Constantijn Huygens Prize

The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch literary award.

History
Since 1947, it has been awarded each year for an author's complete works by the Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting), a foundation named in honor of the Dutch writer Jan Campert who died while helping Jews during World War II. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.

it comes with a monetary award of €12,000.

There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers refused to accept the award.

List of laureates



 * 1947 – P.N. van Eyck
 * 1948 – Adriaan Roland Holst
 * 1949 – J.C. Bloem
 * 1950 – Geerten Gossaert
 * 1951 – Willem Elsschot
 * 1952 – Pierre H. Dubois
 * 1953 – Martinus Nijhoff (posthumously awarded)
 * 1954 – Jan Engelman
 * 1955 – Simon Vestdijk
 * 1956 – Pierre Kemp
 * 1957 – Ferdinand Bordewijk
 * 1958 – Victor E. van Vriesland
 * 1959 – Gerrit Achterberg
 * 1960 – Anton van Duinkerken
 * 1961 – Simon Carmiggelt
 * 1962 – Hendrik de Vries
 * 1963 – Jan van Nijlen
 * 1964 – Abel Herzberg
 * 1965 – Lucebert
 * 1966 – Louis Paul Boon
 * 1967 – Jan Greshoff
 * 1968 – not awarded
 * 1969 – Maurice Gilliams
 * 1970 – Annie Romein-Verschoor
 * 1971 – F.C. Terborgh
 * 1972 – Han G. Hoekstra
 * 1973 – Beb Vuyk
 * 1974 – M. Vasalis
 * 1975 – Albert Alberts
 * 1976 – Jan G. Elburg
 * 1977 – Harry Mulisch
 * 1978 – Elisabeth Eybers
 * 1979 – Hugo Claus
 * 1980 – Alfred Kossmann
 * 1981 – Hella S. Haasse
 * 1982 – Jan Wolkers (declined)
 * 1983 – Rob Nieuwenhuys
 * 1984 – J. Bernlef
 * 1985 – Pierre H. Dubois
 * 1986 – Gerrit Krol
 * 1987 – Annie M.G. Schmidt
 * 1988 – Jacques Hamelink
 * 1989 – Anton Koolhaas
 * 1990 – Hans Faverey
 * 1991 – Bert Schierbeek
 * 1992 – Cees Nooteboom
 * 1993 – Jeroen Brouwers
 * 1994 – Judith Herzberg
 * 1995 – F. Springer
 * 1996 – H.C. ten Berge
 * 1997 – Leonard Nolens
 * 1998 – H.H. ter Balkt
 * 1999 – Willem Jan Otten
 * 2000 – Charlotte Mutsaers
 * 2001 – Louis Ferron
 * 2002 – Kees Ouwens
 * 2003 – Sybren Polet
 * 2004 – Willem G. van Maanen
 * 2005 – Marga Minco
 * 2006 – Jacq Firmin Vogelaar
 * 2007 – Toon Tellegen
 * 2008 – Anneke Brassinga
 * 2009 – Arnon Grunberg
 * 2010 – A.L. Snijders
 * 2011 – A. F. Th. van der Heijden
 * 2012 – Joke van Leeuwen
 * 2013 – Tom Lanoye
 * 2014 – Mensje van Keulen
 * 2015 – Adriaan van Dis
 * 2016 – Atte Jongstra
 * 2017 – Hans Tentije
 * 2018 – Nelleke Noordervliet
 * 2019 – Stefan Hertmans
 * 2020 – Guus Kuijer
 * 2021 – Peter Verhelst
 * 2022 – Marion Bloem