Runeberg Prize

The Runeberg Prize ( Finnish Runeberg palkinto, Swedish Runebergspriset ) is a Finnish Literature Prize.

The price is on 5 February, the birthday of the Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg ( 1804-1877 ), awarded annually since 1987. Awarded a literary work by a Finnish writer in Finnish or Swedish. The Runeberg Prize is currently worth 10,000 euros.

The Literature Prize is awarded by the city of Porvoo, the longtime center of life Runeberg, together with the newspaper Uusimaa, the Finnish Writers 'Association ( Suomen Kirjailijaliitto ), the Finnish Critics Association ( Suomen arvostelijain liitto ) and the Swedish Writers' Association of Finland ( Finlands Svenska författareförening ).

Award winners

  • Literature Prize (Finland )
  • Award by Person ( literature)
Monika Fagerholm Sofi Oksanen
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