Literary award · Sweden
Lenin Award (Sweden)
Swedish cultural award.
About Lenin Award (Sweden)
Jan Myrdal’s big prize – The Lenin Award is a Swedish cultural award that is awarded annually by Lasse Diding to a writer or artist in Sweden who operates with social criticism and in a rebellious leftist tradition. In 2016, the award was called the Jan Myrdal Library's big prize – the Lenin Award and in 2017–2021 the award was just called the Lenin Award.
From the Wikipedia article “Lenin Award (Sweden)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nina Björk | — |
| 2020 | Kajsa Ekis Ekman | — |
| 2019 | Göran Therborn | — |
| 2018 | Sven Wollter | — |
| 2017 | Stefan Jarl | — |
| 2015 | Mikael Wiehe | — |
| 2014 | Jan Guillou | — |
| 2013 | Maj Sjöwall | — |
| 2011 | Maj Wechselmann | — |
| 2010 | Roy Andersson | — |
| 2009 | Mattias Gardell | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Lenin Award (Sweden) for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q10539512 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).