Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
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Herman Teirlinck
Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck Herman Louis Cesar Teirlinck (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, 24 February 1879- Beersel-Lot, 4 February 1967, was a Belgian writer. He was the fifth child and only son of Isidoor Teirlinck and Oda van Nieuwenhove, who were both teachers in Brussels...
and the editorial team of the Nieuw Vlaams Tijdschrift (New Flemish magazine) to counteract ideologically driven restrictions on the freedom of expression.
He wanted to bring those persons into the spotlight who actively promote the freedom of opinion. No financial reward is associated with the prize. The names of the laureates become engraved in an art object (Ark) which is kept in the AMVC
AMVC
The Letterenhuis is a Belgian non-profit organization located in Antwerp. The Letterenhuis collects and archives information of Flemish writers and artists, and portraits concerning Flemish culture as from 1750...
in Antwerp.
Laureates of the Arkprijs van het Vrije Woord
- 1951 Christine D'HaenChristine D'HaenChristine D'haen was a Flemish author and poet. She was born in Sint-Amandsberg and died at Bruges....
for 'Gedichten' - 1952 Hugo ClausHugo ClausHugo Maurice Julien Claus was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, and poetry; he also left a legacy as a painter and film director...
for De Metsiers' - 1953 Maurice D'HaeseMaurice D'HaeseMaurice D'Haese was a Flemish writer who was awarded the 1953 Ark Prize of the Free Word.-References:* * G.J. van Bork en P.J. Verkruijsse, De Nederlandse en Vlaamse auteurs...
for De Heilige Gramschap. - 1954 Frans Goddemaere for 'Nola'
- 1955 Jos De HaesJos De HaesJos De Haes was a Flemish writer and poet.-Bibliography:* Het andere wezen * Pindaros. Pythische oden * Ellende van het woord * Gedaanten * Richard Minne...
for 'Gedaanten' - 1956 Frans De BruynFrans De BruynFrans Juliaan Corneel De Bruyn is a Flemish writer.-Bibliography:* Tekens in steen * De regen schuilt in ons * Die hemel is ons huis * De zeven heuvelen van Rome * Een hobbelpaard voor Hansje...
for 'Tekens in Steen' - 1957 Albert BontridderAlbert BontridderAlbert Bontridder is a Belgian architect and writer. In 1953 he married Olga Dohnalova, a Czech refugee, and together they had two children....
for Dood Hout. - 1958 Ivo MichielsIvo MichielsHenri Ceuppens , pseudonym Ivo Michiels is a Belgian writer. In 1965, he married Christiane Faes. In 1979, he established himself he as full-time writer in the Vaucluse ....
for 'Het Afscheid' - 1959 Libera CarlierLibera CarlierLibera Carlier was a Belgian seaman and writer. He attended the Hogere Zeevaartschool and was a member of the resistance during World War II...
for 'Action Station - Go !
- 1960 Ward RuyslinckWard RuyslinckRaymond De Belser , pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, is a Flemish writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catholic family. During the war the family moved to Mortsel.-Early life:At age 12, he had...
for De madonna met de buil. - 1961 Hugues C. PernathHugues C. PernathHugues C. Pernath was a Belgian writer. Together with Paul Snoek, he founded the avant garde magazine Gard Sivik, and he was a member of the Pink Poets.-Bibliography:* Het uur Marat...
for 'Het Masker Man' - 1962 Georges HebbelinckGeorges HebbelinckGeorges Hebbelinck was a Flemish writer.-Bibliography:* Kroesbal uit het Zoniënwoud * Het meisje in de kelder * De rozen van Kazanlik * De journalist...
for 'De Journalist' - 1963 Paul SnoekPaul SnoekEdmond André Coralie Schietekat pseudonym Paul Snoek, was a Belgian poet. He was a son of Omer William Schietekat, a textile manufacturer, and Paula Sylvia Snoeck. In 1961, he married Maria Magdalena Vereecke , and together they had three children, a twin Jan and Paul in 1963 and in 1966 Sophie...
for 'Richelieu' - 1964 Daniel RobberechtsDaniel RobberechtsDaniël Robberechts was a Belgian writer.-Bibliography:* De labiele stilte * Tegen het personage * De grote schaamlippen...
