Fintro Literature Prize

The Fintro Literature Prize (Flemish: Fintro Literatuurprijs ), until 2013 the Golden Book Owl (De Gouden Boekenuil), is a Belgian prize for original Dutch- language literature.

developments

The 1995 Literature Prize was awarded for the first time. From the beginning until 2010 it was called Gouden Uil (Golden Owl), but was continued under the new name De Gouden Boekenuil after a financial crisis in 2012 . In the first five years, the Golden Owl Prize had three categories: fiction novels, children's and young people's books and non-fiction. From 2000, instead of the non-fiction award, a reader jury award was offered. It stayed the same for the next nine years. From 2009 a youth reader award was also awarded. However, the expansion only lasted for over two years, since the financing broke away. In 2011 there was no award. From 2012, this literary award was then slimmed down with only two categories: the 'De Gouden Boekenuil' literary award and the reader's jury award. The main prize winner receives 25,000 euros and a work of art statuette, while the audience prize winner, determined by the vote of a hundred selected readers, receives 2,500 euros and a classy handwriting pen.

Award winners

Gerrit Komrij

Jeroen Brouwers

Arnon Grunberg

Tom Lanoye, 2008

Robert Vuijsje (in the foreground), 2010

Patricia De Martelaere

• 1995 - Gouden Uil (1995-2010)
  • Fiction: Adriaan van Dis - Indian Duinen
  • Children's and young people's literature: Anne Provoost - Vallen
  • Non-fiction book: Jeroen Brouwers - Vlaamse Leeuwen

• 1996
  • Fiction: Guido van Heulendonk - Paarden Zijn Ook Varkens
  • Children's and young adult literature: Anton Quintana - Het Boek van Bod Pa
  • Non-fiction book: Joris van Parys - Frans Masereel , een biography

• 1997
  • Fiction: AFTh. van der Heijden - Het Hof van Barmhartigheid & Onder het Plaveisel het Moeras
  • Children's and young adult literature: Joke van Leeuwen - Iep!
  • Non-fiction book: Elsbeth Etty - Liefde is Heel het leven

• 1998
  • Fiction: Marcel Möring - In Babylon
  • Children's and youth literature: Peter van Gestel - Mariken
  • Non-fiction book: Leonard Blussé - Bitters Bruid

• 1999
  • Fiction: Geerten Meijsing - Tussen Mes en Keel
  • Children's and youth literature: Rita Verschuur - Jubeltenen
  • Non-fiction book: Gerrit Komrij - In Liefde Bloeyende

• 2000
  • Literature Prize: Peter Verhelst - Tongkat
  • Children's Literature Prize: Toon Tellegen - De Genezing van de Krekel
  • Reader's jury award: Tom Lanoye - Zwarte Tranen

• 2001
  • Literature Prize: Jeroen Brouwers - Geheime kamers
  • Youth literature award : Bart Moeyaert , Gerda Dendooven and Filip Bral - Luna van de boom
  • Reader's jury award: Jeroen Brouwers - Geheime kamers

• 2002
  • Literature Prize: Arnon Grunberg - De Mensheid Zij Geprezen
  • Youth literature award : Bas Haring - Kaas & de evolution theory
  • Reader's jury award: Peter Verhelst - Memoires van een Luipaard

• 2003
  • Literature Prize: Tom Lanoye - Boze Tongen
  • Youth literature award : Floortje Zwigtman - Wolfsroedel
  • Reader's jury award : Tom Lanoye - Boze Tongen

• 2004
  • Literature Prize: Hafid Bouazza - Paravion
  • Youth literature prize: Martha Heesen - Toen Faas niet thuiskwam
  • Readers' jury award : Chris De Stoop - Zij kwamen uit het Oosten

• 2005
  • Literature Prize: Frank Westerman - El Negro en ik
  • Youth literature award : Guus Kuijer - Het boek van alle dingen
  • Readers' jury award : Patricia De Martelaere - Het onverwachte antwoord

• 2006
  • Literature Prize: Henk van Woerden - Ultramarijn
  • Youth literature prize: Floortje Zwigtman - Schijnbewegungingen
  • Reader's jury award : Stefan Brijs - De engelenmaker

• 2007
  • Literature Prize: Arnon Grunberg - Tirza
  • Youth literature award : Marjolijn Hof - Een kleine kans
  • Reader's jury award: Dimitri Verhulst - De helaasheid der dingen

