Gouden Ezelsoor ("Golden Donkey Ear") was an award for the best-selling literary debut in the Netherlands. It was first awarded in 1979 and last awarded in 2008.

Recipients

* 1979: Monica Sauwer for ''Mooie boel'' * 1980: Alexander van Es for ''Anatomie van het gevoel'' * 1981: Richard Steegen for ''Pakken...gepakt'' * 1982: Annie van de Oever for ''Dame in broekpak'' * 1983: ''two recipients'' ** René Stoute for ''Op de rug van vuile zwanen'' **

Veronica Hazelhoff Veronica Hazelhoff (22 February 1947 – 1 July 2009) was a Dutch author of children's literature. Career Hazelhoff made her debut in 1981 with the book ''Nou moe!'' She won the Gouden Ezelsoor award as well as the Zilveren Griffel award for ...

for ''Nou moe!'' * 1984: Tessa de Loo for ''De meisjes van de suikerwerkfabriek'' * 1985:

Adriaan van Dis Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow up to his debut novella, wa ...

for ''Nathan Sid'' * 1986: Fleur Bourgonje for ''De terugkeer'' * 1987:

Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century. Early life and trainin ...

for ''Voor een verloren soldaat'' * 1988: Hanny Alders for ''Non nobis'' * 1989:

Margriet de Moor Margaretha Maria Antonetta 'Margriet' de Moor ('' née'' Neefjes; born 1941) is a Dutch pianist and writer of novels and essays. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs for her novel ''Eerst grijs dan wit dan blauw'' (1991). Life and career Margaretha ...

for ''Op de rug gezien'' * 1990: Lisette Lewin for ''Voor bijna alles bang geweest'' * 1991: Ernst Timmer for ''Het waterrad van Ribe'' * 1992:

Connie Palmen Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria "Connie" Palmen (born 25 November 1955) is a Dutch author. Palmen debuted with the novel ''De wetten'' (1990), published in the United States as ''The Laws'' (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. ''The Laws'' ...

for ''De wetten'' * 1993:

Ronald Giphart Ronald Edgar Giphart (born 17 December 1965, in Dordrecht) is a Dutch writer. His best known books, '' Ik ook van jou'' (1992), ''Phileine zegt sorry'' (1996) and ''Ik omhels je met 1000 armen ''A Thousand Kisses'' ( nl, Ik omhels je met 1000 a ...

for ''Ik ook van jou'' * 1994:

Kader Abdolah Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani ( fa, حسین سجادی قائم‌مقامی فراهانی, better known by his pen name Kader Abdolah ( fa, قادر عبدالله, links=no) (Arak, 12 November 1954), is an Iranian-Dutch writer, poe ...

for ''De adelaars'' * 1996:

Arnon Grunberg Arnon Yasha Yves Grunberg (; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been transla ...

for ''Blauwe maandagen'' * 1997: Ineke Holtwijk for ''Kannibalen van Rio'' * 1998: Lulu Wang for ''Het lelietheater'' * 1999:

Jessica Durlacher Jessica Durlacher (; born 6 September 1961) is a Dutch literary critic, columnist and novelist. Her father is the sociologist and writer Gerhard Durlacher, who survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. She is married to novelist Leon de Winte ...

for ''Het geweten'' * 2000:

Erwin Mortier Erwin Mortier (born 28 November 1965) is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005–2006). He wrote as a columnist for newspapers like ''De Morgen'' and pub ...

for ''Marcel'' * 2001: Maya Rasker for ''Met onbekende bestemming'' * 2002: Khalid Boudou for ''Het schnitzelparadijs'' * 2003: Judith Koelemeijer for ''Het zwijgen van Maria Zachea'' * 2004: ''not awarded'' * 2005: Annelies Verbeke for ''Slaap!'' * 2006:

Gerbrand Bakker Gerbrand Bakker may refer to: * Gerbrand Bakker (physician) (1771–1828), Dutch physician and professor * Gerbrand Bakker (novelist) Gerbrand Bakker (born 28 April 1962) is a Dutch writer. He won the International Dublin Literary Award for ''Th ...

for ''Boven is het stil'' * 2007: ''not awarded'' * 2008: Christiaan Weijts for ''Art.285b''

References

1979 establishments in the Netherlands 2008 disestablishments in the Netherlands Awards disestablished in 2008 Awards established in 1979 Dutch literary awards {{lit-award-stub