Greenlandic Author Niviaq Korneliussen has won the Nordic Council Literary Award 2021 for her novel «The Flower Valley», according to Sermitsiaq. It is the first time ever for a Greenlandic author to win this award.

Korneliussen’s book was published in 2020 and circles around love, friendship and suicide among Greenland’s young.

A total of 14 authors were nominated for this year’s award. Korneliussen received an award statue named ‘Nordlys’ [Northern lights] as well as DKK 300,000.