Åke Holmberg
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Åke Holmberg | |
Born | (1907-05-31)31 May 1907 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died | 9 September 1991(1991-09-09) (aged 84) Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation | writer |
Language | Swedish |
Nationality | Swedish |
Period | 1946-1986 |
Genre | children |
Notable works | Tam Sventon |
Åke Robert Holmberg (31 May 1907 – 9 September 1991[citation needed]) was a Swedish writer and translator, most famous for his nine children's books about detective Tam Sventon (Swedish: Ture Sventon).[1]
Biography
Holmberg studied at Stockholm University College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1934. He then worked for several years at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, and became a full-time author in 1946. Holmberg wrote exclusively youth books, with one exception: the adult novel En frukost I Aquileia ("A breakfast in Aquileia") from 1967.[2]
Åke Holmberg was awarded Svenska Dagbladet Literature Prize in 1948 (together with Stina Aronson, Vilgot Sjöman, Ragnar Bengtsson and Bengt V. Wall). In 1961, he became the recipient of the Nils Holgersson Plaque, and in 2007 he posthumously received the award Temmelburken at the Gothenburg Book Fair. In addition to his own books, Holmberg also translated more than 20 books, mainly children's and youth books, from Danish, English and German. Åke Holmberg bequeathed all future copyright payments to a foundation, the Åke and Vera Holmberg's scholarship fund.[3]
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- 1967: Åke Holmberg
- 1968: Ann Mari Falk
- 1969: Harry Kullman
- 1970: Lennart Hellsing
- 1971: Hans Peterson
- 1972: Maria Gripe
- 1973: Barbro Lindgren
- 1974: Inger and Lasse Sandberg
- 1975: Hans-Eric Hellberg
- 1976: Irmelin Sandman Lilius
- 1977: Kerstin Thorvall
- 1978: Gunnel Linde
- 1979: Rose Lagercrantz
- 1980: Maud Reuterswärd (posthumously)
- 1981: Gunilla Bergström
- 1982: Inger Brattström
- 1983: Siv Widerberg
- 1984: Astrid Bergman Sucksdorff
- 1985: Viveca Lärn
- 1986: Margareta Strömstedt
- 1987: Nan Inger Östman
- 1988: Lena Anderson and Christina Björk
- 1989: Annika Holm
- 1990: Maj Bylock
- 1991: Max Lundgren
- 1992: Sven Christer Swahn
- 1993: Ulf Stark
- 1994: Eva Wikander
- 1995: Peter Pohl
- 1996: Henning Mankell
- 1997: Anna-Clara and Thomas Tidholm
- 1998: Bo R. Holmberg
- 1999: Per Nilsson
- 2000: Annika Thor
- 2001: Eva Eriksson
- 2002: Stefan Casta
- 2003: Sven Nordqvist
- 2004: Pernilla Stalfelt
- 2005: Jujja Wieslander
- 2006: Ulf Nilsson
- 2007: Helena Östlund
- 2008: Pija Lindenbaum
- 2009: Olof and Lena Landström
- 2010: Moni Nilsson-Brännström
- 2011: Jan Lööf
- 2012: Katarina Kieri
- 2013: Katarina von Bredow
- 2014: Frida Nilsson
- 2015: Mårten Sandén
- 2016: Anna Höglund
- 2017: Jenny Jägerfeld
- 2018: Lisa Bjärbo
- 2019: Kerstin Lundberg Hahn
- 2020: Jakob Wegelius
- 2021: Ylva Karlsson
- 2022: Mårten Melin
- 2023:
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