West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize
West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize is a literary award, which was established in 2002 by the West Nordic Council. The prize is awarded every second year at the annual meeting of the West Nordic Council, normally in August. The three countries of the North West region of Northern Europe are Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. These countries nominate one literary work each. The winner gets a reward of DKK 60 000 and his or her book is translated into the other two languages of the region and into one of the Scandinavian languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish, without any expenses for the winner.
Rakel Helmsdal is nominated from the Faroe Islands in 2016.
Gerður Kristný won the prize in 2010.
Bárður Oskarsson from the Faroe Islands won the prize in 2006.
Andri Snær Magnason won the prize in 2002.
Bárður Oskarsson is a Faroese children's writer, illustrator and artist, who has won several literary awards. His books have been translated into Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, French, German and Czech.
Bárður Oskarsson
Faroese stamp from 2010 with motif from Oskarsson's book A dog, a cat and a mouse.
