page_title: Brage Prize
section_title: Fiction for adults
hierarchical_section_title: Brage Prize / Prize winners / Fiction for adults
caption_attribution_description: Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian writer
context_page_description: The Brage Prize is a Norwegian literature prize that is awarded annually by the Norwegian Book Prize foundation. The prize recognizes recently published Norwegian literature.
  The Brage Prize has been awarded each fall since 1992 for the following categories:
  Fiction
  Children's literature
  Non-fiction
  Open class – a class which varies each year.
  In addition to these classes, during the first several years the prize was also awarded in the following categories:
  Poetry
  Textbooks
  Picture books
  General literature
context_section_description: 1992 – Karsten Alnæs, for Trollbyen
  1993 – Øystein Lønn, for Thranes metode
  1994 – Sigmund Mjelve, for Område aldri fastlagt
  1995 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, for Fugledansen
  1996 – Bergljot Hobæk Haff, for Skammen
  1997 – Liv Køltzow, for Verden forsvinner
  1998 – Kjartan Fløgstad, for Kron og mynt
  1999 – Frode Grytten, for Bikubesong
  2000 – Per Petterson, for I kjølvannet
  2001 – Lars Saabye Christensen, for Halvbroren
  2002 – Niels Fredrik Dahl, for På vei til en venn
  2003 – Inger Elisabeth Hansen, for Trask
  2004 – Hanne Ørstavik, for Presten
  2005 – Marita Fossum, for Forestill deg
  2006 – Dag Solstad, for Armand V. Fotnoter til en uutgravd roman
  2007 – Carl Frode Tiller, for Innsirkling
  2008 – Per Petterson, for Jeg forbanner tidens elv
  2009 – Karl Ove Knausgård, for Min Kamp. Første bind
  2010 - Gaute Heivoll for Før jeg brenner ned
  2011 - Tomas Espedal for Imot naturen
  2012 - Lars Amund Vaage for Syngja
  2013 - Ruth Lillegraven for Urd
  2014 - Rune Christiansen for Ensomheten i Lydia Ernemans liv
  2015 - Lars Saabye Christensen for Magnet
  2016 – Monica Isakstuen for Vær snill med dyrene
  2017 – Olaug Nilssen for Tung tids tale
  2018 – Tore Kvæven for Når landet mørknar
caption: Ingvar Ambjørnsen was awarded the prize in 1995
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