The annual prize is given by Bonnier to “a significant, distinctive voice in contemporary Norwegian literature”. The winner is selected by the Norwegian Authors’ Union’s Literary Council.

In their prize announcement, the jury writes:

“Thure Erik Lund’s books are not easy to relate to. The Lundian writing is slippery and self-willed, it twists and turns in ways that evade the demands of our time for immediate meaning, it conceals as much as it reveals. But in this way it also appears as a possible line of flight out of the totalitarian algorithmic structures that are increasingly taking control of our lifeworld.”

One of Norway’s most innovative and acclaimed writers, Lund has won numerous literary awards, including the Hunger Prize, the Critics’ Prize, the Aschehoug Prize and the Dobloug Prize. An English translation of his contemporary classic THE DITCH INCIDENT MYSTERY is scheduled for publication by And Other Stories in 2025.

Author’s photo: Christopher Helberg