The Ibsen Prize AKA The Norwegian Ibsen Award 1996

The Ibsen Prize AKA The Norwegian Ibsen Award is an award given out by the municipality of Skien, the only playwright award in the country. It was awarded for the first time in 1986, and consists of 150 000 Norwegian kroner and a statuette by Nina Sundbye.

The Ibsen Prize is awarded a Norwegian playwright who has had a new work for children or adults produced by a professional theatre the past year, or for the playwright's collected writing. A special jury selects the winner.

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Scenekunst, scenekunst.no, 20.09.2011, http://www2.scenekunst.no/artikkel_8455.nml