Danish Academy

History

Members

Current members

• Benny Andersen
• Torben Brostrøm
• Suzanne Brøgger
• Sven Holm
• Klaus Høeck
• Ida Jessen
• Pia Juul
• Per Kirkeby
• Svend Åge Madsen
• Peter Laugesen
• Jørn Lund
• Astrid Saalbach
• Jens Smærup Sørensen
• Frederik Stjernfelt
• Pia Tafdrup
• Søren Ulrik Thomsen
• Poul Erik Tøjner
• Per Øhrgaard

  Former members

• F.J. Billeskov Jansen
• Jørgen Gustava Brandt
• Mogens Brøndsted
• Inger Christensen
• Paul Diderichsen
• Otto Gelsted
• Elsa Gress
• Uffe Harder
• William Heinesen
• Poul Henningsen
• Erik Knudsen
• Sven Møller Kristensen
• K.E. Løgstrup
• Leif Panduro
• Steen Eiler Rasmussen
• Klaus Rifbjerg
• Ole Sarvig
• Tage Skou-Hansen
• Villy Sørensen
• Ole Wivel
• Erik Aalbæk Jensen

  Awards

• Grand Prize of the Danish Academy – First time given in 1961. Currently DKK 300,000
• Selskabet for de skiønne og nyttige Videnskabers Pris – First time given in 1968. Currently DKK 10,000.
• Otto Gelsted Prize – First time given in 1972. Currently DDK 65,000.
• Kjeld Abell Prize – First time given in 1976, handed every second or third year., DKK 50,000.
• Klaus Rifbjerg's Debutant Prize – Founded in 1983 by the writer Klaus Rifbjerg. Given for the first time in 1984. It is handed every second year to a poet who has published his or her first collection with the last two years, written in Danish, Faroese or Greenlandic. Currently DDK. 10,000.
• Beatrice Prize - Founded in 1983 by Birthe and Paul Beckett. First time handed in 1984. Currently DDK. 50,000.
• Translator's Prize of the Danish Academy - First time handed in 1988. Currently DKK. 50,000.
• Hvass Prize - Has been handed three times: 1997, 1999 and 2001 after agreement with the Hvass Foundation. The prize was DKK. 50,000.
• Silas Prize - Founded in 1999 by author Cecil Bødker. Handed for the first time in 2001. It is to be handed to a notable children's book writer every second year. The prize is currently 100,000.
• The Foundation's Medal - Can be given from time to time for a special acknowledgement by the Selskabet til de skønne og nyttige Videnskabers Forfremmelse. It has been handed five times from 1968 to 2006.
• Karen Blixen Medal - Founded in 1984, to be handed for the first time on the 100-year birthday of Karen Blixen. It has been handed to seven non-Danish writers as a special acknowledgement.