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NBU-prisen is a prize which is awarded by the Norwegian Writers for Children to a person or institution who had produced award-winning work in children's or youth literature in Norway. It is awarded every year to a Norwegian author or organization. The actual prize is a work of art, typically created by an illustrator of children’s books. [1]
Johan Collett Müller Borgen was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel Lillelord for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.
Rolf Jacobsen was a Norwegian writer.
Anne-Cath. Vestly was a Norwegian author of children's literature. She is known for a wide range of books published from 1953 to 2004. Vestly was best known for her series about a grandmother (Mormor) who looked after and shared numerous adventures with a flock of eight children.
Sigurd Evensmo was a Norwegian author and journalist.
Tormod Haugen was a Norwegian writer of children's books and translator. For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1990.
Britt Karin Larsen is a Norwegian poet, author and government scholar. Larsen debuted as a poet in 1978 with 5 mg blues og andre dikt, and has published many poetry collections and novels since. She is best known for her novel trilogy about Norwegian and Swedish Travellers, De som ser etter tegn (1997), De usynliges by (1998) and Sangen om løpende hester (1999). The trilogy has been called a literary monument for Romany people in Norway. Larsen was given the Norsk PEN's highest freedom prize, the Ossietzky-prisen, in 2000.
Jan Erik Vold is a Norwegian lyric poet, jazz vocal reciter, translator and author. He was a core member of the so-called "Profil generation", the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. Throughout his career as an artist, he has had the ability to reach the public, both with his poetry and his political views. He has contributed greatly to the renewal of Norwegian poetry, and created interest in lyrical poetry. Jan Erik Vold is currently living in Stockholm.
Guri Vesaas is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.
Rune Belsvik is a Norwegian novelist, playwright, short story writer and children's writer.
Odd Eidem was a Norwegian writer, journalist and literary critic.
Wenche Blomberg is a Norwegian author. She has worked as a journalist, librarian, criminologist and government scholar.
Torill Thorstad Hauger was a Norwegian novelist, children's writer, non-fiction writer and illustrator. She was the author of a number of prize-winning novels with historical themes for children and teenagers.
Mette Cecilie Newth is a Norwegian illustrator, author of children's literature, and organizer. She received the Norwegian Critics Prize for Best children's book.
Philip Newth is an Anglo-Norwegian author of children's literature. He has written more than fifty books, including books for deaf and blind children.
Vivian Zahl Olsen is a Norwegian artist, graphic designer and illustrator.
Kari Skjønsberg was a Norwegian academic, writer and feminist.
Håkon Evjenth was a Norwegian jurist, non-fiction writer, short-story writer and children's writer. He is probably best remembered for his children's books.
Merete Alfsen is a Norwegian translator.
Sverre Knudsen is a Norwegian writer and musician. He has written for stage, television and digital media, and worked as a music producer.
Haakon Bjørklid was a Norwegian illustrator, painter, animator and printmaker.
