The Anne Frank Prize was a literary award

Literary award

A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...

 that was given out in the Netherlands in the years 1957 to 1966 by The Netherlands-America Foundation

Netherland-America Foundation

The Netherland-America Foundation supports bilateral exchange between the United States of America and the Netherlands. It was founded in 1921. Two of the founders were Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the U.S...

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The prize was established by Albert Hacket and Frances Goodrich, who had authored a play, The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (play)

The Diary of Anne Frank is a stage adaptation of the book The Diary of a Young Girl. The play is a dramatization by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. It opened at the Cort Theatre, Broadway, on October 5, 1955, in a production by Kermit Bloomgarden, directed by Garson Kanin and designed by Boris...

, based on Anne Frank's diary Het achterhuis. The play won the Pulitzer prize in 1956. The prize money was to be given to writers under 30 years. The prize was awarded in successive years in the following genres: novel, poetry, drama, essay and short story.

Notable winners include Harry Mulisch

Harry Mulisch

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch author. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. These have been translated into more than 20 languages....

 and Cees Nooteboom

Cees Nooteboom

Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch author. He has won numerous literary awards and has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.-Life:...

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Prize winners

• 1966 – Raoul Chapkis
  Hugo Brandt Corstius
  Hugo Brandt Corstius is a Dutch author known for his achievements in both literature and science....
  
  : Ik sta op mijn hoofd

- Henk van Kerkwijk: Geweer met terugslag

• 1965 – P.J.A.M. Buijnsters: Tussen twee werelden-Rhijnvis Feith als dichter van Het Graf

- Cornelis Verhoeven: Filosofie van de troost

• 1964 – E. Brent Besemer: (entire oeuvre)

- Peter Oosthoek: for his direction of the play Nederlandse stukken

• 1963 – Peter Berger: Deze voorlopige naam

- Huub Oosterhuis

Huub Oosterhuis

Hubertus Gerardus Josephus Henricus Oosterhuis is a controversial Dutch theologian and poet. He is mainly known for his contribution to Christian music and liturgy in the Dutch language, used in both Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, although there is many Catholic opposition to his work,...

: Uittocht, Groningen en andere gedichten

• 1962 – Ankie Peypers: Geen denken aan

- Geert van Beek: Buiten schot

• 1961 – Piet Calis: Mensen van de koningsstam, Napoleon op het Leidscheplein

- H.J.A. Hofland: (entire oeuvre)

• 1960 – Cornelis Bauer: De groene boogschutter

- Rutger van Zeyst: De familieraad

• 1959 – Erik Vos: for his direction of the play Arena

- Esteban Lopez: Fredegonde, De vrienden van vroeger, Mercedes, mijn zuster, Tederheid in het geding

• 1958 - Remco Campert
  Remco Campert
  Remco Campert is a Dutch author, poet and columnist.-Early years:Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem De achttien dooden, and actress Joekie Broedelet...
  
  : Vogels vliegen toch

- Nico Scheepmaker: Poëtisch fietsen, De kip van Egypte

• 1957 – Harry Mulisch
  Harry Mulisch
  Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch author. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections. These have been translated into more than 20 languages....
  
  : Archibald Strohalm

- Cees Nooteboom

Cees Nooteboom

Cees Nooteboom is a Dutch author. He has won numerous literary awards and has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.-Life:...

: Philip en de anderen