Constantijn Huygens Prize
Encyclopedia
The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch
: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch
literary award
.
who died while helping Jews during WWII. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens
, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.
it comes with a monetary award of €10,000.
There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers
refused to accept the award.
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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...
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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 CampertJan Campert
Jan Remco Theodoor Campert was a journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding the Jews...
who died while helping Jews during WWII. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens
Constantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.
it comes with a monetary award of €10,000.
There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers
Jan Wolkers
Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter.Wolkers is considered one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve...
refused to accept the award.
List of laureates
- 1947 – P.N. van EyckPieter Nicolaas van EyckPieter Nicolaas/Nicolaus van Eyck or van Eijk was a poet, critic, essayist and philosopher from the Netherlands.-Family:...
- 1948 – Adriaan Roland HolstAdriaan Roland HolstAdriaan Roland Holst was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize...
- 1949 – J.C. BloemJ.C. BloemJakobus Cornelis Bloem was a Dutch poet and essayist. Between 1921 and 1958 he published fourteen volumes of poetry. In 1949 he won the Constantijn Huygensprijs, one of the country's highest literary awards, and in 1952 the P. C. Hooft Award award for his literary oeuvre...
- 1950 – Geerten GossaertCarel GerretsonDoctor Frederik Carel Gerretson was a Dutch writer, essayist, historian, and politician.-Early years:...
- 1951 – Willem ElsschotWillem ElsschotWillem Elsschot , was a Flemish writer and poet . A few of his works have been translated into English.-Life:...
- 1952 – Pierre H. DuboisPierre H. DuboisPierre H. Dubois was a Dutch writer and critic. He was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1952, for Een houding in de tijd, and again in 1985.-Works:* 1941 - In den vreemde...
- 1953 – Martinus NijhoffMartinus NijhoffMartinus Nijhoff was a Dutch poet and essayist. He studied literature in Amsterdam and law in Utrecht. His debut was made in 1916 with his volume De wandelaar...
(posthumously awarded) - 1954 – Jan EngelmanJan EngelmanJohannes Aloysius Antonius Engelman was a Dutch writer. He was the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1954.-Works:* 1927 - Het roosvenster* 1930 - Sine nomine...
- 1955 – Simon VestdijkSimon VestdijkSimon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.Born in the small town of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands. His prolificness as a novelist was legendary, but he...
- 1956 – Pierre KempPierre KempPierre Kemp was a Dutch writer. He was the recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1956 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1958. His younger brother was the writer Mathias Kemp...
- 1957 – F. BordewijkFerdinand BordewijkFerdinand Bordewijk was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the prestigious P.C. Hooftprijs in 1953 and the Constantijn Huygensprijs in 1957...
- 1958 – Victor E. van VrieslandVictor E. van VrieslandVictor Emanuel van Vriesland was a Dutch writer and critic. He received the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1958 and the P. C...
- 1959 – Gerrit AchterbergGerrit AchterbergGerrit Achterberg was a Dutch poet. His early poetry concerned a desire to be united with a beloved in death.Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of nine children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition. His father was a coach...
- 1960 – Anton van Duinkerken
- 1961 – Simon CarmiggeltSimon CarmiggeltSimon Carmiggelt was a Dutch writer who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.-Biography:...
- 1962 – Hendrik de VriesHendrik de VriesHendrik de Vries was a significant Dutch poet and painter. He was an early surrealist, was liberal-minded, and preached vitality. The subconscious mind plays a crucial role in his poetry.Much his inspiration came from his interest in Spain and Spanish culture...
- 1963 – Jan van NijlenJan van NijlenJan van Nijlen was a Belgian writer and poet. He was born at Antwerp and died at Ukkel.-Bibliography:* Verzen * Het licht * Naar 't geluk * Negen verzen...
- 1964 – Abel J. HerzbergAbel HerzbergAbel J Herzberg was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, writer and poet. He wrote many plays and novels, focused mainly on Biblical characters. His works include Tweestromenland, Kroniek der Jodenvervolging, and Om een lepel soep...
- 1965 – LucebertLucebertLucebert was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement.He was born in Amsterdam in 1924...
