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Edition 35 (2023)

FictionNonfictionChildren and Young Adult

Winners

4 people
Andrev Walden あんどれふ・うぉるでん Winner

A family novel about seven fathers and the memories that surround them, mixing humor with pain. Through the narrator’s voice, the distortions of family life gradually come into view.

A child’s memory sketches the strange shape of family life.

376 pages
novelfamilymemoryhumor and pain
Per Svensson ぺーる・すゔぇんそん Winner

This biography presents Anders Zorn in full, beyond legend and reputation, by placing his life in historical context. It carefully balances artistic triumph with the cost behind it.

A mythic painter is reconsidered as a person in history.

431 pages
biographyart historymodernitySweden
Oskar Kroon おすかー・くるーん Winner
Vitsippor och pissråttor

This children’s novel braids love for an older brother with anger at bullying. Small acts gradually become a will to protect family.

The desire to protect an older brother sits at the center of the story.

165 pages
children's booksiblingsbullyingfriendship

児童文学作家。ハンナ・クリントハーゲとの共作『Vitsippor och pissråttor』で2023年のオーガスト賞児童書部門を受賞。

Hanna Klinthage はんな・くりんとはーげ Winner
Vitsippor och pissråttor

Hanna Klinthage’s illustrations give Oskar Kroon’s story a softer contour and emotional temperature. Her work supports the book’s shifts in feeling from the visual side.

The illustrations hold the story’s pain and tenderness together.

165 pages
illustrationchildren's literatureemotional expressionsiblings

児童書の作家・イラストレーター。共作『Vitsippor och pissråttor』で2023年のオーガスト賞児童書部門を受賞。