Norwegian Ibsen Award

The Norwegian Ibsen Award (Norwegian: Ibsenprisen) is awarded to promote Norwegian drama and is awarded only to playwrights.

History

The prize is awarded by Skien municipality, the hometown of author and 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.^[1]

Formerly, the prize was awarded annually in Skien on March 20, in commemoration of the birthday of Henrik Ibsen. Since 2008 it has been awarded in September at the International Ibsen Conference held in Skien, together with the International Ibsen Award (Den internasjonale Ibsenprisen) established in 2008 and first awarded to British theatre and film director Peter Brook.^[2]^[3]

Since 2005 the prize has consisted of a monetary award of 150,000 kroner and a statuette of Ibsen designed by Nina Sundbye.^[4]

The jury consists of six members, one from each of these organizations:

Norwegian Critics' Association (Norsk litteraturkritikerlag)
Norwegian Drama Forum (Norsk Dramaturgforum)
Norwegian Stage Instructor Association (Norsk Sceneinstruktørforening)
Norwegian Theater Directors' Association (Norsk Teaterleder–Forening)
Oslo National Academy of the Arts/University of Oslo (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo/Universitetet i Oslo)
Skien municipality with Theatre Ibsen (Skien kommune ved Teater Ibsen)

The responsibility for public relations is handled by the firm Kulturmeglerne.^[5]

Prizewinners

1986 – Arne Skouen for overall dramatic contributions
1987 – Peder Cappelen for Eufemianatten
1988 – Odd Selmer for På egne ben
1989 – Julian Garner for Svarte okser
1990 – Edvard Rønning for Himmelplaneten
1991 – Marit Tusvik for Mugg
1992 – Bjørg Vik 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 Fosse for Namnet
1997 – Jesper Halle for Dagenes lys
1998 – Petter S. Rosenlund for En umulig gutt
1999 – Cecilie Løveid for Østerrike and for overall dramatic contributions
2000 – Tor Åge Bringsværd for overall dramatic contributions
2001 – Nina Valsø for Ubuden gjest
2002 – Niels Fredrik Dahl for Som torden
2003 – Wetle Holtan for De som lever
2004 – Per HV Schreiner for Den brysomme mannen
2005 – Maria Tryti Vennerød for Dama i luka
2006 – Liv Heløe og Finn Iunker
2007 – Christopher Grøndahl for Tundra and for Silent Winds of Blackpool
2008 – Edvard Hoem for Mikal Hetles siste ord
2009 – Christopher Nielsen for Verdiløse menn
2010 – Kate Pendry for Erasmus Tyrannus Rex
2011 – Lennart Lidström for Pingviner i Sahara
2012 - Fredrik Brattberg for Tilbakekomstene
2014 - Johan Harstad for Osv.^[6]
2015 - Cecilie Løveid for Visning
2016 - Mette Edvardsen for We to be
2017 – Tore Vagn Lid, Cecilie Løveid and Nordahl Grieg for Vår ære/vår makt
2018 – Malmfrid Hovsveen Hallum for Solveigs 2. sang
2019 – Demian Vitanza for Tyngde
2020 – Lisa Charlotte Baudouin Lie for sceneteksten Mare
Lola Arias, 2024^[7]

References

^ "Henrik Ibsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ 2008 Ibsen Prize award (in Norwegian)
^ "Den internasjonale Ibsenprisen og Internasjonale Ibsenstipender". Regjeringen.no. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ "Nina Sundbye". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
^ Her er kulturlivets PR-byrå
^ "Harstad Ibsenprisen 2014". Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
^ https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/2024/03/20/argentinske-lola-arias-far-ibsenprisen/. Dagsavisen.no. Retrieved 2024-03-20