- 1966 – Louis Paul BoonLouis Paul BoonLouis Paul Boon was a Flemish journalist and novelist who is considered one of the major 20th century writers in the Dutch language...
- 1967 – Jan GreshoffJan GreshoffJan Greshoff was a Dutch journalist, poet, and literary critic. He was the 1967 recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Partial list of works:...
- 1968 – not awarded
- 1969 – Maurice GilliamsMaurice GilliamsMaurice, Baron Gilliams was a Flemish writer and poet. He was the son of printer Frans Gilliams, and he learned to be a typographer. On 27 August 1935, he married Gabriëlle Baelemans, but they separated soon thereafter, although a divorce would not take place until 1976 due to the resistance of...
- 1970 – Annie Romein-VerschoorAnnie Romein-VerschoorAnna Helena Margaretha Romein-Verschoor was a Dutch writer and historian...
- 1971 – F.C. TerborghF.C. TerborghF.C. Terborgh was the pseudonym of Reijnier Flaes, a Dutch diplomat, prose writer and poet...
- 1972 – Han G. HoekstraHan G. HoekstraHan Gerard Hoekstra was a Dutch poet, best known for his children's literature.-Early life and education:He was born in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.-Awards:...
- 1973 – Beb VuykBeb VuykElizabeth Vuyk was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. Her Indo father was born in the Dutch East Indies and had a mother from Madura, but was ‘repatriated’ to the Netherlands on a very young age. He married into a typically Calvinist Dutch family and lived in the port city of Rotterdam...
- 1974 – M. VasalisM. VasalisMaria Vasalis was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans. Vasalis is her Latinized maiden name....
- 1975 – Albert AlbertsAlbert AlbertsAlbert Alberts, writing as A. Alberts was a Dutch writer, translator, and journalist. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1975 Constantijn Huygens Prize.- Life :A...
- 1976 – Jan G. ElburgJan G. ElburgJoannes Gommert Elburg, writing as Jan G. Elburg was a Dutch poet. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1976 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:...
- 1977 – Harry MulischHarry MulischHarry 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....
- 1978 – Elisabeth EybersElisabeth EybersElisabeth Françoise Eybers , was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she has translated some of her own work into English....
- 1979 – 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...
- 1980 – Alfred KossmannAlfred KossmannAlfred Kossmann was a Dutch poet and prose writer. Kossmann and his brother Ernst Kossmann, a distinguished Dutch historian, were twins.-Biography:...
- 1981 – Hella S. Haasse
- 1982 – Jan WolkersJan WolkersJan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter.Wolkers is considered one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, along with Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve...
(not accepted) - 1983 – Rob NieuwenhuysRob NieuwenhuysRob Nieuwenhuys was a Dutch writer of Indo descent. The son of a 'Totok' Dutchman and an Indo-European mother, he and his younger brother Roelof, grew up in Batavia, where his father was the managing director of the renowned Hotel des Indes .His Indies childhood profoundly influenced his life...
- 1984 – J. BernlefJ. BernlefJ. Bernlef is a Dutch writer, lyricist, novelist and translator. He made his literary debut with Kokkels in 1960. He became known to a larger public with his novel Hersenschimmen from 1984, which treated the theme of dementia. The book is basis for a film from 1987, and a theatre play from 2006...
- 1985 – Pierre H. DuboisPierre H. DuboisPierre H. Dubois was a Dutch writer and critic. He was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1952, for Een houding in de tijd, and again in 1985.-Works:* 1941 - In den vreemde...
- 1986 – Gerrit KrolGerrit KrolGerrit Krol is a Dutch author, essayist and writer.Krol studied mathematics and worked with Royal Dutch Shell and some of its operating units as computer programmer and system designer. Krol's debut consisted of poems published in 1961 in various Dutch literary magazins. In 1962 his first book De...
- 1987 – Annie M.G. Schmidt
- 1988 – Jacques HamelinkJacques HamelinkJacobus Marinus Hamelink , better known as Jacques Hamelink, is a Dutch poet, novelist, and literary critic, who is best known for his early short story collections such as Het plantaardig bewind en De rudimentaire mens...
- 1989 – Anton KoolhaasAnton KoolhaasAnthonie "Anton" Koolhaas was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer.-Biography:Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trijntje de Boer, and he had two elder brothers and an elder sister. He grew up in Utrecht, where...
