The Woutertje Pieterse Prijs (

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for Woutertje Pieterse Prize) is an annual Dutch literary award for the best

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

of the preceding year.

History

The award was first given in 1988. The award is awarded annually in March or April. The award is named after the character Woutertje Pieterse in ''Ideeën'' written by

Multatuli Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel '' Max Havelaar'' (1860), which denounced the ...

. The award's name refers to the character's curiosity and tendency to go against society's

morals Morality () is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper (right) and those that are improper (wrong). Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of cond ...

. In a similar way, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs is awarded to books that differ from children's literature with a didactic or moralistic nature. Some authors have received the award multiple times, including

Toon Tellegen Antonius Otto Hermannus (Toon) Tellegen (born 18 November 1941) is a Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for children's books, especially those featuring anthropomorphised animals, particularly those about an ant and a squirrel. His writin ...

(1992, 1994),

Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer. and

Paul Biegel Paulus Johannes "Paul" Biegel (; 25 March 1925 – 21 October 2006) was a successful and prolific Dutch writer of children's literature. Biography Paul Biegel was born in Bussum in 1925. His father, Hermann Biegel, was of German descent, and ow ...

(1991, 2000). In 2018, Annet Schaap with her book ''Lampje'' was the first author to receive this award with a

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to p ...

. The prize money has been provided by various organisations over the years, including the Lirafonds and Bruna. The award was sponsored by Lirafonds until 2014 and by Bruna in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The 2018 edition of the award was sponsored using one-off funding. The 2019 and 2020 editions of the award are sponsored by the Brook Foundation and Stichting De Versterking.

Winners

* 1988 -

Imme Dros Imme Dros (born 26 September 1936, Oudeschild, Texel) is a Dutch writer of children's literature. Life Dros grew up on the island of Texel. She studied Dutch in Amsterdam. There she met her husband Harrie Geelen, with whom she had three chil ...

, ''Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht'' * 1989 -

Margriet Heymans Margriet Heymans (born 29 October 1932) is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature. Heymans wrote and illustrated various books in collaboration with her sister Annemie Heymans, including ''Het poppenfeest'' (1971), ''De gele dra ...

, ''Lieveling, boterbloem'' * 1990 - Anne Vegter and Geerten Ten Bosch, ''De dame en de neushoorn'' * 1991 -

, ''Anderland: een Brandaan mythe'' * 1992 -

, ''Juffrouw Kachel'' * 1993 -

Jaap Lamberton Jaap Lamberton (1941 or 1946 - 1991) was a Dutch illustrator of comics and children's literature. Lamberton collaborated with Harrie Geelen on commercials and animated cartoons. He was one of the last remaining artists to work at the comics depa ...

(awarded posthumously), ''Een heel lief konijn'', written by

* 1994 -

, ''Bijna iedereen kon omvallen'' * 1995 -

Anne Provoost Anne Provoost (born 26 July 1964) is a Flemish author who now lives in Antwerp with her husband and three children. Career Anne Provoost was born in the Belgian town of Poperinge. She grew up in a family of four children in West Flanders and w ...

, ''Vallen'' * 1996 -

Anton Quintana Anton Quintana (6 September 1937 – 15 October 2017), pseudonym of Anton Adolf Kuyten, was a Dutch writer. Biography Early life Quintana was born in 1937 as the twin brother of André Kuyten. His brother was named by his mother and Quintan ...

, ''Het boek van Bod Pa'' * 1997 -

Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer. * 1998 -

Wim Hofman Wim Hofman ( Oostkapelle, February 2, 1941) is a Dutch author. After elementary school he joined the seminary in Sterksel, because he wanted to become a missionary. He started writing books early, and published his first novel, "Welwel, de zeer ...

, ''Zwart als inkt'' * 1999 -

Joke van Leeuwen Johanna Rutgera 'Joke' van Leeuwen (; born 24 September 1952) is a Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer. * 2000 -

, ''Laatste verhalen van de eeuw'' * 2001 -

Bart Moeyaert Bart Peter Boudewijn Moeyaert (born 9 June 1964) is a Belgian writer. Early life Moeyaert was born in 1964 in Bruges as the youngest of seven brothers. He is named after the character Bartje in the book series by Anne de Vries and after Baudo ...

, ''Broere'' * 2002 -

Peter van Gestel Peter van Gestel (3 August 1937, Amsterdam – 1 March 2019, Amsterdam) was a Dutch writer. Career Writing Van Gestel made his debut in 1962 with ''Drempelvrees'', a collection of stories. He received the Reina Prinsen Geerligsprijs for ...

, ''Winterijs'' * 2003 -

Guus Kuijer Guus Kuijer (; born 1 August 1942) is a Dutch author. He wrote books for children and adults, and is best known for the ''Madelief'' series of children's books. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest ...

, ''Ik ben Polleke hoor!'' * 2004 - Edward van de Vendel and Fleur van der Weel, ''Superguppie'' * 2005 -

Thé Tjong-Khing Thé Tjong-Khing (; born August 4, 1933) is a children's book illustrator based in the Netherlands. He was born in Purworedjo, Java to a large Chinese Indonesian family. As a child he was interested in the Tarzan comic strips of Edgar Rice Bur ...

, ''Waar is de taart?'' * 2006 -

Harrie Geelen Harrie Geelen (born 10 January 1939, in Heerlen) is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers pro ...

and

, ''Bijna jarig'' * 2007 - Harm de Jonge, ''Josja Pruis'' * 2008 -

Hans Hagen Hans Hagen (born 1953) is a professor of computer science at the University of Kaiserslautern. His main research interests are scientific visualization and geometric modelling. From 1999 to 2003 he was the editor in chief of ''IEEE Transactions o ...

, ''Verkocht'' * 2009 -

Peter Verhelst Peter Verhelst (born 28 January 1962) is a Belgian Flemish people, Flemish novelist, poet and dramatist. He won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for ''Tongkat''. Life Peter Verhelst was born in Bruges, Belgium. In his youth, he was extremely inte ...

and

Carll Cneut Carll Cneut (born 8 January 1969) is a Flemish illustrator. He has illustrated many books by Dutch and Flemish authors and he has received numerous awards for his work. Early life Cneut studied graphic design at the Sint-Lucas School in Ghen ...

, ''Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal'' * 2010 - Carli Biessels, ''Juwelen van stras'' * 2011 - Benny Lindelauf, ''De hemel van Heivisj'' * 2012 -

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 ...

, ''Driedelig paard'' * 2013 - Kristien Dieltiens, ''Kelderkind'' * 2014 - Marjolijn Hof, ''De regels van drie'' * 2015 -

Bette Westera Bette Westera (born 20 June 1958) is a Dutch children's writer. She has won numerous awards for her work. Career Westera made her debut as children's book author in 1999 with the book ''Wil je met me trouwen?'' Westera went on to win numerous ...

and Sylvia Weve, ''Doodgewoon'' * 2016 - Edward van de Vendel and Martijn van der Linden, ''Stem op de okapi'' * 2017 - Gerda Dendooven, ''Stella, ster van de zee'' * 2018 - Annet Schaap, ''Lampje'' * 2019 - Kathleen Vereecken and Charlotte Peys, ''Alles komt goed, altijd'' * 2020 -

and Sylvia Weve, ''Uit elkaar'' * 2021 - Benny Lindelauf and Ludwig Volbeda, ''Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat'' * 2022 - Raoul Deleo and Noah J. Stern, ''Terra Ultima''

References

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External links

Official website
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