Drachmannlegatet is a Danish literary award founded in 1917, based on funding derived from the entrance fee to Drachmanns Hus in Skagen. The winner is announced annually on 9 October, the anniversary of the birthday of Danish writer and painter Holger Drachmann (1846–1908).
History Efforts were first made to establish the award in 1916, in connection with the 70th anniversary of Drachmann's birth. It was first awarded the next year in 1917 to Johannes Buchholtz (1882–1940). Occasionally the Drachmann has not been awarded on a given year, though on other occasions it has been awarded to multiple authors.
List of recipients The following authors have been awarded the Drachmannlegatet:
1917: Johannes Buchholtz 1918: Helge Rode and Johannes V. Jensen 1919: Harald Bergstedt and Kai Hoffmann 1920: Ludvig Holstein 1921: Harry Søiberg 1922: Otto Rung 1923: Carl Gandrup 1924: Sven Lange 1925: Einar Rousthøj and Hans Hartvig Seedorff 1926: Emmy Drachmann 1927: Christian Rimestad and Knud Hjortø 1928: Jeppe Aakjær 1929: L.C. Nielsen 1930: Thit Jensen 1931: Laurids Bruun 1932: Axel Juel and Per Lange 1933: Johannes Jørgensen 1934: Tom Kristensen 1935: Hakon Holm 1936: Emil Bønnelycke and 1937: Valdemar Rørdam 1938: Hulda Lütken 1939: Alba Schwartz and Hans Kirk 1940: Carl Erik Soya and Marcus Lauesen 1941: Aage Berntsen and Paul la Cour 1942: No recipient 1943: Alex Garff 1944: Jens August Schade 1945: Tove Ditlevsen 1946: Martin A. Hansen and Sigfred Pedersen 1947: Karin Michaëlis 1948: Ole Sarvig 1949: Børge Madsen 1950: Knud Sønderby 1951: Kjeld Abell 1952: Johannes Wulff and William Heinesen 1953: Agnes Henningsen and Eva Drachmann 1954: Hans Scherfig 1955: H.C. Branner 1956: Gerd la Cour 1957: Aase Hansen 1958: Otto Gelsted 1959: Johannes Ursin and Knuth Becker 1960: Erling Kristensen and Halfdan Rasmussen 1961: Per Lange 1962: Frank Jæger 1963: Erik Knudsen 1964: Thorkild Bjørnvig 1965: Aage Dons 1966: Jørgen Sonne 1967: Orla Bundgård Povlsen 1968: Villy Sørensen 1969: Ivan Malinowski 1970: Jørgen Gustava Brandt 1971: No recipient 1972: No recipient 1973: Cecil Bødker 1974: Henrik Nordbrandt 1975: No recipient 1976: Kristen Bjørnkjær 1977: No recipient 1978: Maria Giacobbe and Uffe Harder 1979: Peter Poulsen 1980: Asger Schnack 1981: No recipient 1982: No recipient 1983: Henning Fleischer and Lean Nielsen 1984: No recipient 1985: No recipient 1986: Pia Tafdrup 1987: Søren Ulrik Thomsen 1988: Ove Abildgaard 1989: Preben Major Sørensen 1990: Peter Laugesen 1991: Rolf Gjedsted 1992: Erik Stinus 1993: F.P. Jac 1994: No recipient 1995: Jørgen Leth 1996: Inger Christensen 1997: Johannes Møllehave 1998: Knud Sørensen 1999: Ulrich Horst Petersen 2000: Claus Beck-Nielsen 2001: Merete Torp 2002: Jens Christian Grøndahl 2003: Katrine Marie Guldager 2004: Hanne Marie Svendsen 2005: Jens Smærup Sørensen 2006: Ida Jessen 2007: Jeppe Brixvold 2008: Vibeke Grønfeldt 2009: Thomas Boberg 2010: Dorrit Willumsen 2011: No recipient 2012: Marianne Larsen 2013: Klaus Rifbjerg 2014: Sten Kaalø 2015: Pia Juul 2016: Kristina Stoltz 2017: Ib Michael 2018: Susanne Jorn 2019: Kim Leine 2020: Morten Søndergaard 2021: Kristian Ditlev Jensen 2022: Jesper Wung-Sung
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