for 'Zesmaal' - 1965 Willy RoggemanWilly RoggemanWilly Roggeman is a Belgian writer and jazz musician.-Bibliography:* De adem van de jazz * Het goudvisje * Blues voor glazen blazers * Yin/Yang * Literair labo * Jazzologie 1940-1965...
for 'Blues for Glazen Blazers' - 1966 Astère M. DhondtAstère M. Dhondt-Bibliography:* God in Vlaanderen, 1965.* Zeven geestige knaapjes, 1966.* De wilde jacht. Amsterdam, 1968.* Gezangen en gebeden. Een selektie 1965-1968, 1969.* De Koning en de Koningin van Sikkem in de Haarlemmerhouttuinen...
for 'God in Vlaanderen' - 1967 Jef GeeraertsJef GeeraertsJef Geeraerts is a Flemish writer. He was a colonial administrator in Belgian Congo. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government . After that time he needed...
for De Troglodieten. - 1968 C.C. Krijgelmans for 'Homunculi'
- 1969 Patrick ConradPatrick ConradPatrick Conrad is a Flemish poet, screenwriter and novelist, and one of the founders of The Pink Poets. He also directed about twenty movies for cinema and television, including – selected for the Cannes Festival – Mascara with Charlotte Rampling and Michael Sarazin...
for 'Mercantile Marine Engineering'
- 1970 Roger van de VeldeRoger van de VeldeRoger van de Velde was a Belgian writer. He was a son of Jan Frans van de Velde and Maria Callaer...
for Recht op Antwoord. - 1971 Eddy Van VlietEddy Van VlietEduard Léon Juliaan van Vliet was a Belgian writer and lawyer. He graduated in law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The fact that his father left his family, played an important role in his poetry....
for Columbus Tevergeefs. - 1972 Marcel van MaeleMarcel van MaeleMarcel van Maele was a Belgian playwright and sculptor. He was one of the leading figures of the magazine Labris , in which an experimental style was prominent. He was a member of the Zestigers . Van Maele was completely blind for the last 20 years of his life...
for Ik ruik mensenvlees, zei de reus. - 1973 Rob GoswinRob GoswinRob Goossens pseudonym Rob Goswin is a Belgian artist and poet.He is a teacher at the Royal Technical Athenaeum in Westerlo. In 1968, he founded, together with painter Jef Van Grieken and writer-actor Gerd de Ley, the magazine Rimschi. He was also editor of the magazine Impuls and currently editor...
for 'Vanitas Vanitas' - 1974 Fernand AuweraFernand AuweraFerdinand Van der Auwera , pseudonym Fernand Auwera is a Belgian writer. His fragile health during his youth and its impact on his life , had an effect on his first literary work....
for 'Zelfportret met Gesloten Ogen' - 1975 Internationale Nieuwe Scene for 'Mistero Buffo'
- 1976 Leonard NolensLeonard NolensLeon Helena Sylvain Nolens , pseudonym Leonard Nolens, is a Belgian poet and diary writer. He graduated from the Hoger Instituut voor Vertalers en Tolken in Antwerp.Nolens lives and works in Antwerp...
for Twee Vormen van Zwijgen. - 1977 Freddy de VreeFreddy de VreeFreddy de Vree , pseudonym Marie-Claire de Jonghe was a Belgian poet, literary critic and radiomaker. The past and death play an important role in his oeuvre. He was a friend of W.F. Hermans and Sylvia Kristel....
for 'Steden en Sentimenten' - 1978 Roger M.J. De NeefRoger M.J. De Neef-Bibliography:* Winterrunen * Lichaam mijn landing * De grote wolk * Gestorven getal * Gedichten van licht en overspel * De vertelkunst van de bloemen * De halsband van de duif * Blues for a reason...
for 'Gestorven Getal' - 1979 Frans BoendersFrans BoendersFrans Boenders is a Belgian writer. He graduated in Germanic philology and philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven...
for 'Denken in Tweespraak'
- 1980 Lucienne StassaertLucienne StassaertLucienne Stassaert is a Belgian poet.-Bibliography:* Verhalen van de jonkvrouw met de spade * Bongobloesembloed * Fossiel * Het dagelijks feest...
