating a published work into

Norwegian language Norwegian ( ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelli ...

. The award is a statue made by

Ørnulf Bast Ørnulf Bast (25 January 1907 – 28 October 1974) was a Norwegian sculptor and painter particularly known for his public monuments. Biography Ørnulf Bjarne Bast was born in Oslo. His parents were Halsten Andersen Bast Birklund (1870–1952 ...

, and usually a monetary grant as well.

List of winners

These are the winners of the Bastian Prize:

Regular class

*1951 : Helge Simonsen *1952 : Eli Krog *1953 : Åke Fen *1954 : Nils Lie *1955 : Leo Strøm *1956 : Elsa Uhlen *1957 :

Peter Magnus Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

*1958 :

André Bjerke Jarl André Bjerke (30 January 1918 – 10 January 1985) was a Norwegian writer and poet. He wrote a wide range of material: poems (both for children and adults), mystery novels (four of them under the pseudonym Bernhard Borge), essays, and arti ...

*1959 :

Odd Bang-Hansen Odd Bang-Hansen (9 April 1908 – 4 March 1984) was a Norwegian educator, journalist and author. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Lauritz Bang-Hansen (1879–1960) and Astri Halvorsen (1880–1971). Hi ...

*1960 : Hartvig Kiran *1961 :

Halldis Moren Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas (18 November 1907 – 8 September 1995) was a Norwegian poet, translator and writer of children's books. She established herself as one of the leading Norwegian writers of her generation. Biography She was born on a fam ...

*1962 : Trygve Greiff *1963 : Carl Hambro *1964 : Brikt Jensen *1965 :

Sigmund Skard Sigmund Skard (31 July 1903 – 26 May 1995) was a Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature. Biography Skard was born in Kristiansand, Norway. He was a son of educators Matias Skard (1846–1927) and Gyda Christensen (1868� ...

*1966 : Hans Braarvig *1967 :

Åse-Marie Nesse Åse-Marie Nesse ( 29 April 1934 – 13 July 2001) was a Norwegian philologist, translator and poet. Biography Åse-Marie Nesse was born in Klepp, in Rogaland county, Norway. She examen artium, finished her secondary education in 1952 at ''Rogala ...

*1968 : Albert Lange Fliflet *1969 : Milada Blekastad *1970 : Lotte Holmboe *1971 : Axel Amlie *1972 : Ivar Eskeland *1973 : Trond Winje *1974 : Tom Rønnow *1975 :

Kjell Risvik Kjell Risvik (29 June 1941 – 28 March 2021) was a translator of literature into Norwegian language, Norwegian from various languages, including Catalan language, Catalan, English language, English, French language, French, German language, G ...

*1976 :

Carl Fredrik Engelstad Carl Johan Fredrik Engelstad (11 November 1915 – 1 October 1996) was a Norwegian writer, playwright, journalist, translator and theatre director. Personal life Engelstad was born in Hadsel Municipality as the son of jurist Sigurd Engelsta ...

*1977 : Erik Gunnes *1978 : Geir Kjetsaa *1979 : Arne Dørumsgaard *1980 : Carsten Middelthon *1981 : Anne-Lisa Amadou *1982 : Hans Aaraas *1983 : Ole Michael Selberg *1984 :

Knut Ødegård Knut Ødegård (born 6 November 1945) is a Norway, Norwegian poet. Biography Born in 1945 in Molde (town), Molde, Norway, Ødegård made his poetic debut in 1967.''(Norwegian)'' http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/katalog.aspx?f=7543 Since then ...

*1985 : Herbert Svenkerud *1986 : Ivar Orgland *1987 : Anne Elligers *1988 : Camilla Wulfsberg *1989 : Turid Farbregd *1990 : Inger Gjelsvik *1991 : Mona Lange *1992 : Aud Greiff *1993 : Karin Gundersen *1994 : Merete Alfsen *1995 : Nils Ivar Agøy *1996 : Kåre Langvik-Johannessen *1997 :

Johannes Gjerdåker Johannes Gjerdåker (15 February 1936 – 27 April 2020) was a Norwegian local historian, poet, translator, non-fiction writer and publisher. Gjerdåker was born in Voss, and studied history and language at the University of Oslo. He made his l ...

*1998 : Solveig Schult Ulriksen *1999 : Christian Rugstad *2000 : Erik Ringen *2001 : Kari Kemény *2002 : Birger Huse *2003 : Arne Worren *2004 : Dag Heyerdahl Larsen *2005 : Bård Kranstad *2006 : Olav Angell *2007 : Grete Kleppen *2008 : Per Qvale *2009 : Tom Lotherington *2010 : Isak Rogde *2011 : Knut Ofstad *2012 : Ika Kaminka *2013 : Tommy Watz *2014 : Eve-Marie Lund *2015 : Oskar Vistdal *2016 : Kristina Solum *2017 : Bjørn Herrman *2018 : Mikael Holmberg *2019 : Sverre Dahl *2020 : Gøril Eldøen *2021 :

Geir Pollen Geir Pollen (born 4 April 1953 in Målselv Municipality) is a Norwegian poet, novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professiona ...

*2022 : Kirstin Vogt *2023 : Magne Tørring

Children's literature

*1984 :

Zinken Hopp Signe Marie "Zinken" Hopp, née Brochmann (9 January 1905 – 3 September 1987) was a Norway, Norwegian writer, poet, playwright. She wrote in several genres: cultural-historical books, poems and travel stories. She translated children's books ...

, Johannes Farestveit *1985 : Siri Ness *1986 : Tor Edvin Dahl *1987 :

Kari Skjønsberg Kari Skjønsberg (17 January 1926 – 6 January 2003) was a Norwegian academic, writer and feminist. Biography She was born in Oslo, Norway. She worked on the Saturday Children's Hour (''Lørdagsbarnetimen'') on NRK radio during the 1940s. I ...

*1988 : Tormod Haugen *1989 : Isak Rogde *1990 : Tove Gravem Smedstad *1991 :

Mette Newth Mette Cecilie Newth (born 31 January 1942) is a Norwegian illustrator, author of children's literature, and organizer. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book. Personal life Mette Newth was born in Oslo as the daughter ...

*1992 : Johan Fredrik Grøgaard *1993 : Jo Giæver Tenfjord *1994 : Lars Vikør *1995 :

*1996 : ''none'' *1997 : Erik J. Krogstad *1998 : Jo Ørjasæter *1999 : Henning Hagerup *2000 : Torstein Bugge Høverstad *2001 : Gunnel Malmstrøm *2002 : Øystein Rosse *2003 : Tove Bakke *2004 : Fartein Døvle Jonassen *2005 : Guri Vesaas *2006 : Merete Alfsen *2007 : ''none'' *2008 : Ragnar Hovland *2009 : Kyrre Haugen Bakke *2010 : ''none'' *2011 : Carina Westberg *2012 : ''none'' *2013 : Bjørn Herrman *2014 : Eivind Lilleskjæret *2015 :

Torleif Sjøgren-Erichsen The Germanic first name Thorleif (which means ''son of Thor'') with variants Torleif (Swedish), Thorleiv/Torleiv (Norwegian) and Þorleif (Icelandic) may refer to: Torleif * (born 1965), co-creator and scriptwriter on Danish crime drama series ...

*2016 : Stian Omland *2017 : Tiril Broch Aakre *2018 : Nina Aspen *2019 : Kirsti Vogt *2020 : Kari Bolstad *2021 : Vibeke Saugestad *2022 : Hilde Stubhaug *2023 : Sverre Knudsen

References

{{Reflist Norwegian literary awards Translation awards Awards established in 1951 1951 establishments in Norway