PC Hooft Prize
The PC-Hooft-Preis (nl. PC Hooft-prijs ) is a Dutch literary prize that has been awarded since 1947. The award is named after the poet, historian and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647), whose 300th anniversary of his death in 1947 was commemorated. Until 1955 the prize was awarded for a specific work, since then it has been awarded to the entire work of the winner.
Originally the PC Hooft Prize was a state prize. When Hugo Brandt Corstius was proposed for the award in 1984 , the then Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Elco Brinkman , refused to hand over the award to Brandt Corstius, who, according to Brinkman, had made inappropriately about the government. The jury for the PC Hooft Prize 1985, which had already been named at the time, then resigned and the prize was not awarded for two years. In 1987 an independent foundation was established, the Stichting PC Hooft-prijs voor Letterkunde , which has been awarding the award ever since.
The prize is associated with prize money of € 60,000 (as of 2020).
Award winners
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- 1947: Amoene van Haersolte for Sophia in de Koestraat and Arthur van Schendel for Das alten Haus ( Het oude huis )
- 1948: Bram Hammacher for Eduard Karsen en zijn vader Kaspar
- 1949: Gerrit Achterberg for En Jezus schreef in 't zand
- 1950: Simon Vestdijk for The Fire Worshipers ( De vuuraanbidders )
- 1951: Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis for The Mechanization of the World View ( De mechanisering van het wereldbeeld )
- 1952: JC Bloem for Avond
- 1953: Ferdinand Bordewijk for De doopvont and Studiën in de volksstructuur
- 1954: Lodewijk Rogier for three chapters from In vrijheid herboren. Katholiek Nederland, 1853–1953
- 1955: Adriaan Roland Holst for Late telgen
- 1956: Anna Blaman
- 1957: Pieter Geyl
- 1958: Pierre Kemp
- 1959: not awarded
- 1960: Victor E. van Vriesland
- 1961: HWJM Keuls
- 1962: Theun de Vries
- 1963: Frits van der Meer
- 1964: Leo Vroman
- 1965: not awarded
- 1966: Anton van Duinkerken
- 1967: Lucebert
- 1968: Gerard Reve
- 1969: not awarded
- 1970: Gerrit Kouwenaar
- 1971: Willem Frederik Hermans , who did not accept the award
- 1972: Abel Jacob Herzberg
- 1973: Hendrik de Vries
- 1974: Simon Carmiggelt
- 1975: Rudy Kousbroek
- 1976: Remco Campert
- 1977: Harry Mulisch
- 1978: Cornelis Verhoeven
- 1979: Ida Gerhardt
- 1980: Willem Brakman
- 1981: Karel van het Reve
- 1982: M. Vasalis
- 1983: Hella Haasse
- 1984–1986: not awarded
- 1987: Hugo Brandt Corstius
- 1988: Rutger Kopland
- 1989: Jan Wolkers , who did not accept the award
- 1990: Kees Fens
- 1991: Elisabeth Eybers
- 1992: Anton Koolhaas
- 1993: Gerrit Komrij
- 1994: J. Bernlef
- 1995: Albert Alberts
- 1996: K. Schippers
- 1997: Judith Herzberg
- 1998: FB Hotz
- 1999: Arthur Lehning
- 2000: Eva Gerlach
- 2001: Gerrit Krol
- 2002: Samuel Dresden
- 2003: HH ter Balkt
- 2004: Cees Nooteboom
- 2005: Frédéric L. Bastet
- 2006: HC ten Berge
- 2007: Maarten Biesheuvel
- 2008: Abram de Swaan
- 2009: Hans Verhagen
- 2010: Charlotte Mutsaers
- 2011: Henk Hofland
- 2012: Tonnus Oosterhoff
- 2013: AFTh. van der Heijden
- 2014: Willem Jan Otten
- 2015: Anneke Brassinga (poetry)
- 2016: Astrid Roemer (narrative prose)
- 2017: Bas Heijne
- 2018: Nachoem Wijnberg (poetry)
- 2019: Marga Minco (narrative prose)
- 2020: Maxim February
