Gouden Ezelsoor ("Golden Donkey Ear") was an award for the best-selling literary debut in the Netherlands. It was first awarded in 1979 and last awarded in 2008.

Recipients

* 1979: Monica Sauwer for ''Mooie boel'' * 1980: Alexander van Es for ''Anatomie van het gevoel'' * 1981:

Richard Steegen Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and ...

for ''Pakken...gepakt'' * 1982: Annie van de Oever for ''Dame in broekpak'' * 1983: ''two recipients'' ** René Stoute for ''Op de rug van vuile zwanen'' **

Veronica Hazelhoff Veronica Hazelhoff (22 February 1947 – 1 July 2009) was a Dutch author of children's literature. Career Hazelhoff made her debut in 1981 with the book ''Nou moe!'' She won the Gouden Ezelsoor award as well as the Zilveren Griffel award fo ...

for ''Nou moe!'' * 1984:

Tessa de Loo Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit. Biography Born in Bussum in North Holland, de Loo was the oldest of three children. After matriculating from ...

for ''De meisjes van de suikerwerkfabriek'' * 1985:

Adriaan van Dis Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, wa ...

for ''Nathan Sid'' * 1986:

Fleur Bourgonje Fleur(s) is French for flower(s). Fleur(s) may refer to: Music * Flëur, a Ukrainian band * ''Fleurs'' (Franco Battiato album), 1999 * ''Fleurs'' (Former Ghosts album), 2009 * ''Les Fleurs'' (album), by Ramsey Lewis, 1983 *''Fleurs 2'', a 200 ...

for ''De terugkeer'' * 1987:

Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century. He was co-director and ...

for ''Voor een verloren soldaat'' * 1988:

Hanny Alders Hanny may refer to: First name: * Hanny Kellner (1892-?), Austrian diver who competed in the 1912 Olympics * Hanny Michaelis (1922–2007), Dutch poet * Hanny Nahmias (born 1959), Israeli singer, actress, writer and television personality * Hanny S ...

for ''Non nobis'' * 1989:

Margriet de Moor Margaretha Maria Antonetta 'Margriet' de Moor (''née'' Neefjes; born 1941) is a Dutch pianist and writer of novels and essays. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs for her novel ''Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw'' (1991). Life and career Margaretha M ...

for ''Op de rug gezien'' * 1990:

Lisette Lewin Lisette may refer to: People: *Jean Lisette Aroeste (1932-2020), ''Star Trek'' fan who sold scripts to the program *Lisette de Brinon (1896–1982), the Jewish wife of the pro-Nazi French collaborator, Fernand de Brinon * Lisette Burrows, New Zeal ...

for ''Voor bijna alles bang geweest'' * 1991:

Ernst Timmer Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born 1 ...

for ''Het waterrad van Ribe'' * 1992:

Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...

for ''De wetten'' * 1993:

Ronald Giphart Ronald Edgar Giphart (born 17 December 1965, in Dordrecht) is a Dutch writer. His best known books, '' Ik ook van jou'' (1992), '' Phileine zegt sorry'' (1996) and ''Ik omhels je met 1000 armen ''A Thousand Kisses'' () is a 2006 Dutch drama fil ...

for ''Ik ook van jou'' * 1994: Kader Abdolah for ''De adelaars'' * 1996:

Arnon Grunberg Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg (; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been transl ...

for ''Blauwe maandagen'' * 1997:

Ineke Holtwijk Ineke is a Dutch feminine given name. It originated as a diminutive of Ina, which can be a short form of a number names, like Catharina, Gesina, Hendrina, Klazina, etc. It is also a rare possibly matronymic surname in the Netherlands.

for ''Kannibalen van Rio'' * 1998: Lulu Wang for ''Het lelietheater'' * 1999:

Jessica Durlacher Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Wint ...

for ''Het geweten'' * 2000:

Erwin Mortier Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005–2006). He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like '' De Morgen'' and p ...

for ''Marcel'' * 2001: Maya Rasker for ''Met onbekende bestemming'' * 2002: Khalid Boudou for ''Het schnitzelparadijs'' * 2003: Judith Koelemeijer for ''Het zwijgen van Maria Zachea'' * 2004: ''not awarded'' * 2005: Annelies Verbeke for ''Slaap!'' * 2006: Gerbrand Bakker for ''Boven is het stil'' * 2007: ''not awarded'' * 2008:

Christiaan Weijts Christiaan is a Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans male given name. An archaic spelling of the name was Christiaen with "ae" to indicate the long sound "a". People with the name include: *Christiaan van Adrichem (1533–1585), Dutch Catholic priest a ...

for ''Art.285b''

References

1979 establishments in the Netherlands 2008 disestablishments in the Netherlands Awards disestablished in 2008 Awards established in 1979 Dutch literary awards {{lit-award-stub