The Jan Campert Prize (in Dutch: Jan Campert-prijs) is a Dutch literary prize established in 1948, which is awarded annually for works of poetry by the Jan Campert Foundation. The foundation was created in 1948 to honour

Jan Campert Jan Remco Theodoor Campert (Spijkenisse, 15 August 1902 – 12 January 1943) was a Dutch journalist, theater critic and writer who lived in Amsterdam. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II Campert was arrested for aiding ...

, considered by many to be an icon of the

Dutch resistance The Dutch resistance () to the History of the Netherlands (1939–1945), German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II can be mainly characterized as non-violent. The primary organizers were the Communist Party of the Netherlands, C ...

Winners

Winners include: * 1948: Jan Elburg, ''Klein t(er)reurspel'' * 1949: Michel van der Plas, ''Going my way'' * 1950: Hans Lodeizen, '' Het innerlijke behang'' (postuum) * 1951: Bert Voeten, ''Met het oog op morgen'' * 1952:

Maria Dermoût Maria Dermoût (15 June 1888 – 27 June 1962) was an Indo-European novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature. In December 1958 ''Time'' magazine praised the ...

, ''Nog pas gisteren'' * 1953:

Albert Besnard Paul-Albert Besnard (2 June 1849 – 4 December 1934) was a French painter and printmaker. Biography Besnard was born in Paris and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, studied with Jean Bremond and was influenced by Alexandre Cabanel. He won ...

, ''Doem en dorst'' * 1954: Nes Tergast, ''Werelden'' (geweigerd) * 1955: not awarded * 1956:

Remco Campert Remco Campert (28 July 1929 – 4 July 2022) was a Dutch author, poet and columnist. Early years Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem ''De achttien dooden'', and actress Joekie Bro ...

, ''Met man en muis'' en ''Het huis waar ik woonde'' * 1957: not awarded * 1958: not awarded * 1959:

Sybren Polet Sybe Minnema (June 19, 1924 – July 19, 2015), known by his pen name Sybren Polet, was a Dutch prose writer and poet. He won numerous awards, among them the 2003 Constantijn Huygens Prize. Born in Kampen, he worked as a teacher in Zwolle ...

, ''Geboorte-stad'' * 1960: not awarded * 1961: Ellen Warmond, ''Warmte, een woonplaats'' * 1962: Gerrit Kouwenaar, ''De stem op de 3e etage'' * 1963: Ed. Hoornik, ''De vis/In den vreemde'' * 1964: Louis Th. Lehmann, ''Who's Who in Whatland'' * 1965:

Willem Hussem Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, ...

, ''Schaduw van de hand'' * 1966:

Hanny Michaelis Hanny Michaelis (19 December 1922 – 11 June 2007) was a Dutch poet. The daughter of Alfred Michaelis and Gonda Sara Swaab, both Jewish, she was born in Amsterdam. Her parents were sent to Sobibór in 1943 and never returned. She lived in ...

, ''Onvoorzien'' * 1967: Jozef Eykmans, ''Zonder dansmeester'' * 1968: Hans Vlek, ''Een warm hemd voor de winter'' * 1969:

Rutger Kopland Rutger Kopland (born Rudi van den Hoofdakker) (4 August 1934, Goor Goor () is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located about west of Enschede. Goor received city rights in 1263. Goor was a separate municipality until 2001, ...

, ''Alles op de fiets'' * 1970: Hans Andreus, ''Natuurgedichten en andere'' Campertprijzen1974

* 1971: Paul Snoek, ''Gedichten'' * 1972: Albert Bontridder, ''Zelfverbranding'' * 1973: Hans van den Waarsenburg, ''De vergrijzing'' * 1974:

Hugues C. Pernath Hugues C. Pernath (pseudonym of Hugo Wouters, 15 August 1931 in Borgerhout – 4 June 1975 in Borgerhout) was a Belgium, Belgian writer. Together with Paul Snoek, he founded the avant garde magazine ''Gard Sivik'', and he was a member of the ''Pin ...

