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The August Prize is a Swedish literary prize that has been given out since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is given in the categories Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Children's and Youth Literature. The prize is named after the writer August Strindberg

August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography,...

. Winners include Lars Ahlin

Lars Ahlin

Lars Ahlin was an award winning Swedish author and aesthetician.Ahlin left school when he was 13 to support his family, although he later attended several folk high schools. When he was 18, he had a mystical experience...

, Sven Delblanc

Sven Delblanc

Sven Delblanc, born May 26, 1931 in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, died December 15, 1992 in Sunnersta, Gottsunda Parish, Uppsala, Sweden was a Swedish author and professor of literature. He is buried in Hammarby kyrkogård in Uppsala, Sweden....

, Peter Englund

Peter Englund

Peter Englund is a Swedish author and historian, and the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy since 1 June 2009.-Biography:...

, Dick Harrison

Dick Harrison

Dick Walther Harrison, is a Swedish historian who was born in Huddinge, Stockholm County, Sweden and spent much of his youth in Staffanstorp in Skåne. On June 12, 2010 he married Katarina Lindbergh in Kalmar Cathedral...

, Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...

, Sven Nordqvist

Sven Nordqvist

Sven Nordqvist is a Swedish writer and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his series Pettson and Findus, about an old farmer, Pettson, and his talented cat, Findus.- Background :...

, Peter Pohl

Peter Pohl

Peter Pohl, born is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films.He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work....

1989-1991

Year	English title	Author	Publisher
1989	Tecknens rike	Cecilia Lindqvist	Bonniers
1990	De sotarna! De sotarna!	Lars Ahlin Lars Ahlin Lars Ahlin was an award winning Swedish author and aesthetician.Ahlin left school when he was 13 to support his family, although he later attended several folk high schools. When he was 18, he had a mystical experience...	Bonniers
1991	Livets ax	Sven Delblanc Sven Delblanc Sven Delblanc, born May 26, 1931 in Swan River, Manitoba, Canada, died December 15, 1992 in Sunnersta, Gottsunda Parish, Uppsala, Sweden was a Swedish author and professor of literature. He is buried in Hammarby kyrkogård in Uppsala, Sweden....	Bonniers

Fiction

Year	English title	Original title	Author	Publisher
1992	Medan tiden tänker på annat		Niklas Rådström	Gedins
1993	Blackwater Blackwater (novel) Blackwater is a 1993 novel by the Swedish writer Kerstin Ekman. It received the August Prize in 1993 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1994....	Händelser vid vatten	Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Ekman Kerstin Lillemor Ekman is a Swedish novelist.Kerstin Ekman wrote a string of successful detective novels but later went on to psychological and social themes...	Bonniers
1994	Synden		Björn Ranelid Björn Ranelid Björn Ranelid is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. Ranelid is...	Bonnier Alba
1995	Sweetness	Hummelhonung	Torgny Lindgren Torgny Lindgren Gustav Torgny Lindgren is a Swedish writer.Lindgren is the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. He was for several years active as a local politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party...	Norstedts
1996	The Sorrow Gondola	Sorgegondolen	Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Tranströmer Tomas Gösta Tranströmer is a Swedish writer, poet and translator, whose poetry has been translated into over 60 languages. Tranströmer is acclaimed as one of the most important Scandinavian writers since the Second World War...	Bonniers
1997	April Witch	Aprilhäxan	Majgull Axelsson Majgull Axelsson Majgull Axelsson, born 1947 in Landskrona, is a famous Swedish journalist and writer.She grew up in Nässjö and had education in journalism.Her first book was non-fiction, and focused on the problems of child prostitution and street children in third world, and poverty in Sweden. April witch is her...	Gedins
1998	Berömda män som varit i Sunne		Göran Tunström Göran Tunström Göran Tunström was a Swedish author. He grew up in Sunne, Värmland County. Tunström's style is personal and intimate, and has a clear autobiographical tone...	Albert Bonniers förlag
1999	The Visit of the Royal Physician	Livläkarens besök	Per Olov Enquist Per Olov Enquist Per Olov Enquist, better known as P. O. Enquist, is a Swedish author. He has worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist...	Norstedts
2000	Popular Music	Populärmusik från Vittula	Mikael Niemi Mikael Niemi Mikael Niemi is a Swedish author. He wrote the novel Populärmusik från Vittula . It is the story of a young boy, Matti, growing up in Pajala in the 1960s and is recounted in a humorous way...	Norstedts
2001	Underdog		Torbjörn Flygt	Norstedts
2002	The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot	Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia	Carl-Johan Vallgren	Albert Bonniers förlag
2003	Lottery Scratchcards	Skraplotter	Kerstin Ekman	Albert Bonniers förlag
2004	Gregorius		Bengt Ohlsson	Albert Bonniers förlag
2005	The American Girl	Den amerikanska flickan	Monika Fagerholm Monika Fagerholm Monika Kristina Fagerholm is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author living in Ekenäs, Finland. She is the daughter of professor Nils-Erik Fagerholm and library assistant Kristina Herrgård. Fagerholm has studied psychology and literature at the University of Helsinki. In 1987, she received her...	Albert Bonniers förlag
2006	Svinalängorna		Susanna Alakoski	Albert Bonniers förlag
2007	Stundande natten		Carl-Henning Wijkmark	Norstedts förlag
2008	Ett annat liv		Per Olov Enquist	Norstedts förlag
2009	The Emperor of Lies	De fattiga i Łódź	Steve Sem-Sandberg	Albert Bonniers förlag
2010	Spill. En damroman		Sigrid Combüchen Sigrid Combüchen Sigrid Combüchen . Shortly after the War her family moved to Sweden. She is a Swedish writer and literary critic and has so far published seven novels, a collection of essays and a biography...	Norstedts
2011	Korparna		Tomas Bannerhed	Weyler förlag

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