Multatuli Prize

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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]

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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

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