, ''Mijn tegenstem'' * 1975: Eddy van Vliet, ''Het grote verdriet'' * 1976: Kees Buddingh', ''Het houdt op met zachtjes regenen'' * 1977: Hans Faverey, ''Chrysanten, roeiers'' * 1978:

Cees Nooteboom Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria "Cees" Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel '' Rituals'' (''Rituelen'', 1980), which won the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his n ...

, ''Open als een schelp: dicht als een steen'' * 1979: Roland Jooris, ''Gedichten 1958-78'' * 1980: Ed Leeflang, ''De hazen en andere gedichten'' * 1981: Judith Herzberg, ''Botshol'' * 1982: Willem van Toorn, ''Het landleven'' * 1983: Robert Anker, ''Van het balkon'' * 1984: Ad Zuiderent, ''Natuurlijk evenwicht'' * 1985: Kees Ouwens, ''Klem'' * 1986:

Herman de Coninck Herman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgium, Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher. Life Herman de Coninck was born in Mechelen, Belgium, where his parents ran a Catholic bookshop. He attended the Sint-Rombou ...

, ''De hectaren van het geheugen'' * 1987: Tom van Deel, ''Achter de waterval'' * 1988: H.H. ter Balkt, ''Aardes deuren'' * 1989: Miriam van Hee, ''Winterhard'' * 1990: Jan Kuijper, ''Tomben'' * 1991: Leonard Nolens, ''Liefdes verklaringen'' * 1992: Willem Jan Otten, ''Paviljoenen'' * 1993:

Toon Tellegen Antonius Otto Hermannus (Toon) Tellegen (born 18 November 1941) is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for children's books, especially those featuring anthropomorphised animals, particularly those about an ant and a squirrel. His writings ...

, ''Een dansschool'' * 1994: Lloyd Haft, ''Atlantis'' * 1995: Eva Gerlach, ''Wat zoekraakt'' * 1996:

Huub Beurskens Huub is a Dutch and Flemish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Huub Bals (1937–1988), the first director and creator of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) *Huub Bertens (born 1960), Dutch bridge player from Tilburg, ...

, ''Iets zo eenvoudigs'' * 1997: Elma van Haren, ''Grondstewardess'' * 1998: Tonnus Oosterhoff, ''Robuuste tongwerken, een stralend plenum'' * 1999: Peter van Lier, ''Gegroet o...'' * 2000: K. Michel, ''Waterstudies'' * 2001: Arjen Duinker, ''De geschiedenis van een opsomming'' * 2002: Menno Wigman, ''Zwart als kaviaar'' * 2003: Jan Eijkelboom, ''Heden voelen mijn voeten zich goed'' * 2004: Mustafa Stitou, ''Varkensroze ansichten'' * 2005: Nachoem Wijnberg, ''Eerst dit dan dat'' * 2006: Esther Jansma, ''Alles is nieuw'' * 2007: Dirk van Bastelaere, ''De voorbode van iets groots'' * 2008: Peter Verhelst, ''Nieuwe Sterrenbeelden'' * 2009: Alfred Schaffer, ''Kooi'' * 2010: Hélène Gelèns, ''zet af en zweef'' * 2011: Erik Spinoy, ''Dode kamer'' * 2012: Wouter Godijn, ''Hoe H.H. de wereld redde'' * 2013: Micha Hamel, ''Bewegend doel'' * 2014: Piet Gerbrandy, ''Vlinderslag'' * 2015:

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born 17 January 1968) is a Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classical scholar. He was born in Rijswijk, Netherlands, and studied, lived and worked in Leiden, and he moved permanently to Genoa, Italy, in 2008. Biogra ...

, ''Idyllen'' * 2016: Jan Baeke, ''Seizoensroddel'' * 2017: Marije Langelaar, ''Vonkt'' * 2018: , ''Niemandslandnacht'' * 2019: Paul Demets, ''De Klaverknoop'' * 2020: Maud Vanhauwaert, ''Het stad in mij'' * 2021: Mischa Andriessen, ''Het drogsyndicaat'' * 2022: Dominique De Groen, ''Slangen'' * 2023: Rozalie Hirs, ''Ecologica''

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