The Toneelschrijfprijs is an annual

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awarded to the

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s of a Dutch-language play that debuted in the preceding season. The award ceremony is held in either

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or the

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. The prize was first awarded in 1988 as the ''Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs''. The award was renamed in 1993 to ''Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs'' and in 2018 to ''Toneelschrijfprijs''. As of 2018 the prize is a collaboration between the

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(Dutch Language Union), the Fonds Podiumkunsten, the Nederlands Letterenfonds and the

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Winners

Nederlands-Vlaamse Toneelschrijfprijs

* 1988: Frans Strijards, ''Hitchcocks driesprong'' * 1989: Judith Herzberg, ''Kras'' * 1990:

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, ''Mouchette'' * 1990: Alex van Warmerdam, ''Het Noorderkwartier'' * 1991: Jan Decorte, ''Meneer, de zot en het kind'' * 1992: Suzanne van Lohuizen, ''Het huis van mijn leven'' and ''Heb je mijn kleine jongen gezien''

Taalunie Toneelschrijfprijs

* 1993: Tom Jansen, ''SCHADE/Schade'' * 1994: Karst Woudstra, ''De stille grijzen van een winterse dag in Oostende'' * 1995: Koos Terpstra, ''De Troje Trilogie'' * 1996: Rob de Graaf, ''2Skin'' * 1997: Geertui Daem, ''Het moederskind'' * 1998: Peer Wittenbols, ''April (1864 - 1889)'' * 1999: Paul Pourveur, ''Stiefmoeders'' * 2000:

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, ''Geen lied'' * 2001: Luk Perceval and Peter Verhelst, ''Aars!'' * 2002: Peter de Graef, ''Niks'' * 2003: Jeroen van den Berg, ''Blowing'' * 2004:

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, ''Die Siel van die Mier'' * 2005:

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, Antoine Uitdehaag and Anne Vegter, ''Struisvogels op de Coolsingel'' * 2006: Kris Cuppens, ''Lied'' * 2007: Rob de Graaf, ''Vrede'' * 2008: Filip Vanluchene, ''Citytrip'' * 2009: Stijn Devillé, ''Hitler is dood'' * 2010: Lot Vekemans, ''Gif'' * 2011: Alex van Warmerdam, ''Bij het kanaal naar links'' * 2012:

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, ''Mehmet de Veroveraar'' * 2013:

Bernard Dewulf Bernard Dewulf (30 January 1960 – 23 December 2021) was a Belgian poet and journalist. He died in Antwerp on 23 December 2021, at the age of 61. Publications *''Waar de egel gaat'' (1995) *''Bijlichtingen. Kijken naar schilders'' (2001) *''De ...

, ''Een lolita'' * 2014: Freek Vielen, ''Dracula'' * 2015: Freek Mariën, ''Wachten en andere heldendaden'' * 2016: Magne van den Berg, ''Ik speel geen Medea'' * 2017:

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. Biogr ...

, ''De advocaat''

Toneelschrijfprijs

* 2018:

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, ''The Nation'' * 2019: Nima Mohaghegh and Saman Amini, ''A Seat at the Table'' * 2020: Casper Vandeputte and

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, ''Immens'' * 2021: Not awarded due to

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* 2022:

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and

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, ''Het waarom beantwoord''

References

Dramatist and playwright awards Belgian literary awards Dutch literary awards Awards established in 1988 1988 establishments in the Netherlands {{lit-award-stub