Petterson, Per
The Gyldendal Prize 2012
Nordic Council's Literary Prize 2009
The Brage Prize 2000 & 2008
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2007
One of the 5 Best Fiction Books of 2007, New York Times
One of the 10 Best Fiction Books of 2007, Time Magazine
A New York Library Book to Remember 2007
Le Prix Mille Pages 2007
Le Prix Litteraire Europeen Madeleine Zepter 2007
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2006
Critics' Prize 2003 & 2008
Booksellers' Prize 2003 and 2012
Per Petterson (b 1952) worked for several years as an unskilled labourer, a bookseller, a writer and a translator until he made his literary debut in 1987 with the short story collection ASKE I MUNNEN, SAND I SKOA, which was widely acclaimed by critics. He made his literary breakthrough in 2003 with the prize-winning novel UT OG STJÆLE HESTER, which has been translated into more than 45 languages.
Click here for a brochure with sample translations and a presentation of Petterson's work.
Click here to read the jury's reasoning for awarding the Gyldendal Prize to Petterson.
"It has to be said, on the evidence of these few novels, that Per Petterson is a profoundly gifted novelist"
- RICHARD FORD
"I was completely taken with Out Stealing Horses from the very first page. I found it powerful yet so quietly done I could hear myself breathe and I finished with an exhalation of awe"
- AMY TAN
Photographer:
Finn Ståle Felberg
