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August Prize おーがすとしょう

Edition 13 (2001)

FictionNonfictionChildren and Young Adult

Winners

5 people
Torbjörn Flygt とるびょるん・ふりゅーと Winner

A social novel about a working-class family, collapse, and the possibility of renewal.

A family under pressure, and what survives.

social novelfamilyworking class
Hans Arvid Hammarskiöld はんす・はんまるすきょるど Winner

An essayistic journey through Swedish cemeteries and the meanings of memory.

Swedish cemeteries as a map of memory.

memoryessayscultural history
Anita Theorell あにーた・せおれる Winner

An essayistic journey through Swedish cemeteries and the meanings of memory.

Swedish cemeteries as a map of memory.

memoryessayscultural history
Per Wästberg ぺーる・ゔぇーすとべり Winner

An essayistic journey through Swedish cemeteries and the meanings of memory.

Swedish cemeteries as a map of memory.

memoryessayscultural history
Sara Kadefors さら・かでふぉーす Winner

A YA novel told from alternating viewpoints, following teenage loneliness, love, sex, and identity.

Two lonely teens, one sharp-edged love story.

YAlonelinesslove and identity