Literary award · Netherlands · since 1947
P.C. Hooft Award
Series of annual Dutch language literary lifetime achievement awards for prose (fiction), essays (non-fiction) and poetry, from 1947 until present, named after the poet P.C. Hooft. Established 1947 in Netherlands.
About P.C. Hooft Award
The P.C. Hooft Award (in Dutch: P.C. Hooft-prijs), inaugurated in 1948, is a Dutch-language literary lifetime-achievement award named after 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. The award is made annually.
From the Wikipedia article “P. C. Hooft Award”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Anja Meulenbelt | — |
| 2025 | Maarten 't Hart | — |
| 2024 | Astrid Lampe | — |
| 2023 | Tijs Goldschmidt | — |
| 2022 | Arnon Grunberg | — |
| 2021 | Alfred Schaffer | — |
| 2020 | Max Drenth | — |
| 2019 | Marga Minco | — |
| 2018 | Nachoem Wijnberg | — |
| 2017 | Bas Heijne | — |
| 2016 | Astrid Roemer | — |
| 2015 | Anneke Brassinga | — |
| 2014 | Willem Jan Otten | — |
| 2013 | A.F.Th. van der Heijden | — |
| 2012 | Tonnus Oosterhoff | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the P.C. Hooft Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1379623 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).