The August Prize 2024
Three award winners of the August Prize 2024 and the title Best Swedish Book of the Year were announced on November 25th in the categories Fiction, Non-fiction, and Children's and Youth Literature.
Laureates
Fiction
Title: Kungen av Nostratien
Author: Tony Samuelsson
Publishing house: Wahlström & Widstrand
Non-fiction
Title: Ett liv värt att leva
Author: Christian Rück
Publishing house: Albert Bonniers Förlag
Children's and Youth Literature
Title: Chop chop. En tapper jordbos berättelse
Author: Linda Bondestam
Publishing house: Förlaget M
Since 1994 each year a young promising author between the age of 16 to 20 receives the Junior August Prize. This year Marcus Hägglund was awarded the prize for the novel Ökensvindel.
The bookshop Dillbergs got the Swedish Publishers’ Association’s honorary award.
About
The August Prize is named after the famous Swedish author August Strindberg, and is one of the most celebrated and prestigious literary prizes in Sweden.
Founded by the Swedish Publishers’ Association in 1989, the intention was to institute an annual award for the best Swedish books of the year in order to increase public interest in Swedish contemporary literature.