The P.C. Hooft Award (in Dutch: P.C. Hooft-prijs), inaugurated in 1948, is a

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literary lifetime-achievement award named after 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. The award is made annually.

Background

Established in 1948, initially as an award of the state, winners are selected from alternating categories: prose (fiction), essays (non-fiction) and poetry. Winners of the prize receive . In 1984, the relationship between the State of the Netherlands and the independent Foundation that puts forward the winner came under pressure when the jury nominated columnist

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. The Minister of Culture at the time, Elco Brinkman, refused to award the prize to Corstius because of Corstius' perceived inappropriate comments against the government and the then Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. As a result of the uproar, the prize was not awarded in 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1987, with a re-established fully independent committee, the prize was as yet awarded to Corstius.

Award winners

* 1947 – Amoene van Haersolte * 1947 – Arthur van Schendel * 1948 –

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* 1949 – Gerrit Achterberg * 1950 – Simon Vestdijk * 1951 –

E. J. Dijksterhuis Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis (28 October 1892, in Tilburg – 18 May 1965, in De Bilt) was a Dutch historian of science. Career Dijksterhuis studied mathematics at the University of Groningen from 1911 to 1918. His Ph.d. thesis was entitled "A Contrib ...

* 1952 –

J. C. Bloem Jakobus Cornelis (Jacques) Bloem (10 May 1887, Oudshoorn – 10 August 1966, Kalenberg) was a Dutch poet and essayist. Between 1921 and 1958 he published fourteen volumes of poetry. In 1949 he won the Constantijn Huygensprijs, one of the country ...

* 1953 – Ferdinand Bordewijk * 1954 – L. J. Rogier * 1955 –

Adriaan Roland Holst Adriaan Roland Holst (Amsterdam, 23 May 1888 – Bergen, North Holland, 5 August 1976) was a Dutch writer, nicknamed the "Prince of Dutch Poets". He was the second winner, in 1948, of the Constantijn Huygens Prize. He was nominated for t ...

* 1956 –

Anna Blaman Anna Blaman, pseudonym of Johanna Petronella Vrugt, (31 January 1905 – 13 July 1960) was a Dutch writer and poet. She was a recipient of the P. C. Hooft Award. The literary award Anna Blaman Prijs is named after her. Biography The daughte ...

* 1957 –

Pieter Geyl Pieter Catharinus Arie Geyl (15 December 1887, Dordrecht – 31 December 1966, Utrecht) was a Dutch historian, well known for his studies in early modern Dutch history and in historiography. Background Geyl was born in Dordrecht and graduated ...

* 1958 – Pierre Kemp * 1959 – not awarded * 1960 –

Victor E. van Vriesland Victor Emanuel van Vriesland (27 October 1892, Haarlem – 29 October 1974, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Jewish writer and critic. Biography He studied at the gymnasium in The Hague and then at the University of Dijon. He was literary and artistic ...

* 1961 – H. W. J. M. Keuls * 1962 – Theun de Vries * 1963 – F. G. L. van der Meer * 1964 – Leo Vroman * 1965 – not awarded * 1966 –

Anton van Duinkerken Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Antonius Asselbergs (2 January 1903 in Bergen op Zoom – 27 June 1968 in Nijmegen), better known under his pseudonym Anton van Duinkerken, was a Dutch poet, essayist, and academic. Asselbergs considered a career as a pr ...

* 1967 – Lucebert * 1968 – Gerard Kornelis van het Reve * 1969 – not awarded * 1970 –

Gerrit Kouwenaar Gerrit Kouwenaar (9 August 1923 – 4 September 2014) was a Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer. Biography Kouwenaar was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. In the early 1940s, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, he w ...

* 1971 – Willem Frederik Hermans (award refused) * 1972 – Abel J. Herzberg * 1973 – Hendrik de Vries * 1974 –

Simon Carmiggelt Simon Carmiggelt (7 October 1913 – 30 November 1987) was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances. Biography Simon Johann ...

* 1975 – Rudy Kousbroek * 1976 –

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 ...

* 1977 –

Harry Mulisch Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch ( ; 29 July 1927 – 30 October 2010) was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages. Along with Wi ...

* 1978 –

Cornelis Verhoeven Cornelis Verhoeven (2 February 1928 – 11 June 2001) was a Dutch philosopher and writer. Early life and education Verhoeven was born in Udenhout, the fourth child of seven from a farmer's family in the south of the Netherlands. He attended a ...

* 1979 – Ida Gerhardt * 1980 –

Willem Brakman Willem Pieter Jacobus Brakman (13 June 19228 May 2008) was a Dutch writer who made his literary debut with the novel ''Een winterreis'' in 1961. Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.Karel van het Reve Karel van het Reve (19 May 1921 – 4 March 1999) was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on Russian literature. He was born in Amsterdam and was raised as a communist. He lost his 'faith' in his twentie ...

* 1982 –

M. Vasalis M. Vasalis, pseudonym for ''Margaretha (Kiekie) Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans'' (13 February 1909 in The Hague – 16 October 1998 in Roden, Drenthe, Roden) was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. The pseudonym 'Vasalis' is a Latinization of her ...

* 1983 –

Hella S. Haasse Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse (2 February 1918 – 29 September 2011) was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel ''Oeroeg'' (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her ...

