Golden Book-Owl

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The Golden Book‑Owl (De Gouden Boekenuil) was a major Belgian literary award for original Dutch language literature. It originated in 1995 as the Golden Owl (De Gouden Uil), re‑emerged after a funding hiatus in 2012 under the current English name, and was re‑branded once more in 2016 as the Fintro Literatuurprijs.

Golden Book‑Owl
Awarded forOriginal Dutch‑language literature
CountryBelgium
Rewards€25,000 and a sculpture by Ever Meulen
First award1995 (1995)
Final award2017

Development

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It has changed categories several times during the years. For the first five years it consisted of three columns: Fiction, non-fiction and children and youth books. As for 2000 to 2008 the non-fiction category was replaced by an audience award. In 2009 and 2010 it had even four categories: Literature, Youth Literature, Audience and Youth Audience. Since 2012 it is reduced to grown up literature prizes. The winner gets 25,000 euro and a work of art, the winner of the 100 reader's prize gets 2,500 euro and a MontBlanc pen.[1]

Laureates

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Gerrit Komrij
Jeroen Brouwers
Arnon Grunberg

References

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  1. Archived 2014-07-10 at the Wayback Machine De Gouden Boekenuil winners 2014 (Last accessed 2 July 2014)
  2. "Van Uil naar Boekenuil". De Gouden Boekenuil. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. "De Gouden Boekenuil 2014 gaat naar..." De Gouden Boekenuil. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. "Mark Schaevers wint Gouden Boekenuil". www.hebban.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  5. "6 juni 2016: nieuwe thrillers van Michael Berg & nieuwe uitgever voor Wieringa". www.hebban.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  6. Peppelenbos, Coen (2017-05-14). "Nieuws: Jeroen Olyslaegers wint met Wil Fintro Literatuurprijs 2017 van vakjury en lezers". Tzum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
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