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Samfundet De Nio#Winners of the Grand Prize

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Samfundet De Nio (The Nine Society or Society of the Nine) is a Swedish literary society founded on 14 February 1913 in Stockholm by a testamentary donation from writer Lotten von Kraemer.{{Cite book|last=Lindorm|first=Erik|title=Gustaf V och hans tid 1907–1918|date=1979|page=245|isbn=91-46-13376-3|language=Swedish}}{{cite encyclopedia|year=1995|title=Samfundet De Nio|encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin|publisher=Bra Böcker|url=http://www.ne.se/artikel/1198154|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}} The society has nine members who are elected for life. Its purpose is to promote Swedish literature, peace and women's issues.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=907&a=312651|title=De Nio prisar Inger Alfvén|date=2006-12-07|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31|quote=Samfundet De Nio är en litterär akademi som grundades 1913, med syfte att främja skönlitteratur, freds- och kvinnofrågor. }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} It mainly presents a number of literary awards.{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_421473.svd|title=De nio prisar två författare|last=Hernadi|first=Alexandra|date=14 May 2005|publisher=Svenska Dagbladet|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31|quote=Samfundet De nio är en litterär akademi med nio ledamöter som valts på livstid. Akademien bildades efter en donation av författaren Lotten von Kraemer 1913 och har till uppgift att dela ut litterära priser.}} It was started as an alternative to the Swedish Academy and is often compared to its more noted cousin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.norstedtsforlagsgrupp.se/templates/norstedts/NorBook.aspx?id=32637|title=De nio litterär kalender 2003|publisher=Norstedts Förlag|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_184105.svd|title=Key och Almqvist sitter bra i De Nios kalender|last=Olofsson|first=Tommy|date=29 December 2004|publisher=Svenska Dagbladet|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}}

Membership

Four seats are always held by women and four by men. Seat number one, the chair, alternates between men and women.{{Cite web|url=http://www.samfundetdenio.se/index.html|title=Official website|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}}

Current members: Anna Williams (chair), Nina Burton, Jonas Ellerström, Gunnar Harding, Marie Lundquist, Niklas Rådström, Madeleine Gustafsson, Sara Stridsberg, Johan Svedjedal

Original members: Viktor Almquist (chair), Selma Lagerlöf, Karl Wåhlin, Ellen Key, Erik Hedén, Kerstin Hård af Segerstad, Göran Björkman, Anna-Maria Roos, John Landquist

Some notable members over the years have been Astrid Lindgren, Elin Wägner, Hjalmar Gullberg, Anders Olsson, Gunnel Vallquist, Karin Boye, Selma Lagerlöf, Sara Lidman, and Knut Ahnlund.

Prizes

  • Samfundet De Nios stora pris (Grand Prize), the main prize to Swedish literary writers, has been awarded annually since 1921.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1995|title=Samfundet De Nios stora pris |encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin|publisher=Bra Böcker|language=Swedish}}
  • Originally 10,000 Swedish krona. {{As of|2008}} it is 250 000 SEK (about €23,000 or US$32,000).
  • Lotten von Kraemer's prize (essays)
  • De Nios translator's prize
  • Stina Aronson's prize
  • John Landquist's prize (essayist/idea historian/critic)
  • Karl Vennberg's prize (young poets)
  • De Nios Winter prize
  • De Nios Astrid Lindgren prize
  • Anders and Veronica Öhman's prize
  • De Nios Lyric poetry prize
  • De Nios Special prizes

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130903000503/http://www.samfundetdenio.se/pdf/De%20Nios%20priser.pdf List of all winners]

=Winners of the Grand Prize=

{{Cite web |title=Complete list of winners |url=https://samfundetdenio.se/priser-och-pristagare/ |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=Samfundet De Nio}}

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Publications

The annual publication Vår Tid (Our Time) was published 1916–1925 and 1930. Svensk Litteraturtidskrift ({{ISSN|0039-663X}}) was published from 1938 to 1983.{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2270869|title=Svensk litteraturtidskrift|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=2008-12-31|quote=Utgiven av Samfundet De Nio.}}{{Cite web|url=http://search.kib.ki.se/miks/bin2/tidpost.exe?&kib_id=277792|title=Svensk litteraturtidskrift|publisher=Karolinska Institutet library|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31|quote=Utgivning: Stockholm : Exp., 1938–1983}} It contained essays, reviews and other texts about Swedish literature. Editors have included Olle Holmberg, Algot Werin and Knut Ahnlund.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1995|title=Svensk Litteraturtidskrift|encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin|publisher=Bra Böcker|url=http://www.ne.se/artikel/1608496|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}} Samfundet De Nio also published Artes (1975–2005) together with the Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tidskrift.nu/tidskrift/Artes|title=Artes|publisher=Tidskrift.nu|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-12-31}} Since 2003 they publish a literary calendar together with Norstedts Förlag.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.samfundetdenio.se/ Official website] {{in lang|sv}}

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