August Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (2016) Winner
Nina Burton
ニーナ・バートン
Nīna Bāton
Aliases:
Eva Ulla Nina Burton
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1946-10-05 （Sweden）
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Languages
- Swedish
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
- Memberships
- Samfundet De Nio (since 1994), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (since 2009)
- Nominations
- 2005 August Prize nomination (Den nya kvinnostaden), 2021 Dagens Nyheter culture prize nomination (Livets tunna väggar)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | August Prize | Gutenberggalaxens nova | non-fiction | August Prize | winner |
| 2012 | Stora fackbokspriset | Flodernas bok | — | — | winner |
| 2006 | Gerard Bonniers essäpris | — | — | — | winner |
| 2007 | Aspenströmpriset | — | — | — | winner |
| 2007 | Gun och Olof Engqvists stipendium | — | — | — | winner |
| 2007 | Letterstedtska författarpriset | — | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Sorescupriset | — | — | — | winner |
| 2017 | Svenska Akademiens essäpris | — | — | Swedish Academy | winner |
| 2020 | Övralidspriset | — | — | — | winner |
August Prize
2016
Work:
Gutenberggalaxens nova
Category:
non-fiction
Organization:
August Prize
Result:
winner
Stora fackbokspriset
2012
Work:
Flodernas bok
Result:
winner
Gerard Bonniers essäpris
2006
Result:
winner
Aspenströmpriset
2007
Result:
winner
Gun och Olof Engqvists stipendium
2007
Result:
winner
Letterstedtska författarpriset
2007
Result:
winner
Sorescupriset
2008
Result:
winner
Svenska Akademiens essäpris
2017
Organization:
Swedish Academy
Result:
winner
Övralidspriset
2020
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gutenberggalaxens nova
2016 essayAn essay narrative about Erasmus of Rotterdam, humanism, and the media revolution of the 1500s.
humanismmedia revolution
Flodernas bok
2012 non-fictionDen nya kvinnostaden
2005 essayBibliography
- Mellan eld och skugga. Studier i den lyriska motsägelsen hos Werner Aspenström (1984)
- Bakom den gröna dörren (1987)
- Den hundrade poeten (1988)
- Alkemins blå eld (1991, with Saleh Oweini)
- Resans syster, poesin (1994)
- Det splittrade alfabetet (1998)
- De röda minustalen (2000)
- Det som muser viskat (2002)
- Den nya kvinnostaden (2005)
- Ett svar i 24 skärvor (2008)
- Flodernas bok (2012)
- Gutenberggalaxens nova (2016)
- Livets tunna väggar (2020)
- Variationer på imperfekt (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Writings focused on the intersection between natural sciences and humanities
Legacy
Swedish poet and essayist who has won numerous literary awards including the August Prize.