Blackwater (novel)

Blackwater

Author	Kerstin Ekman
Original title	Händelser vid vatten
Translator	Joan Tate
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Albert Bonniers förlag
Publication date	1993
Published in English	1996
Pages	266
ISBN	91-0-055676-9

Blackwater (Swedish: Händelser vid vatten, lit. Events by Water) is a 1993 novel by the Swedish writer Kerstin Ekman. It received the August Prize in 1993 and the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1994.^[1]^[2]

See also

References

↑ "Alla Vinnare". augustpriset.se (in Swedish). Swedish Publishers' Association. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
↑ "The winners". norden.org. Nordic Council. Retrieved 2011-11-05.

Nordic Council Literature Prize winners

1960s	1962: The Days of His Grace – Eyvind Johnson 1963: Under the North Star 3: Reconciliation – Väinö Linna 1964: The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas 1965: From Hell to Paradise – Olof Lagercrantz and The Good Hope – William Heinesen 1966: Diwan on the Prince of Emgion – Gunnar Ekelöf 1967: Nye noveller – Johan Borgen 1968: Flight of the Eagle – Per Olof Sundman 1969: The Legionnaires – Per Olov Enquist

1970s	1970: Anna, I, Anna – Klaus Rifbjerg 1971: Coast of Slaves, Ships of Slaves & Islands of Slaves – Thorkild Hansen 1972: Sju ord på tunnelbanan – Karl Vennberg 1973: Kersantin poika – Veijo Meri 1974: Uden mål – og med – Villy Sørensen 1975: Siinä näkijä missä tekijä – Hannu Salama 1976: Að laufferjum & Að brunnum – Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson 1977: I de mörka rummen, i de ljusa – Bo Carpelan 1978: Dalen Portland – Kjartan Fløgstad 1979: Pubertet – Ivar Lo-Johansson

1980s	1980: Vredens barn – Sara Lidman 1981: Hauströkkrið yfir mér – Snorri Hjartarson 1982: Samuels bok – Sven Delblanc 1983: Om fjorten dage – Peter Seeberg 1984: The Christmas Oratorio – Göran Tunström 1985: A Day in Ostrobothnia – Antti Tuuri 1986: Líkasum – Rói Patursson 1987: Hudløs himmel – Herbjørg Wassmo 1988: Justice Undone – Thor Vilhjálmsson 1989: Roman 1987 – Dag Solstad

1990s	1990: For the Living and the Dead – Tomas Tranströmer 1991: The Sun, My Father – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992: Night Watch – Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir 1993: Byen og verden – Peer Hultberg 1994: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1995: Angels of the Universe – Einar Már Guðmundsson 1996: Hva skal vi gjøre i dag og andre noveller – Øystein Lønn 1997: Bang. En roman om Herman Bang – Dorrit Willumsen 1998: After Having Spent a Night Among Horses – Tua Forsström 1999: Queen's Gate – Pia Tafdrup

2000s	2000: Drømmebroer – Henrik Nordbrandt 2001: The Discoverer – Jan Kjærstad 2002: The Half Brother – Lars Saabye Christensen 2003: Revbensstäderna – Eva Ström 2004: Juoksuhaudantie – Kari Hotakainen 2005: The Blue Fox – Sjón 2006: The Ocean – Göran Sonnevi 2007: Drömfakulteten – Sara Stridsberg 2008: Bavian – Naja Marie Aidt 2009: I Curse the River of Time – Per Petterson

2010s	2010: Purge – Sofi Oksanen 2011: Between the Trees – Gyrðir Elíasson 2012: Days in the History of Silence – Merethe Lindstrøm 2013: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord – Kim Leine 2014: Mirage 38 – Kjell Westö

List of Nordic Council's Literature Prize winners and nominees

August Prize for Best Fiction

Best book (1989–1991)	1989: Tecknens rike – Cecilia Lindqvist 1990: De sotarna! De sotarna! – Lars Ahlin 1991: Livets ax – Sven Delblanc

1990s	1992: Medan tiden tänker på annat – Niklas Rådström 1993: Blackwater – Kerstin Ekman 1994: Synden – Björn Ranelid 1995: Sweetness – Torgny Lindgren 1996: The Sorrow Gondola – Tomas Tranströmer 1997: April Witch – Majgull Axelsson 1998: Berömda män som varit i Sunne – Göran Tunström 1999: The Visit of the Royal Physician – Per Olov Enquist

2000s	2000: Popular Music from Vittula – Mikael Niemi 2001: Underdog – Torbjörn Flygt 2002: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot – Carl-Johan Vallgren 2003: Lottery Scratchcards – Kerstin Ekman 2004: Gregorius – Bengt Ohlsson 2005: The American Girl – Monika Fagerholm 2006: Svinalängorna – Susanna Alakoski 2007: Stundande natten – Carl-Henning Wijkmark 2008: Ett annat liv – Per Olov Enquist 2009: The Emperor of Lies – Steve Sem-Sandberg

2010s	2010: Spill. En damroman – Sigrid Combüchen 2011: Korparna – Tomas Bannerhed 2012: A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz – Göran Rosenberg 2013: Wilful Disregard – Lena Andersson 2014: Liv till varje pris – Kristina Sandberg