Constantijn Huygens Prize

The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch literary award.^[1]

Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs)
Awarded for	Literature
Country	Netherlands
Presented by	Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting)
First award	1947
Website	https://literatuurmuseum.nl/literatuurprijzen/constantijn-huygens-prijs

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 Campert who died while helping Jews during World War II. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.

As of 2019^[update] it comes with a monetary award of €12,000.^[2]

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

List of laureates

Louis Paul Boon (1966)

Adriaan van Dis (Constantijn Huygens Prize 2015)

• 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 – Ferdinand 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 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 (declined)
• 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
• 2011 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden
• 2012 – Joke van Leeuwen
• 2013 – Tom Lanoye
• 2014 – Mensje van Keulen
• 2015 – Adriaan van Dis
• 2016 – Atte Jongstra
• 2017 – Hans Tentije
• 2018 – Nelleke Noordervliet
• 2019 – Stefan Hertmans
• 2020 – Guus Kuijer
• 2021 – Peter Verhelst
• 2022 – Marion Bloem