Constantijn Huygens Prize Explained

Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs)
Awarded For:	Literature
Presenter:	Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting)
Country:	Netherlands
Year:	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 World War II. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.

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

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

External links

Constantijn Huygens-prijs, official website

Notes and References

http://www.jancampertstichting.nl/cms/Jan-Campert-stichting/ Constantijn Huygens-prijs
http://www.jancampertstichting.nl/prijzen/jan-campert-stichting-prijzen/ About the prize