The Boekensleutel is a Dutch

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

infrequently awarded by the Dutch organisation

Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek The Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (CPNB, "Collective Promotion for the Dutch Book") is a Dutch organization that includes representatives of bookstores and publishers, whose goal is to promote Dutch literature. History and activi ...

. The Boekensleutel is awarded to books that stand out due to their genre, techniques used or for reasons that aren't traditionally covered by other literary awards. Books that are translated into Dutch are also eligible for the award.

Winners

* 1979: Virginia Allen Jensen (''Wat is dat?'') * 1981: Dagmar Hilarová and

Miep Diekmann Miep Diekmann (26 January 1925 – 9 July 2017) was a Dutch writer of children's literature. Early life Diekmann was born in 1925 in Assen. Her father worked in the military and as a result the family moved several times: Diekmann moved to Ka ...

(''Ik heb geen naam'') * 1986: Virginia Allen Jensen (''Pak me dan'') * 1988:

Janet and Allan Ahlberg Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lis ...

('' De puike postbode'') * 1992: Catharine Roehrig (''Spelen met hiërogliefen'') * 1996:

Lucy Cousins Elizabeth "Lucy" Cousins (born 10 February 1964) is an English author and illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her books featuring Maisy Mouse, but she has also published other children's books, such as ''Jazzy in the Jungle'' ...

(''Het huis van muis'') * 2000: Joan Steiner (''Je gelooft je ogen niet'') * 2012: Javier Sáez Castán and Miguel Murugarren (''Het Dierelirium van Professor Revillod: geïllustreerde almanak der dierenwereld'') * 2019:

Ted van Lieshout Ted van Lieshout (born 21 December 1955) is a Dutch poet and writer of children's literature. He has won numerous awards for his work. Early life Van Lieshout was born in 1955 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Van Lieshout studied ''Beeldende Kunst ...

(''Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor'')

References

{{lit-award-stub Dutch literary awards 1979 establishments in the Netherlands Awards established in 1979