Multatuli_Prize

Multatuli Prize

Multatuli Prize

Dutch literary award


The Multatuli Prize (in Dutch: Multatuliprijs) is a Dutch literary prize that is given every year to an author for exemplary writing in Dutch language.[1]

Background

The prizes were started in Amsterdam after the Second World War.

The prize is named after the acclaimed Dutch author Eduard Douwes Dekker (better known by his pen name Multatuli) and is considered to be one of the most prestigious prizes in Dutch literature.

Notable winners

Past winners of the prize include:


References

  1. Sally Wecksler (2002). International Literary Market Place. R.R. Bowker Company. ISBN 9781573871273.
  2. Christopher MacLehose (1 January 1994). Frontiers. Harvill. ISBN 978-0-00-271403-7.
  3. The Low Countries: Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands, a Yearbook. Flemish-Netherlands Foundation "Stichting Ons Erfdeel,". 1997. ISBN 9789075862102.
  4. Commissie Ontwikkeling Nederlandse Canon (2007). A Key to Dutch History: Report by the Committee for the Development of the Dutch Canon. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-90-5356-498-1.
  5. Sheila D. Muller (4 July 2013). Dutch Art: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-1-135-49574-9.
  6. International Who's who of Authors and Writers. Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. 2008.
  7. Europa Publications (2 August 2004). International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Routledge. pp. 1539–. ISBN 978-1-135-35519-7.
  8. Europa Publications (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Psychology Press. pp. 540–. ISBN 978-1-85743-179-7.
  9. Tracy Chevalier (1 September 1993). Contemporary world writers. St. James Press.
  10. Annie van den Oever (2008). Life Itself: Louis Paul Boon as Innovator of the Novel. Dalkey Archive Press. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-56478-507-7.

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