The Libris Literature Award or Libris Prize (Dutch: Libris Literatuur Prijs) is a prize for novels originally written in

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. Established in 1993, it is awarded annually since 1994 by Libris, an association of independent Dutch booksellers, and amounts to 50,000 for the winner. It is modeled on the Booker Prize, having a longlist and a selection process which shortlists six books. The author of each shortlisted book receives 2,500. Shortlisted authors are heavily promoted in individual Libris book stores, providing important commercial opportunities for authors and booksellers. Typically, the (independent) jury's selection is discussed and criticized in the Dutch press, providing even more exposure. The Libris Literature Award with the (Belgian)

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and the (Dutch)

AKO Literatuurprijs The Bookspot Literatuurprijs (previously ECI Literatuurprijs, AKO Literatuurprijs and Generale Bank Literatuurprijs) is a prize for literature in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is awarded to authors writing in Dutch and amounts to 50,000. The ce ...

make up the "big three" literature awards for Dutch-language books.

Winners

*1994 – Frida Vogels – ''De harde kern'' *1995 –

Thomas Rosenboom Thomas Rosenboom (born 8 January 1956, in Doetinchem), is a Dutch author of novels and short stories. His novels ''Gewassen vlees'' and ''Publieke werken'' won him the Libris Prize in 1995 and 2000; he is the only author to have won it twice. Ca ...

– ''Gewassen vlees'' *1996 – Alfred Kossmann – ''Huldigingen'' *1997 –

Hugo Claus Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian literature, Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, a ...

– 'De geruchten'' *1998 – J.J. Voskuil – ''Het bureau 3: Plankton'' *1999 – Harry Mulisch – ''De procedure'' *2000 –

– ''Publieke Werken'' *2001 – Tomas Lieske – ''Franklin'' *2002 – Robert Anker – ''Een soort Engeland'' *2003 –

Abdelkader Benali Abdelkader Benali ( ar, عبد القادر بنعلي; born 25 November 1975 in Ighazzazen, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist. When he was four years old, he and his family, of Berber background, migrated to The Netherlands and ...

– ''De langverwachte'' *2004 –

Arthur Japin Arthur Valentijn Japin (born 26 July 1956 in Haarlem) is a Dutch novelist. Biography His parents were Bert Japin, a teacher and writer of detective novels, and Annie Japin-van Arnhem. After a difficult childhood—his father killed himself when ...

– ''Een schitterend gebrek'' *2005 – Willem Jan Otten – ''Specht en zoon'' *2006 – K. Schippers – ''Waar was je nou'' *2007 –

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 ...

– ''Tirza'' *2008 – D. Hooijer – ''Sleur is een roofdier'' *2009 –

Dimitri Verhulst Dimitri Verhulst (born 2 October 1972) is a Belgian writer and poet. He is best known for his novels ''Problemski Hotel'' and ''The Misfortunates''. Biography Verhulst was an unwanted child in a violent home and spent his later childhood in a f ...

– ''Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol'' *2010 – Bernard Dewulf – ''Kleine dagen'' *2011 – Yves Petry – ''De maagd Marino'' *2012 – A.F.Th. van der Heijden – ''Tonio'' *2013 –

Tommy Wieringa Tommy Wieringa (born 20 May 1967) is a Dutch writer.Tommy Wieringa

– ''Dit zijn de namen'' *2014 – Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer – ''La Superba'' *2015 –

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 ...

– ''Ik kom terug''Van Dis krijgt Libris literatuurprijs
NOS 11 May 2015 *2016 –

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'' ...

– ''Jij zegt het'' *2017 – Alfred Birney – ''De tolk van Java'' *2018 – Murat Isik – Wees onzichtbaar'' *2019 – Rob van Essen – ''De goede zoon'' *2020 – Sander Kollaard – ''Uit het leven van een hond'' *2021 – Jeroen Brouwers – ''Cliënt E. Busken'' *2022 – Mariken Heitman – ''Wormmaan''

References

External links

*{{Official, http://www.librisliteratuurprijs.nl/ Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in the Netherlands Dutch literary awards Fiction awards