Karel Barbierprijs
The Karel Barbierprijs (Karel Barbierpreis) is a Belgian literary award .
The prize is awarded to outstanding historical novels about events or people from the history of Belgium, which are written in Dutch . The prize, endowed with 500 euros, was founded by Karel Barbier in 1927 and is awarded by the Royal Academy for Dutch Linguistics and Literature Studies (KANTL) in Ghent .
Originally the award was given every two years. The Karel Barber Prize has been awarded every five years since 2003. The awarded novels must occupy top positions in the bestseller lists within the candidacy cycle.
Award winners
- 2001 - Staf Schoeters for the novel De schaduw van de adelaar
- 1995 - Willy Schuyesmans for the novel De winter van de Belgica
- 1993 - Henriette Claessens for the novel Een wilde roos
- 1991 - Maria Vlamijnck for the novel Toledo
- 1985 - Valère Marcel Depauw for his Sibylli trilogy ( Bijwijlen Ran, bijwijlen leed (1981), Ik ben zo wijd (1982) and Bevrijd van alle nood (1984))
- 1981 - Jaak Stervelynck for the novel De dagen van Hondschoote
- 1965 - Armand Boni for the novel De Paap van Stabroek
- 1963 - Louis Paul Boon for the novel De zoon van Jan de Lichte
- 1959 - Fred Germonprez for the novel Kaper Jan Bart (German translation: Jan Bart. Union Verlag 1959)
- 1953 - Leo Mets for the novel Christiaan Reinland
- 1949 - Emiel van Hemeldonck for the novel De cleyne Keyser (German translation: Der kleine Kaiser. Pattloch Verlag 1952)
- 1947 - Valery Stuyver for the novel De hinde van den Heer
- 1943 - FR Boschvogel for the novel Willem van Loo
- 1939 - Edward Rombauts for the novel Adriaan Poirters
- 1937 - Arthur Broeckaert for the novel Jan Palfijn
- 1935 - Jef Crick for the novel De ridder van het slot van Laerne
- 1931 - Paul Kenis for the novel Uit het dagboek van Lieven de Myttenaere