Woutertje Pieterse Prijs

The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋʌutərtɕə ˈpitərse ˈprɛis]; Dutch for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best children's book of the preceding year.^[1]

Woutertje Pieterse Prijs
Awarded for	Award for best children's book
Country	Netherlands
Reward(s)	€15,000[1]
First award	1988[2]

Woutertje Pieterse and Femke (statue by Frits Sieger in Amsterdam)

History

The award was first given in 1988.^[2] The winner of the prize receives €15,000, the highest amount among Dutch literary awards for children's literature.^{[1][2][3][update]} The award is awarded annually in March or April.^[3]

The award is named after the character Woutertje Pieterse in Ideeën written by Multatuli.^[3] The award's name refers to the character's curiosity and tendency to go against society's morals.^[3][4] Similarly, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs is awarded to books that differ from children's literature with a didactic or moralistic nature.^[4]

Some authors have received the award multiple times, including Toon Tellegen (1992, 1994),^[5][6] Joke van Leeuwen (1997, 1999),^[7][8] and Paul Biegel (1991, 2000).^[9][10] In 2018, Annet Schaap with her book Lampje was the first author to receive this award with a debut novel.^[1] Jaap Lamberton is the only person to have received the award posthumously (in 1993).^[11][update]

The prize money has been provided by various organisations over the years, including the Lirafonds and Bruna.^[2] The award was sponsored by Lirafonds until 2014 and by Bruna in 2015, 2016 and 2017.^[2] The 2018 edition of the award was sponsored using one-off funding. The 2019 and 2020 editions of the award were sponsored by the Brook Foundation and Stichting De Versterking.^[2]

Winners

• 1988 - Imme Dros, Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht^[12]
• 1989 - Margriet Heymans, Lieveling, boterbloem^[13][14]
• 1990 - Anne Vegter and Geerten Ten Bosch, De dame en de neushoorn^[15]
• 1991 - Paul Biegel, Anderland: een Brandaan mythe^[9]
• 1992 - Toon Tellegen, Juffrouw Kachel^[5]
• 1993 - Jaap Lamberton (awarded posthumously), Een heel lief konijn, written by Imme Dros^[11]
• 1994 - Toon Tellegen, Bijna iedereen kon omvallen^[6]
• 1995 - Anne Provoost, Vallen^[16]
• 1996 - Anton Quintana, Het boek van Bod Pa^[17]
• 1997 - Joke van Leeuwen, Iep!^[7]
• 1998 - Wim Hofman, Zwart als inkt^[18]
• 1999 - Joke van Leeuwen and Malika Blain, Bezoekjaren^[8]
• 2000 - Paul Biegel, Laatste verhalen van de eeuw^[10]
• 2001 - Bart Moeyaert, Broere^[19][20]
• 2002 - Peter van Gestel, Winterijs^[21]
• 2003 - Guus Kuijer, Ik ben Polleke hoor!^[22]
• 2004 - Edward van de Vendel and Fleur van der Weel, Superguppie^[23]
• 2005 - Thé Tjong-Khing, Waar is de taart?^[24]
• 2006 - Harrie Geelen and Imme Dros, Bijna jarig^[25][26]
• 2007 - Harm de Jonge, Josja Pruis^[27][28]
• 2008 - Hans Hagen, Verkocht^[29][30]
• 2009 - Peter Verhelst and Carll Cneut, Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal^[31]
• 2010 - Carli Biessels, Juwelen van stras^[32][33]
• 2011 - Benny Lindelauf, De hemel van Heivisj^[34]
• 2012 - Ted van Lieshout, Driedelig paard^[35][36]
• 2013 - Kristien Dieltiens, Kelderkind^[37][38]
• 2014 - Marjolijn Hof, De regels van drie^[39][40]
• 2015 - Bette Westera and Sylvia Weve, Doodgewoon^[41][42]
• 2016 - Edward van de Vendel and Martijn van der Linden, Stem op de okapi^[43][44]
• 2017 - Gerda Dendooven, Stella, ster van de zee^[45][46]
• 2018 - Annet Schaap, Lampje^[47][1]
• 2019 - Kathleen Vereecken and Charlotte Peys, Alles komt goed, altijd^[48][49]
• 2020 - Bette Westera and Sylvia Weve, Uit elkaar^[50][51]
• 2021 - Benny Lindelauf and Ludwig Volbeda, Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat^[52]
• 2022 - Raoul Deleo and Noah J. Stern, Terra Ultima^[53]
• 2023 - Bibi Dumon Tak and Annemarie van Haeringen, Vandaag houd ik mijn spreekbeurt over de anaconda^[54]
• 2024 – Tjibbe Veldkamp and Mark Janssen, De jongen die van de wereld hield^[55]
• 2025 – Ludwig Volbeda, Oever^[56]