Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl

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The Norwegian Academy Prize in memory of Thorleif Dahl (Det Norske Akademis Pris til minne om Thorleif Dahl) is awarded annually by the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature (Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur). The prize is given in recognition of the eminent literature, poetry or nonfictional work written in riksmål, or to the foremost translation to riksmål of fiction or nonfiction. Since 1991 the prize has been 100,000 kroner (approximately 12,500 €) [1] [2]

Riksmål is a written Norwegian language form or spelling standard, meaning the National Language, closely related and now almost identical to the dominant form of Bokmål, known as Moderate Bokmål.

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Thorleif Dahl

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References

  1. ↑ Det Norske Akademi for Sprog og Litteratur (Store norske leksikon)
  2. ↑ "Språk- og litteraturpriser" (in Norwegian). Riksmålsforbundet. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Thorleif Brandtmann Dahl (Store norske leksikon)
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