* 1984 – not awarded * 1985 – not awarded * 1986 – not awarded * 1987 –

* 1988 – Rutger Kopland * 1989 – Jan Wolkers (award refused) * 1990 – Kees Fens * 1991 – Elisabeth Eybers * 1992 –

Anton Koolhaas Anthonie "Anton" Koolhaas (16 November 1912 – 16 December 1992) was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer. Biography Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trij ...

* 1993 – Gerrit Komrij * 1994 –

J. Bernlef Hendrik Jan Marsman (14 January 1937 – 29 October 2012), better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous ...

* 1995 – A. Alberts * 1996 –

K. Schippers Gerard Stigter (6 November 1936 – 12 August 2021), known by the pseudonym K. Schippers, was a Dutch poet, prose writer and art critic. Credited with having introduced the readymade as a poetic form, the whole of his work is dedicated to looking ...

* 1997 – Judith Herzberg * 1998 –

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* 1999 – Arthur Lehning * 2000 –

Eva Gerlach Eva Gerlach (born April 9, 1948) is a Dutch poet. She also writes under the name Margaret Dijkstra. Biography She was born in Amsterdam. In 1979, she published her first collection of poetry ''Verder geen leed'' (No Further Distress) in 1979. It ...

* 2001 – Gerrit Krol * 2002 –

Sem Dresden Samuel "Sem" Dresden (April 20, 1881 in Amsterdam – July 30, 1957 at The Hague) was a Dutch conductor, composer, and teacher. Life Dresden was born into a Jewish diamond-broking family and initially studied musical theory with Fred Roeske and c ...

* 2003 –

H. H. ter Balkt Herman Hendrik ter Balkt (17 September 1938 – 9 March 2015) was a Dutch poet. He won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1988 Jan Campert Prize, the 1998 Constantijn Huygens Prize and the 2003 P. C. Hooft Award. He was born i ...

* 2004 –

Cees Nooteboom Cees Nooteboom (; born 31 July 1933) is a Dutch novelist, poet and journalist. After the attention received by his novel ''Rituelen'' (''Rituals'', 1980), which received the Pegasus Prize, it was the first of his novels to be translated into an ...

* 2005 – Frédéric Bastet * 2006 –

H. C. ten Berge Johannes Cornelis (Hans) ten Berge (born 24 December 1938, in Alkmaar) is a Dutch poet, prose writer, and translator, who publishes under the name H.C. ten Berge. He has won numerous awards throughout his career, among them the 1996 Constantijn H ...

* 2007 – Maarten Biesheuvel * 2008 – Abram de Swaan * 2009 –

Hans Verhagen Hans Verhagen (3 March 1939 – 10 April 2020) was a Dutch journalist, poet, painter and filmmaker, born in Vlissingen. He gained the P. C. Hooft Award in 2009 "for his humour, his engagement, his poetic daring and whimsy."Charlotte Mutsaers Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mutsaers (; born 2 November 1942) is a Dutch painter, prose writer and essayist. She won the Constantijn Huygens Prize (2000) and the P. C. Hooft Award (2010) for her literary oeuvre. Biography Charlotte Jacoba Maria Mut ...

* 2011 – H. J. A. Hofland * 2012 –

Tonnus Oosterhoff Tonnus Oosterhoff (Leiden, 18 March 1953) is a Dutch poet and writer. Biography Born in Leiden, Tonnus Oosterhoff spent most of life in the Dutch province of Groningen. He studied Dutch literature and linguistics at the University of Groningen. ...

* 2013 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden * 2014 –

Willem Jan Otten Willem Jan Otten (born 4 October 1951) is a Dutch prose writer, playwright and poet, who in 2014 won the P. C. Hooft Award for lifetime literary achievement. Biography Otten was born in Amsterdam as the son of the musicians Marijke Ferguson and ...

* 2015 – Anneke Brassinga * 2016 – Astrid Roemer * 2017 –

Bas Heijne Bastiaan Johan "Bas" Heijne (; born 9 January 1960) is a Dutch writer and translator. Early life and education Bastiaan Johan Heijne was born in Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 9 January 1960. He studied English language and literature at the ...

* 2018 - Nachoem Wijnberg * 2019 -

Marga Minco Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco; born 31 March 1920) is a Dutch journalist and writer. Biography Born in Ginneken en Bavel, Ginneken to an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish family, Minco began work as a trainee journalist on the ''Bred ...

* 2020 - Maxim Februari * 2021 - Alfred Schaffer * 2022 - Arnon GrunbergSchrijver Arnon Grunberg wint P.C. Hooftprijs
(in Dutch), RTL Nieuws, 13 December 2021. Uitreiking van de Staatsprijs voor Letterkunde in het Muiderslot Weeknummer 54-22 - Open Beelden - 30893.ogv, F. Bordewijk (1953) (short film) BlamanPCHooft.jpg,

(1956) KlompeVanDuinkerken.jpg,

(1966) KlompeReve.jpg, Gerard Reve (1968) Prof. Karel van het Reve ontvangt PC Hooftprijs op Muiderslot Karel van het Rev, Bestanddeelnr 932-1722.jpg,

Karel van het Reve Karel van het Reve (19 May 1921 – 4 March 1999) was a Dutch writer, translator and literary historian, teaching and writing on Russian literature. He was born in Amsterdam and was raised as a communist. He lost his 'faith' in his twentie ...

(1981) Hugo Brandt Corstius ontvangt PC Hooftprijs 1987 uit handen prof. Dresden (l) vo, Bestanddeelnr 934-2598.jpg,

(1987)

References

External links

Website of the P.C. Hooft Award
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