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 Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch literary award.[1]

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

As of 2010 it comes with a monetary award of €10,000.[2]

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

List of laureates

References

  1. ^ Constantijn Huygens-prijs, official website (Dutch)
  2. ^ About the prize, official website. (Dutch)

External links

Literature portal
Netherlands portal