Diamanten Kogel
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The Diamanten Kogel is an annual award for the best original Dutch crime novel. It is awarded by the Genootschap van Vlaamse Misdaadauteurs in Belgium. The Gouden Strop
is its counterpart in the Netherlands.
The award consists of a silver
knuckle-duster with four diamonds, designed by Wim Delvoye
.
Gouden Strop
The Gouden Strop is the annual award for the best Dutch crime novel in the Netherlands. The prize has been awarded since 1986. The winner receives € 10,000 and a statuette. Its Belgian equivalent is the Diamanten Kogel The Gouden Strop (i.e. 'Golden Noose') is the annual award for the best Dutch...
is its counterpart in the Netherlands.
The award consists of a silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...
knuckle-duster with four diamonds, designed by Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. He repeatedly links the attractive with the repulsive, creating work that holds within it inherent contradictions- one does not know whether to stare, be...
.
Winners
- 2010: Wrede schoonheid Mieke de Loof
- 2009: Stiletto Libretto Bavo Dhooge
- 2008: Pentito Simon de WaalSimon de WaalSimon de Waal is a Dutch writer.He has specialized in television and film scripts, he won the Golden Calf in 2000 , for best screenplay for the film Leak.Leak also won best film, best director and best actor, and several international awards, making it one of the most successful Dutch films...
- 2007: Starr 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...
- 2006: Het diepe water Felix ThijssenFelix ThijssenFelix Thijssen is a Dutch author of crime novels, science fiction novels and books for children. He now lives in France. In 1999 he won the "Gouden Strop", prize for the best Dutch crime novel, for "Cleopatra"...
- 2005: Onder druk Esther Verhoef
- 2004: Medeschuldig Bob MendesBob MendesDavid Mendes pseudonym Bob Mendes is a Belgian accountant and writer of detective stories. He graduated in accountancy, fiscal duties and business administration and started his professional career as an accountant....
- 2003: Dossier K. 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...
- 2002: De Emerson locomotief Benny Baudewyns