Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award Explained

The Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award (Norwegian: Herman Wildenveys Poesipris) is a Norwegian award. It is conferred every year on July 20, the birthday of the poet Herman Wildenvey, in an event held at Hergisheim. The award consists of NOK 15,000 and a bronze relief plaque designed by the sculptor Ørnulf Bast.

The award is given to a person or institution that has helped foster interest in Herman Wildenvey's poetry and stimulated efforts for his poetic values to hold a greater place in everyday life.

The award was conferred for the first time in 1996 by the Wildenvey Society (Norwegian: Wildenvey-selskapet). After this society became defunct in 2014,^[1] the award still continued at the initiative of the former directors of the society.^[2]

Winners

1996: Kjell Heggelund^[3]
1997: Torild Wardenær^[3]
1998: Halvor Roll^[3]
1999: Liv Dommersnes^[3]
2000: Marit Beinset Waagaard^[3]
2001: Kolbein Falkeid^[3]
2002: Annie Riis^[3]
2003: Aftenposten^[3]
2004: Benny Borg^[3]
2005: Odd Børretzen^[3]
2006: Lise Fjeldstad^[3]
2007: Magnus Grønneberg^[3]
2008: Kristin Solli Schøien^[3]
2009: Louis Jacoby^[3]
2010: Tom Lotherington^[3] ^[4]
2011: Finn Wellberg^[3]
2012: Rolf Bergersen^[3]
2014: Øyvind Straume^[5]
2015: Steinar Opstad^[2]
2016: Helge Torvund^[6]
2017: Annelita Meinich
2018: Knut Ødegård
2019: Kåre Conradi
2020: Jan Erik Vold
2021: Gro Dahle
2022: Edvard Hoem
2023: Sarah Zahid
2024: Hans Olav Brenner

Notes and References

http://www.op.no/kultur/siste-for-wildenvey-selskapet/s/1-85-7476998 Bringedal, Mari Ela. 2014. Siste for Wildenvey-Selskapet. Ostlands-Posten (July 15).
https://www.nrk.no/vestfold/arets-vinner-av-wildenvey-prisen-1.12387932 Udnes, Linn. 2015. Årets vinner av Wildenvey-prisen. NRK (June 1).
Web site: Wildenveyprisen 2012. 2012. Litteratur i Vestfold (June 6). . 2016-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150602074636/http://litteraturivestfold.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/740966_wildenveyprisen-2012?ref=checkpoint . 2015-06-02 . dead .
http://www.op.no/kultur/wildenvey-pris-til-tom-lotherington/s/1-85-5089383 Wildenvey-pris til Tom Lotherington. 2010. Ostlands-Posten (April 26).
http://www.nrk.no/vestfold/blir-den-siste-som-mottar-poesipris-1.11831516 Bjerke, Anne Melsom. 2014. Kan bli den siste som mottar Wildenveys poesipris. NRK (July 14).
Web site: Nå får Helge Torvund enda en pris. 2016. Stavanger Aftenblad (April 28). . 2016-10-08 . 2016-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429114903/http://www.aftenbladet.no/kultur/Na-far-Helge-Torvund-enda-en-pris-3916750.html . dead .