- 1990 – Hans FavereyHans FavereyHans Antonius Faverey was a Dutch poet of Surinam descent. Besides being a poet, he was a lecturer at the psychology department of the Universiteit Leiden...
- 1991 – Bert SchierbeekBert SchierbeekLambertus Roelof Schierbeek was a Dutch writer. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1991 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:...
- 1992 – Cees NooteboomCees NooteboomCees 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:...
- 1993 – Jeroen BrouwersJeroen BrouwersJeroen Godfried Marie Brouwers is a Dutch journalist and writer. From 1964 to 1976 Brouwers worked as an editor at Manteau publishers in Brussels...
- 1994 – Judith HerzbergJudith HerzbergJudith Frieda Lina Herzberg is a Dutch Jewish poet.-Life and work:Judith Herzberg is the daughter of Abel Herzberg, and lives alternately in the Netherlands and Israel. She mainly writes poems and plays, and is also working on movies. Herzberg debuted in 1961 as a poet in the weekly Vrij Nederland...
- 1995 – F. SpringerF. SpringerF. Springer was the pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider, a Dutch foreign service diplomat and writer.Schneider was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies...
- 1996 – H.C. ten BergeH.C. ten BergeJohannes Cornelis ten Berge is a Dutch poet, prose writer, and translator, who publishes under the name H.C. ten Berge. He has won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1996 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:* at the Digital library for Dutch literature...
- 1997 – 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...
- 1998 – H.H. ter BalktH.H. ter BalktH.H. ter Balkt is a Dutch poet. He has won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1998 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:* at the Digital library for Dutch literature...
- 1999 – Willem Jan OttenWillem Jan OttenWillem Jan Otten is a Dutch prose writer, playwright and poet. Since 1978 Otten has been married to the Dutch writer Vonne van der Meer.-Biography:...
- 2000 – Charlotte MutsaersCharlotte MutsaersCharlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers is a Dutch painter, prose writer and essayist.- Biography :Born in Utrecht, Charlotte Mutsaers was the daughter of the art historian Barend Mutsaers who worked at Utrecht University. She attended a gymnasium and studied Dutch in Amsterdam. Subsequently she became a...
- 2001 – Louis FerronLouis FerronLouis Ferron was a Dutch novelist and poet.-Biography:Louis Ferron was born in Leiden out of an adulterous relationship between a married German soldier and a waitress from Haarlem named Ferron...
- 2002 – Kees OuwensKees OuwensCornelis Johannes "Kees" Ouwens was a Dutch novelist and poet. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 2002 Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:...
- 2003 – Sybren PoletSybren PoletSybren Polet is the pseudonym of Sybe Minnema , a Dutch prose writer and poet. He has won numerous awards, among them the 2003 Constantijn Huygens Prize....
- 2004 – Willem G. van MaanenWillem G. van MaanenWillem G. van Maanen is a Dutch journalist and writer. He received the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 1983 for Het nichtje van Mozart, and was the 2004 recipient of the Constantijn Huygens Prize.-Reference:...
- 2005 – Marga MincoMarga MincoMarga Minco is the pseudonym of Sara Menco is a Dutch journalist and writer. Her surname was actually Menco, but an official switched the vowel by mistake.- Biography :...
- 2006 – Jacq Firmin VogelaarJacq Firmin VogelaarJacq Firmin Vogelaar is a Dutch writer. In 1992 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel De dood als meisje van acht. In 2006 he won the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his collected works.-References:...
- 2007 – Toon TellegenToon TellegenAntonius Otto Hermannus Tellegen is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for his children's works, especially those involving anthropomorphised ants and squirrels...
- 2008 – Anneke BrassingaAnneke BrassingaAnneke Brassinga is a Dutch writer and translator. She was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 2008, and has received numerous other prizes as well.-Awards:* 2008:Constantijn Huygens Prize...
- 2009 – Arnon GrunbergArnon GrünbergArnon Yasha Yves Grunberg is a Dutch writer. Some of his books were written using the heteronym Marek van der Jagt....
- 2010 – A.L. Snijders
- 2011 - A. F.Th. van der Heijden
External links
- Constantijn Huygens-prijs, official website