The Tollens-Fonds ("Tollens foundation)" is a Dutch organization named for poet

Hendrik Tollens Henricus Franciscus Caroluszoon (Hendrik) Tollens (24 September 1780 – 21 October 1856) was a Dutch poet best known for ''Wien Neêrlands Bloed ''Wien Neêrlands bloed'' (''Those in whom Dutch blood'') was the national anthem of the Netherlan ...

(1780–1856). The organization awards a notable literary prize, the Tollens Prize and till 2008 also the Jacobson Prize.

Tollens Prize

The Tollens Prize ( nl, Tollensprijs) is a

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award in the

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designed to provide a five prominent literary honor. The prize is awarded for a body of work that, in the opinion of the jury, had the highest literary value in the preceding five years. The award, established by the Board of Tollensfonds in 1902, is called the Tollensprijs since 1925. It was named after the poet

(1780–1856).

Winners

*2015 -

Hans Dorrestijn Hans Dorrestijn (born 16 June 1940 in Ede, Gelderland) is a Dutch comedian and writer. Programs * Bofkont (1973) * Mooi van lelijkheid (1977) * In staat van ontbinding (1980) * Dorrestijns geweten spreekt (1982) * Circus Horlepiep (1985, with ...

*2010 - Paulien Cornelisse *2005 -

Jules Deelder Jules Anton Deelder (24 November 1944 – 19 December 2019) was a Dutch poet, spoken word poet and writer. His poems cover topics such as life in the city of Rotterdam, drug use, and jazz. He was very passionate about the Dutch language and fear ...

*2000 - Heinz Hermann Polzer (Drs. P) *1992 -

Marten Toonder Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator, born in Rotterdam. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch language by introducing new words and expr ...

*1988 - Koos Schuur *1983 - Belcampo *1978 -

Michel van der Plas Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

*1973 -

Anton Koolhaas Anthonie "Anton" Koolhaas (16 November 1912 – 16 December 1992) was a Dutch journalist, novelist, and scenario writer. Biography Anthonie Koolhaas was born on 16 November 1912 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He was the son of Teunis Koolhaas and Trij ...

*1968 - F.C. Terborgh *1963 - Ina Boudier-Bakker *1958 -

Maria Dermoût Maria Dermoût (15 June 1888 – 27 June 1962) was an Indo-European novelist, considered one of the greats of Dutch literature and as such an important proponent of Dutch Indies literature. In December 1958 ''Time'' magazine praised the tr ...

*1953 -

Bertus Aafjes Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II. was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daughters a ...

*1948 - H.W.J.M. Keuls *1943 - J.W.F. Werumeus Buning *1938 -

Herman de Man Salomon Herman "Sal" Hamburger (11 July 1898 – 14 November 1946), known under his pseudonym Herman de Man, was a Dutch novelist. Life and work Salomon Herman Hamburger was born on 11 July 1898 in Woerden in the Netherlands. De Man, son of b ...

*1933 -

Arthur van Schendel Arthur van Schendel (15 March 1874 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 11 September 1946 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer of novels and short stories. One of his best known works is ''Het fregatschip Johanna Maria''. His son Arthur F.E. van Sche ...

*1928 - R. van Genderen Stort *1923 -

Louis Couperus Louis Marie-Anne Couperus (10 June 1863 – 16 July 1923) was a Dutch novelist and poet. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and ske ...

*1918 -

Willem Kloos Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos (; 6 May 1859 – 31 March 1938) was a nineteenth-century Dutch poet and literary critic. He was one of the prominent figures of the Movement of Eighty and became editor in chief of ''De Nieuwe Gids'' after the edi ...

*1918 -

Jacobus van Looy Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (12 September 1855 – 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer. Biography Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five y ...

*1913 - P.C. Boutens *1913 -

Lodewijk van Deyssel Lodewijk van Deyssel was the pseudonym of Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk Thijm (22 September 1864, Amsterdam – 26 January 1952), a Dutch novelist, prose-poet and literary critic and a leading member of the Tachtigers The Tachtigers ("Eightier ...

*1908 -

Carel Scharten Carel Theodorus Scharten (March 14, 1878 – October 31, 1950) was a Dutch novelist and poet. He was born in Middelburg and died in Florence, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, i ...

and

Margo Scharten-Antink Margo Sybranda Everdina Scharten-Antink (September 7, 1868 – November 27, 1957) was a Dutch poet. She was born in Zutphen and died in Florence, Italy. In 1928 she and her husband Carel Scharten won a bronze medal in the art competitions o ...

*1903 - G. van Hulzen

Jacobson award

Named for Jos. Jacobson, this award is given every three years to an "elderly" writer or critic, often for their entire oeuvre.

Winners

*2008 -

Carel Peeters Carel Peeters (born 5 June 1944, in Nijmegen) is one of the leading Dutch literary critics and since 1973 a writer and editor at ''Vrij Nederland''. Peeters grew up in Nijmegen but moved, with his parents, to Amsterdam at age 14. In 1964 he enrolle ...

*2002 - S. Dresden *1992 - Elisabeth Augustin *1990 -

Jan de Hartog Jan de Hartog (April 22, 1914 – September 22, 2002) was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker. Biography Early years Jan de Hartog was born to a Dut ...

*1985 - Han G. Hoekstra *1985 - Eric van der Steen *1980 - Henriëtte van Eyk *1980 - Jeanne van Schaik-Willing *1975 - Annie Solomons *1975 - J. C. van Schagen *1970 - Willem Brandt *1965 - Elisabeth Zernike *1960 - Marie Schmitz *1955 - Kees van Bruggen *1950 - J. van Oudshoorn *1945 - Frans Bastiaanse *1940 - G. van Hulzen *1940 - J. K. Rensburg *1935 - Maurits Wagenvoort *1930 - F. Smit Kleine *1925 - Nine van der Schaaf

References

External links

List of winners
Dutch literary awards Foundations based in the Netherlands {{Lit-award-stub