Literary awards by country

Literary awards in Netherlands

19 literary prizes awarded in Netherlands, with founding years, organisers and recent winners.

NameFoundedDescription
Dutch Literature Prize1956Oeuvre prize awarded every three years by the Nederlandse Taalunie for literary works…
P.C. Hooft Award1947Series of annual Dutch language literary lifetime achievement awards for prose…
Constantijn Huygens Prize1948Annually awarded Dutch literary prize for complete oeuvres, named after the poet…
Anne Frank Prize1957Award
Stripschapprijs1974Dutch comics award (1974–)
Gouden Ezelsoor1979Dutch annual literary award for the best-selling literary debut in the Netherlands
Tollensprijs1902
Gouden Griffel—Dutch literature award for the best children's book written in Dutch
Paul Harland Prize1976Literary award
Multatuli Award1972Dutch literary award (1972-2002)
C. Buddingh'-prijs1988Dutch literary award (1988-)
Woutertje Pieterse prize1988Dutch literary award for the best Dutch children's literature from the previous year.
Boekenbon Literatureprize—Annual Dutch literary award sponsored by Bookspot (2018 and 2019), ECI (2015-2017) and AKO
Europese Literatuurprijs—Dutch literature prize
De Gouden Ganzenveer1955Dutch literary prize that is awarded to a person or organisation to honour their…
Libris Literature Prize1994Annual Dutch literary award for the best original Dutch novel from the previous year.…
Libris History Award—Dutch literary award
Nienke van Hichtum-prijs1964Series of biennial Dutch youth literature prizes from the municipality of The Hague.…
Unleash Award—Award