
The Nederlands Letterenfonds ("Dutch Foundation for Literature") is a Dutch organization that promotes Dutch literature at home and abroad. The Letterenfonds represents Dutch authors at such events as the
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: , FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. The five-day annual event in mid-October is held at the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds in Frankfurt am ...
, and awards a number of prizes for writers and translators.
Its current president is
Romkje de Bildt.
Among the prizes the Nederlands Letterenfonds awards are the
Toneelschrijfprijs, the
Europese Literatuurprijs and the
Vondel Prize
The Vondel Prize is a literary translation prize for full-length works from the Dutch language, Dutch into English. The prize was established in 1996 by the Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch-language literature, Dutch literatur ...
.
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Cultural promotion organizations
Foundations based in the Netherlands
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