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
Website	https://literatuurmuseum.nl/literatuurprijzen/constantijn-huygens-prijs

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 World War II. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.

As of 2019^[update] it comes with a monetary award of €12,000.[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
• 2016 – Atte Jongstra
• 2017 – Hans Tentije
• 2018 – Nelleke Noordervliet
• 2019 – Stefan Hertmans
• 2020 – Guus Kuijer
• 2021 – Peter Verhelst
• 2022 – Marion Bloem

References

1. Constantijn Huygens-prijs Archived 30 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website (in Dutch)
2. About the prize Archived 10 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, official website. (in Dutch)

External links

• Constantijn Huygens-prijs Archived 30 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine, official website (in Dutch)