Awards & Winners

Göran Sonnevi

Date of Birth 03-October-1939
Place of Birth Lund
(Lund Municipality, Scania, Sweden, Skåne County)
Nationality Sweden
Also know as Goran Sonnevi
Profession Writer, Poet, Translator
Göran Sonnevi is a Swedish poet and translator. Sonnevi grew up in Halmstad; he studied literature and linguistics at the University of Lund, also getting librarian training. For many years he has lived in Järfälla outside Stockholm. Sonnevi is one of the most esteemed poets of modern Sweden and is known as well as a successful and conscientious translator. Some of his poems look into topical and political matters of the contemporary scene: the Vietnam War, the Cold War and its ending phases, globalization, immigration and ethnic/cultural conflicts, 9/11 and the Iraq War, but his conclusions are more searching than easy. The rhythmic and musical qualities of his free verse, with sharp line breaks in the middle of phrases or long, flowing and building lines, are present even when he brings in formal or highly specialized scientific expressions. His work has been translated into several languages.

Awards by Göran Sonnevi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Göran Sonnevi.

2006


Nordic Council's Literature Prize
Honored for : Oceanen
(Sweden)

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nordic Council's Literature Prize Oceanen
Sweden

1999


Nominations 1999 »

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Nordic Council's Literature Prize Klangernas bok
Sweden

1992


Nominations 1992 »

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Nordic Council's Literature Prize Trädet
Sweden

1980


Nominations 1980 »

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Nordic Council's Literature Prize Language; Tools; Fire
Sweden

1977


Nominations 1977 »

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Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Impossible
Sweden

1973


Nominations 1973 »

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Nordic Council's Literature Prize The unfinished language
Sweden