• 2008
  • Literature Prize: Marc Reugebrink - Het Grote Uitstel
  • Youth literature prize: Sabien Clement , Mieke Versyp and Pieter Gaudesaboos - Linus
  • Reader's jury award : Jeroen Brouwers - date loze

• 2009
  • Literature Prize: Robert Vuijsje - Alleen maar nett mensen
  • Readers' jury award: Pia de Jong - Long days
  • Shortlist (except for the winners): Jan Van Loy - De heining, PF Thomése - Nergensman, Christiaan Weijts - Via Cappello 23
  • Youth literature award: Peter Verhelst - Hetkret van de keel van de nachtegaal (Illustrations: Carll Cneut )
  • Youth reader award : Els Beerten - Allemaal sake we de hemel
  • Shortlist youth (except for winners): Harm de Jonge & Fiel Venius - Tjibbe Tjabbes' wereldreis, Joke van Leeuwen - Een halve hond heel think, Jaap Robben & Benjamin Leroy - Zullen we een bos start?

Cees Nooteboom on March 17th, 2011 in Cologne

• 2010
  • Literature Prize: Cees Nooteboom - 's Nachts komen de vossen
  • Reader's jury award: Tom Lanoye - Sprakeloos
  • Shortlist (except for the award winners): Arnon Grunberg - Kamermeisjes & soldiers, Mensje van Keulen - Een goed verhaal, Thomas Rosenboom - Zoete mond
  • Youth literature award : Ditte Merle - Wild Verliefd
  • Youth reader award : Marita de Sterck - De hondeneters
  • Shortlist youth (except for winners): Peter Van Olmen - De kleine Odessa, Wouter van Reek - Keepvogel. Het diepste gat, Marije Tolman & Ronald Tolman - De boomhut

Stefan Hertmans (2010)

• 2011 - financing crisis, no award of prizes

• 2012 - De Gouden Boekenuil (2012-2015)
  • Literature Prize: David Pefko - Het voorseizoen
  • Reader's jury award: Stephan Enter - Grip
  • Shortlist (except for the award winners): Jeroen Brouwers - Bittere Bloemen, Herman Koch - Zomerhuis met zwembad, Dimitri Verhulst - Monoloog van iemand who het gewoon will praten tichzelf te

• 2013
  • Literature Prize: Oek de Jong - Pier en oceaan
  • Reader's jury award: Tommy Wieringa - Dit zijn de namen
  • Shortlist (except for award winners): Arnon Grunberg - De man zonder ziekte, Marja Vuisje - Ons kamp, Peter Terrin - Post Mortem

PF Thomése, 2015

• 2014
  • Literature Prize: Joost de Vries - De republiek
  • Reader's jury award: Stefan Hertmans - Oorlog en terpentijn
  • Shortlist (except for the winners): Jan Brokken - De vergelding, Jamal Ouariachi - Vertedering, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer - La Superba

• 2015
  • Literature Prize: Mark Schaevers - Orgelman
  • Reader's jury award: Niña Weijers - De consequenties
  • Shortlist (except for the winners): Jeroen Brouwers - Het Hout, Joest de Vries - Vechtmenoires, Rob van Essen - Here wonen ook mensen

• 2016 - Fintro Literature Prize (from 2016)
  • Literature Prize: Hagar Peeters - Malva (Verlag De bezige Bij, Amsterdam 2015, ISBN 9789023492665 )
  • Reader's jury award : Pieter Frans Thomése - De Onderwaterzwemmer (Verlag Atlas Contact, Amsterdam 2015, ISBN 9789025444310 )
  • Shortlist (except for winners): Stephan Enter - Compassie, Inge Schiperoord - Muidhond, Connie Palmen - Jij zegd het

• 2017
  • Literature and reader jury award: Jeroen Olyslaegers

See also

• List of literary prizes
• Literature Prize
• Dutch literature
• Belgian literature

Web links

• Fintro Literatuurprijs website

supporting documents

1. ↑ Gouden wat? , De Gouden Boekenuil website, accessed July 5, 2014
2. ↑ De Gouden Boekenuil winners ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , De Gouden Boekenuil website, accessed July 5, 2014  
3. ↑ Van Uil naar Boekenuil , De Gouden Boekenuil website, accessed on July 5, 2014
4. ↑ De Gouden Boekenuil 2014 gaat naar ... ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , De Gouden Boekenuil, accessed July 5, 2014