P. C. Hooft Award

Sculptor Frits Sieger with bust of P.C. Hooft. Amsterdam; 22 March 1947

The P.C. Hooft Award (in Dutch: P.C. Hooft-prijs) is a Dutch language literary lifetime achievement award. The annual award is alternately given for prose (fiction), essays (non-fiction) and poetry.^[1] The award was established in 1947 as a Dutch state award. It is named for the Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. The prize remuneration is €60,000.^[2]

The relationship between the State of the Netherlands and the independent Foundation that puts forward the winner came under pressure in 1984, when the columnist Hugo Brandt Corstius was nominated for the prize by the jury. The Minister of Culture at the time, Elco Brinkman, refused to award the prize to Brandt Corstius, because of some inappropriate comments about the government and Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. As a result of this uproar the prize was not awarded the next two years. In 1987 the prize was as yet awarded to Brandt Corstius.

Award winners

• 1947 – Amoene van Haersolte
• 1947 – Arthur van Schendel
• 1948 – A. M. Hammacher
• 1949 – Gerrit Achterberg
• 1950 – Simon Vestdijk
• 1951 – E. J. Dijksterhuis
• 1952 – J. C. Bloem
• 1953 – Ferdinand Bordewijk
• 1954 – L. J. Rogier
• 1955 – Adriaan Roland Holst
• 1956 – Anna Blaman
• 1957 – Pieter Geyl
• 1958 – Pierre Kemp
• 1959 – not awarded
• 1960 – Victor E. van Vriesland
• 1961 – H. W. J. M. Keuls
• 1962 – Theun de Vries
• 1963 – F. G. L. van der Meer
• 1964 – Leo Vroman
• 1965 – not awarded
• 1966 – Anton van Duinkerken
• 1967 – Lucebert
• 1968 – Gerard Kornelis van het Reve
• 1969 – not awarded
• 1970 – Gerrit Kouwenaar
• 1971 – Willem Frederik Hermans (award refused)
• 1972 – Abel J. Herzberg
• 1973 – Hendrik de Vries
• 1974 – Simon Carmiggelt
• 1975 – Rudy Kousbroek
• 1976 – Remco Campert
• 1977 – Harry Mulisch
• 1978 – Cornelis Verhoeven
• 1979 – Ida Gerhardt
• 1980 – Willem Brakman
• 1981 – Karel van het Reve
• 1982 – M. Vasalis
• 1983 – Hella S. Haasse
• 1984 – not awarded
• 1985 – not awarded
• 1986 – not awarded
• 1987 – Hugo Brandt Corstius
• 1988 – Rutger Kopland
• 1989 – Jan Wolkers (award refused)
• 1990 – Kees Fens
• 1991 – Elisabeth Eybers
• 1992 – Anton Koolhaas
• 1993 – Gerrit Komrij
• 1994 – J. Bernlef
• 1995 – A. Alberts
• 1996 – K. Schippers
• 1997 – Judith Herzberg
• 1998 – F.B. Hotz
• 1999 – Arthur Lehning
• 2000 – Eva Gerlach
• 2001 – Gerrit Krol
• 2002 – Sem Dresden
• 2003 – H. H. ter Balkt
• 2004 – Cees Nooteboom
• 2005 – Frédéric Bastet
• 2006 – H. C. ten Berge
• 2007 – Maarten Biesheuvel
• 2008 – Abram de Swaan
• 2009 – Hans Verhagen
• 2010 – Charlotte Mutsaers
• 2011 – H. J. A. Hofland
• 2012 – Tonnus Oosterhoff
• 2013 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden^[3]
• 2014 – Willem Jan Otten^[4]
• 2015 – Anneke Brassinga^[5]
• 2016 – Astrid Roemer^[6]

• Play media

  F. Bordewijk (1953) (short film)

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  Anna Blaman (1956)

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  Anton van Duinkerken (1966)

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  Gerard Reve (1968)

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  Karel van het Reve (1981)

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  Hugo Brandt Corstius (1987)

External links

• Website of the P.C. Hooft Award

Notes

1. See: Website P. C. Hooft Award (Dutch).
2. Staff writer (December 13, 2012). "P.C.Hooft-prijs 2013". complete review. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
3. "A.F.Th. van der Heijden krijgt P.C. Hooft-prijs". De Standaard (in Dutch). 11 December 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
4. "P.C. Hooftprijs 2014 voor Willem Jan Otten". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
5. "P.C. Hooft-prijs voor dichteres Anneke Brassinga" (in Dutch), Algemeen Dagblad, 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
6. "P.C. Hooftprijs toegekend aan schrijfster Astrid Roemer" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.