for Parfait Amour' - 1981 Robbe De HertRobbe De HertRobbe De Hert is a Belgian film director.-Movies:*Camera Sutra *De Witte van Zichem *Le filet américain *Maria Danneels of Het leven dat we droomden...
for his movies. - 1982 Maurice De Wilde for 'De Nieuwe Orde'
- 1983 Bert Van HoorickBert Van HoorickBert Van Hoorick was a Belgian politician and writer. He was a member of the Belgian parliament from 1946 up to 1949 and from 1958 until 1976....
for In Tegenstroom. - 1984 Leo PleysierLeo Pleysier-Bibliography:* Mirliton, een proeve van homofonie * Niets dan schreeuw * Negenenvijftig * Bladschaduwen * En wat zullen we over het sterven zeggen? * Het jaar van het dorp, of De razernij der winderige dagen...
for Kop in Kas. - 1985 Daniel Buyle for his BRT-Journalism.
- 1986 Tone BrulinTone BrulinTone Brulin is a Flemish playwright and stage director; drama teacher from Belgium.- Career :...
for his theatre work. - 1987 De MorgenDe MorgenDe Morgen is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860. It originates from a merger in 1978 of two socialist newspapers Vooruit and Volksgazet ....
and Paul Goossens for their journalism. - 1988 Leo ApostelLeo ApostelLeo Apostel was a Belgian philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Universiteit Gent. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities.- Biography :Leo Apostel was born Antwerp in 1925...
for his philosophical work. - 1989 Stefan HertmansStefan HertmansStefan Hertmans is a Flemish Belgian writer. He is head of a study centre at University College Ghent and affiliated researcher of the Ghent University...
for Bezoekingen'
- 1990 André De Beul for his political courage.
- 1991 Frie Leysen for ten year De Singel.
- 1992 Paula D'Hondt for her work for immigrants.
- 1993 Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren for 'Het Belgisch Migrantendebat'
- 1994 Gerard Alsteens(GAL) for his graphical work.
- 1995 Tom LanoyeTom LanoyeTom Lanoye [lan-WA] is a Belgian novelist and poet who works in Antwerp and Cape Town . He gained widespread popularity in the early 1980s as part of the new generation of young Flemish novelists that included Herman Brusselmans and Kristien Hemmerechts...
for 'Maten en Gewichten' - 1996 Gie van den Berghe for 'Getuigen'
- 1997 Wannes Van de VeldeWannes Van de VeldeWannes Van de Velde , born in Antwerp as Willy Cecile Johannes Van de Velde was a Flemish singer, musician, poet and artist....
for his music. - 1998 Pjeroo Roobjee for his art.
- 1999 Sophie de SchaepdrijverSophie de SchaepdrijverSophie de Schaepdrijver is a Belgian historian.-Education:She graduated in history at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and obtained a PhD with a dissertation on Elites for the Capital? Foreign Migration to mid-nineteenth-century Brussels at the Universiteit van Amsterdam .-Career:From 1986 until...
for De Groote Oorlog. - 2000 ZAK for his cartoons.
- 2001 Ludo Abicht for Intelligente Emotie.
- 2002 Pol HostePol HostePaul Gustaaf Julia Hoste , pseudonym Pol Hoste is a Belgian writer. He graduated in Germanic philology at the University of Ghent. He started his career as a teacher of the English and Dutch languages...
for 'De Lucht naar Mirabel'. - 2003 Wim Distelmans for his contribution to the legalisation of euthanasiaEuthanasiaEuthanasia refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering....
. - 2004 Rik Pinxten for 'De Artistieke Samenleving'.
- 2005 Christine Van BroeckhovenChristine Van BroeckhovenChristine Van Broeckhoven is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor in Molecular genetics at the University of Antwerp . She is also leading the VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp of the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology...
, molecular geneticist. - 2006 Marleen TemmermanMarleen TemmermanMarleen Temmerman is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate in 2007. On 8 February 2011, she told the spouses of Belgian politicians to ban sex until the country forms a government.-Notes:...
for 'Onrust in de Onderbuik'. - 2007 Roma vzwNon-profit organizationNonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
- 2008 David Van Reybrouck for 'Missie'.
- 2009 Luc Huyse for Seismograaf van de samenleving
- 2010 Geert Buelens: Europa Europa
- 2011 Philippe Van Parijs for his sociopolitical and ethical theories.