Constantijn Huygens Prize

Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs)
Awarded for	Literature
Country	Netherlands
Presented by	Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting)
First awarded	1947

The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch literary award.^[1]

History

Since 1947, it has been awarded each year for an author's complete works by the Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting), a foundation named in honor of the Dutch writer Jan Campert who died while helping Jews during WWII. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.

As of 2010 it comes with a monetary award of €10,000.^[2]

There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers refused to accept the award.

List of laureates

Louis Paul Boon (1966)

Adriaan van Dis (Constantijn Huygens Prize 2015)

1947 – P.N. van Eyck 1948 – Adriaan Roland Holst 1949 – J.C. Bloem 1950 – Geerten Gossaert 1951 – Willem Elsschot 1952 – Pierre H. Dubois 1953 – Martinus Nijhoff (posthumously awarded) 1954 – Jan Engelman 1955 – Simon Vestdijk 1956 – Pierre Kemp 1957 – Ferdinand Bordewijk 1958 – Victor E. van Vriesland 1959 – Gerrit Achterberg 1960 – Anton van Duinkerken 1961 – Simon Carmiggelt 1962 – Hendrik de Vries 1963 – Jan van Nijlen 1964 – Abel Herzberg 1965 – Lucebert 1966 – Louis Paul Boon 1967 – Jan Greshoff 1968 – not awarded 1969 – Maurice Gilliams 1970 – Annie Romein-Verschoor 1971 – F.C. Terborgh 1972 – Han G. Hoekstra 1973 – Beb Vuyk 1974 – M. Vasalis 1975 – Albert Alberts 1976 – Jan G. Elburg 1977 – Harry Mulisch 1978 – Elisabeth Eybers 1979 – Hugo Claus 1980 – Alfred Kossmann 1981 – Hella S. Haasse

1982 – Jan Wolkers (declined) 1983 – Rob Nieuwenhuys 1984 – J. Bernlef 1985 – Pierre H. Dubois 1986 – Gerrit Krol 1987 – Annie M.G. Schmidt 1988 – Jacques Hamelink 1989 – Anton Koolhaas 1990 – Hans Faverey 1991 – Bert Schierbeek 1992 – Cees Nooteboom 1993 – Jeroen Brouwers 1994 – Judith Herzberg 1995 – F. Springer 1996 – H.C. ten Berge 1997 – Leonard Nolens 1998 – H.H. ter Balkt 1999 – Willem Jan Otten 2000 – Charlotte Mutsaers 2001 – Louis Ferron 2002 – Kees Ouwens 2003 – Sybren Polet 2004 – Willem G. van Maanen 2005 – Marga Minco 2006 – Jacq Firmin Vogelaar 2007 – Toon Tellegen 2008 – Anneke Brassinga 2009 – Arnon Grunberg 2010 – A.L. Snijders 2011 - A. F. Th. van der Heijden 2012 - Joke van Leeuwen 2013 - Tom Lanoye 2014 - Mensje van Keulen 2015 - Adriaan van Dis

References

1. Constantijn Huygens-prijs, official website (Dutch)
2. About the prize, official website. (Dutch)

External links

• Constantijn Huygens-prijs, official website (Dutch)