Constantijn Huygens Prize

Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs)
Awarded for	Literature
Presented by	Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting)
Country	Netherlands
First awarded	1947

The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs) is a Dutch literary award.

History

Since 1947, it has been awarded each year for an author's complete works by the Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting).

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.^{[clarification needed]}

There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers refused to accept the award.^[1]

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 – F. 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 J. 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 (not accepted) 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

See also

	Literature portal
	Netherlands portal

• List of literary awards

References

1. ^^{[dead link]} See website Jan Campert-stichting.