| Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygensprijs) | |
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| Awarded for | Literature |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Presented by | Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting) |
| First awarded | 1947 |
| Website | https://literatuurmuseum.nl/literatuurprijzen/constantijn-huygens-prijs  |
The Constantijn Huygens Prize (Dutch: Constantijn Huygens-prijs) is a Dutch literary award. [1]
Since 1947, it has been awarded each year for an author's complete works by the Jan Campert Foundation (Dutch: Jan Campert-Stichting), a foundation named in honor of the Dutch writer Jan Campert who died while helping Jews during World War II. The award is named after Constantijn Huygens, a 17th-century Dutch poet, diplomat, scholar and composer.
As of 2019 [update] it comes with a monetary award of €12,000. [2]
There was no prize awarded in 1968. In 1982, Jan Wolkers refused to accept the award.
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