Gerard Walschap Prize

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The Gerard Walschap Prize (Flemish: Gerard Walschap Prijs , also called Literatuurprijs Gerard Walschap-Londerzeel or Seghers Literatuurprijs ) was a Belgian literature prize that was awarded every two years from 1999 to 2009.

The award was launched in 1998 by the Belgian municipality of Londerzeel in collaboration with the Seghers Better Technology Group . In 1998, the 100th birthday of the writer Gerard Walschap , who was born in Londerzeel, was celebrated. The award was intended to honor the writer's life and work. The first award ceremony took place on October 31, 1999 at the Book Fair (Boekenbeurs) in Antwerp .

The Gerhard Walschap Prize was announced for young writers who had previously published no more than four prose works. The work could be a novel or a collection of short stories originally written in Dutch. The prize money was 7,500 euros.

Since 2005, the award ceremony has been organized by the Behoud de Begeerte (Preserve Longing) Art Center for Literature in Antwerp. The price had to be discontinued in 2010.

Award winners

Nominees

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Individual evidence

  1. Press report on the prize, De Morgen, in: October 30, 1999
  2. ^ Press report on the literature prize for Josse de Pauw, October 4, 2001
  3. Press release on Désanne van Brederode's 2007 prize win
  4. ^ Report on the award ceremony to Christian Weitjs
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