Certamen poeticum Hoeufftianum
The Certamen poeticum Hoeufftianum (also Certamen Hoeufftianum ) was the most important literary prize for neo-Latin poetry of its time , donated by a legacy of the Dutch lawyer and neo-Latin poet Jacob Hendrik Hoeufft († 1843) and once a year from 1844–1978 Jury of the Dutch Academy of Sciences .
The entries were to be submitted anonymously by the participants, only marked with a motto . The judges ( iudicatores ) of the academy selected a first prize winner and further, special praise ( magnae laudis ) worthy contributions. The prize for the winner consisted of a 250-gram commemorative medal in gold and the publication of his work at the expense of the Academy. The works that received praise were also published, provided their authors agreed and wanted to acknowledge their work by name.
The most successful German participant was Hermann Weller , who took part a total of twenty-three times, won first prize thirteen times and was one of those honored with magna laus in all other cases . The most important Italian participant was the author Giovanni Pascoli , known above all for his Italian poems , who was also awarded thirteen first prizes and fifteen times the magna laus , but in nine cases did not want to acknowledge his submissions, so that these were not published stayed.
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literature
- Vito R. Giustiniani: Neo-Latin poetry in Italy 1850–1950 . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1979 (= supplements to the journal for Romance philology, 173), pp. 99–108
- Dirk Sacré: "Et Batavi sudamus adhuc sudore Latino?" Het Certamen Hoeufftianum . In: Hermeneus . Volume 65, No. 2, 1993, pp. 120-124
- Jan Hendrik Waszink: De poesi neolatina Batavorum deque certamine poetico Hoeufftiano . In: Institutum Romanis studiis Provehendis (ed.): Acta omnium gentium ac nationum conventus Latinis litteris linguaeque fovendis a die XIV ad diem XVIII mensis Aprilis a. MDCCCCLXVI Romae habiti . Colombo, Rome 1968, pp. 281-290