Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 64 (1995) Winner
Lars Amund Vaage
ラーシュ アムンド ヴァーゲ
Lars Amund Vaage
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952 （Sunde, Kvinnherad, Norway）
- Nationality
- Norway
- Languages
- Norwegian, Nynorsk
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, poet, playwright, essayist
- Active Years
- 1979-2024
- Affiliations
- Bergen International Festival (2001), Dei nynorske festspela (2008)
- Influenced By
- Ragnvald Vaage
- Nominations
- Nominated for Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Sing, 2012)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergen Music Conservatory | — | classical piano | — | — | Norway |
Bergen Music Conservatory
classical piano
Country:
Norway
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Sokneprest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts fond | — | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Norsk Forfattersentrums pris | — | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Samlagsprisen | — | — | — | winner |
| 1995 | Aschehoug Prize | — | — | Aschehoug | winner |
| 1995 | Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature | Rubato | — | Norwegian Critics' Association | winner |
| 1995 | Nynorsk litteraturpris | Rubato | — | — | winner |
| 1997 | Dobloug Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 1999 | Oktoberprisen | — | — | — | winner |
| 2002 | Gyldendalprisen | — | — | — | winner |
| 2002 | P2-lytternes romanpris | Kunsten å gå | — | — | winner |
| 2005 | Emmausprisen | Tangentane | — | — | winner |
| 2011 | Melsomprisen | Skuggen og dronninga | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Nynorsk litteraturpris | Syngja | — | — | winner |
| 2012 | Brageprisen | Syngja | — | — | winner |
Sokneprest Alfred Andersson-Ryssts fond
1990
Result:
winner
Norsk Forfattersentrums pris
1993
Result:
winner
Samlagsprisen
1993
Result:
winner
Aschehoug Prize
1995
Organization:
Aschehoug
Result:
winner
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature
1995
Work:
Rubato
Organization:
Norwegian Critics' Association
Result:
winner
Nynorsk litteraturpris
1995
Work:
Rubato
Result:
winner
Dobloug Prize
1997
Result:
winner
Oktoberprisen
1999
Result:
winner
Gyldendalprisen
2002
Result:
winner
P2-lytternes romanpris
2002
Work:
Kunsten å gå
Result:
winner
Emmausprisen
2005
Work:
Tangentane
Result:
winner
Melsomprisen
2011
Work:
Skuggen og dronninga
Result:
winner
Nynorsk litteraturpris
2012
Work:
Syngja
Result:
winner
Brageprisen
2012
Work:
Syngja
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sing
2012 novelNovel based on his experience of being the parent of a severely autistic child. Opens with 'The one to whom I write this cannot read.'
autismparenthoodart of storytelling
Translations
- English
Rubato
1995 novelDefinitive breakthrough novel in Norway, winning Critics’ Prize.
musicrhythm
The Little Pianist
2017 short storiesCollection of short stories about love, longing and the lack of love.
lovelongingart
Sorrow and Song
2016 essayLong essay on the art of storytelling, discussing music and rhythm in prose.
storytellingmusic
Bibliography
- Øvelse Kald vinter (Exercise Cold Winter)
- Fager kveldsol smiler (The Fair Evening Sun Smiles)
- Kyr (Cows)
- Dra meg opp (Pull Me Up)
- Baronen (The Baron)
- Begynnelsen (The Beginning)
- Guten med den mjuke magen (The Boy with the Soft Tummy)
- Oklahoma
- Rubato
- Den framande byen (The Strange City)
- Guten og den vesle mannen (The Boy and the Little Man)
- Det andre rommet (The Other Room)
- Kunsten å gå (The Art of Walking)
- Tangentane (The Piano Keys)
- Utanfor institusjonen (Outside the Institution)
- Skuggen og dronninga (The Shadow and the Queen)
- Den stumme (The Mute)
- Syngja (Sing)
- Den raude staden (The Red Place)
- Sorg og song (Sorrow and Song)
- Den vesle pianisten (The Little Pianist)
Translations of Works
- Translated into English, German, Swedish, Russian, Polish and Hindi
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Prose influenced by music and rhythmFreedom of speech offered by fiction over confessional literature
- Recurring Motifs
- lack of loveredemption through artlonging and connection
Legacy
Established Norwegian novelist whose Sing became a national bestseller and classic, winning Brage Prize. Insights into storytelling influenced by music.
Quotes
-
The one to whom I write this cannot read.”
Source: Sing (2012)
Trivia
- Grandson of the Norwegian author Ragnvald Vaage (1889–1963).