The Rungstedlund Award is an award of honour, founded by the Rungstedlund Foundation (Rungstedlundfonden) in 1991. The DKK 25,000 prize is annually handed to a person who has made a notable contribution in an area which interested Karen Blixen. The prize is handed at the birthday of Karen Blixen on 17 April. The award comes from a gift from Hørsholm Municipality at the opening of the Karen Blixen Museum on 14 May 1991.Rungstedlund Prize Rungstedlund Foundation
Rungstedlund was the country house in Rungsted near Copenhagen which was owned by Karen Blixen from 1939-58. Rungstedlund is now the site of the Karen Blixen Museum.
Recipients of the Rungstedlund Award
Year Award winner Comment2020 Puk Damsgård 2019 Lars von Trier 2018 Minik Rosing 2017 Niels Barfoed 2016 Jette Baagøe 2015 Tom Buk-Swienty 2014 Marianne Juhl and Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen 2013 Karen-Lise Mynster 2012 Gabriel Axel 2011 Otto B. Lindhardt 2010 Johannes Riis 2009 Klaus Rifbjerg 2008 Aage V. Jensen 2007 Judith Thurman 2006 Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen 2005 Suzanne Brøgger 2003 Aage Henriksen 25 000 DKK2002 Lin Hua From China, translator2001 Inger Christensen Speech by Torben Brostrøm in Information on 18 April 20012000 Liselotte Henriksen 1999 Tove Hussein 1998 Thorkild Bjørnvig 1997 Bodil Kjer 1996 Arne Schiøtz 1995 Palle Nielsen 1994 Clara Selborn 1993 Meryl Streep USA, for her role as Karen Blixen in the film Out of Africa based on Den afrikanske farm (The African Farm)1992 Jørgen Gustava Brandt 1991 Knud W. Jensen
References
External links List of recipients of Rungstedlund Award on Litteraturpriser.dk Karen Blixen Museum website