Ibsen Prize
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The Norwegian Ibsen Award (Norwegian
: Ibsenprisen) is awarded to promote Norwegian
drama and is awarded only to playwrights. The prize is awarded by Skien
municipality, the hometown of playwright Henrik Ibsen
, and has been awarded every year since 1986.
The prize is awarded to a Norwegian playwright who has published a new work in the past year which has been produced by a professional theater, radio theater, or on television. It may also be awarded for the cumulative work in authoring dramatic works.
Formerly, the prize was awarded annually in Skien on March 20th, in commemoration of the birthday of Henrik Ibsen there. Since 2008 it has been awarded in September at the International Ibsen Conference held in Skien, together with the newly established International Ibsen Award, first awarded to the British playwright Peter Brook
.
Since 2005 the prize has consisted of a monetary award of 150,000 kroner and a statuette of Ibsen designed by Nina Sundby.
The jury consists of six members, one from each of these organizations:
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
: Ibsenprisen) is awarded to promote Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
drama and is awarded only to playwrights. The prize is awarded by Skien
Skien
' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....
municipality, the hometown of playwright Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
, and has been awarded every year since 1986.
The prize is awarded to a Norwegian playwright who has published a new work in the past year which has been produced by a professional theater, radio theater, or on television. It may also be awarded for the cumulative work in authoring dramatic works.
Formerly, the prize was awarded annually in Skien on March 20th, in commemoration of the birthday of Henrik Ibsen there. Since 2008 it has been awarded in September at the International Ibsen Conference held in Skien, together with the newly established International Ibsen Award, first awarded to the British playwright Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
.
Since 2005 the prize has consisted of a monetary award of 150,000 kroner and a statuette of Ibsen designed by Nina Sundby.
The jury consists of six members, one from each of these organizations:
- Norwegian Critics' AssociationNorwegian Critics' AssociationThe Norwegian Critics' Association is an organization for Norwegian critics in the newspaper and broadcasting professions....
- Norsk Dramaturgforum
- Norsk Sceneinstruktørforening
- Norsk Teaterleder–Forening
- Oslo National Academy of the ArtsOslo National Academy of the ArtsThe Oslo National Academy of the Arts is a university college in Oslo, Norway, that provides education in visual arts, design and performing arts...
/ University of OsloUniversity of OsloThe University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin... - Skien municipality in conjunction with the Theatre Ibsen
Prizewinners
- 1986 – Arne Skouen for overall dramatic contributions
- 1987 – Peder Cappelen for Eufemianatten
- 1988 – Odd SelmerOdd SelmerOdd Selmer is a Norwegian journalist, novelist and playwright. In 1977 he wrote a historical novel about the eccentric "Lady" Barbara Arbuthnott. His audio plays have been translated into fifteen languages. He was awarded the Ibsen Prize in 1988 for the audio play series På egne ben.-References:...
for På egne ben - 1989 – Julian Garner for Svarte okser
- 1990 – Edvard Rønning for Himmelplaneten
- 1991 – Marit TusvikMarit TusvikMarit Tusvik is a Norwegian author, poet and playwright. Tusvik's works have been translated into multiple languages.-Bibliography:*Reisa til mandarinlandet – poetry...
for Mugg - 1992 – Bjørg VikBjørg VikBjørg Vik is a Norwegian writer, playwright and journalist. She made her literary debut in 1963 with Søndag ettermiddag...
for Møte i Venezia - 1993 – Norvald Tveit for overall dramatic contributions
- 1994 – Eva Sevaldson for Framtida er avlyst
- 1995 – Terje Nordby for Isblomst
- 1996 – Jon FosseJon FosseJon Fosse is a Norwegian author and dramatist.Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart . His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry,...
for Namnet - 1997 – Jesper Halle for Dagenes lys
- 1998 – Petter S. Rosenlund for En umulig gutt
- 1999 – Cecilie LøveidCecilie LøveidCecilie Løveid is a Norwegian novelist, poet, playwright, and writer of children's books. She was born in Mysen.She made her literary debut in 1972, with the novel Most. She received the Gyldendal Prize in 2001. Løveid's first play was the one-act Tingene, tingene, published in the literary...
for Østerrike and for overall dramatic contributions - 2000 – Tor Åge BringsværdTor Åge BringsværdTor Åge Bringsværd is an author, playwright, editor and translator. He is perhaps best known for his speculative fiction. Together with long-time partner Jon Bing, he is also considered as the first Norwegian author to write science fiction literature. Bringsværd regards himself as an anarchist,...
for overall dramatic contributions - 2001 – Nina Valsø for Ubuden gjest
- 2002 – Niels Fredrik DahlNiels Fredrik DahlNiels Fredrik Dahl is a Norwegian novelist, lyricist and dramatist. He was awarded the Brage Prize in 2002 for the novel På vei til en venn. He has also written manus for TV series.-References:...
for Som torden - 2003 – Wetle Holtan for De som lever
- 2004 – Per HV Schreiner for Den brysomme mannen
- 2005 – Maria Tryti VennerødMaria Tryti VennerødMaria Tryti Vennerød is a Norwegian playwright.-Career:Vennerød's first play, More, was produced at the Norwegian Drama Festival in 2002. Since then she has written about ten plays which have been performed by different theaters and ensembles in Norway and Sweden. In 2005 she received the Ibsen...
for Dama i luka - 2006 – Liv HeløeLiv HeløeLiv Heløe is a Norwegian actress and writer. Working as a professional actor from the age of 11, playing several significant parts on film and in the theatre in both classical and contemporary drama, she made her debut as a writer in 1994 with "Negressen", performed at Det Norske Teatret and on...
og Finn IunkerFinn IunkerFinn Iunker is a Norwegian playwright born in Arendal. He lives in Oslo.Finn Iunker made his debut as a dramatist in 1994 with The Answering Machine. He is amongst the Norwegian dramatists whose plays are most frequently staged, but mostly abroad. He was awarded the Ibsen-award in company with Liv... - 2007 – Christopher Grøndahl for Tundra & for Silent Winds of Blackpool
- 2008 – Edvard HoemEdvard HoemEdvard Hoem is a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, lyricist and psalmist. He made his literary debut in 1969, with the poetry collection Som grønne musikantar. He was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1974 for the novel Kjærleikens ferjereiser...
for Mikal Hetles siste ord - 2009 – Christopher NielsenChristopher NielsenChristopher Nielsen is a Norwegian comics artist. He is especially known for his subcultural depictions. Nielsen got his first comics printed in 1980 after entering a competition in the Norwegian anarchist magazine, Gateavisa. Only three years later he got his first album published...
for Verdiløse menn - 2010 – Kate Pendry for Erasmus Tyrannus Rex
- 2011 – Lennart Lidström for Pingviner i Sahara