The Dutch literature prize Europese Literatuurprijs (in English European Literature Prize) has been awarded annually since 2011 to the best contemporary European novel that was published in the previous year and translated into Dutch. The author of the winning novel receives €10,000, and the translator €5,000.
The prize is an initiative of the Dutch Foundation for Literature, the academic-cultural center SPUI25, the weekly newspaper De Groene Amsterdammer and the Athenaeum Boekhandel back. It is sponsored by the Lira Fund and various independent bookshops. The book suggestions come from Dutch and Flemish bookshops, the decision on who receives the prize is made by a specialist jury.
Winners
2011: Marie NDiaye – Drie sterke vrouwen, translated from French (Trois femmes puissantes) by Jeanne Holierhoek 2012: Julian Barnes – Alsof het voorbij is, translated from English (The Sense of an Ending) by Ronald Vlek 2013: Emmanuel Carrère – Limonov, translated from French (Limonov) by Katrien Vandenberghe and Katelijne de Vuyst. 2014: Jérôme Ferrari – De preek over de val van Rome, translated from French (Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome) by Jan Pieter van der Sterre and Reintje Goos 2015: Jenny Erpenbeck – Een handvol sneeuw, translated from German (Aller Tage Abend) by Elly Schippers 2016: Sandro Veronesi – Zeldzame aarden, translated from Italian (Terre rare) by Rob Gerritsen 2017: Max Porter – Verdriet is het ding met veren, translated from English (Grief is the Thing with Feathers) by Saskia van der Lingen 2018: Johan Harstad – Max, Mischa & het Tet-offensief, translated from Norwegian (Max, Mischa & Tetoffensives ) by Edith Koenders and Paula Stevens 2019: Arno Geiger – Onder de Drachenwand, translated from German (Unter der Drachenwand) by Wil Hansen 2020: David Diop – Meer dan een broer, translated from French by Martine Woudt, and Ali Smith – Spring, translated Translated from English by Karina van Santen and Martine Vosmaer 2021: Saša Stanišić – Herkomst, translated from German (Origin) by Annemarie Vlaming 2022: Agustín Fernández Mallo – Nocilla trilogy: Nocilla Dream, Nocilla Experience, Nocilla Lab, translated from Spanish by Adri Boon 2023: Claire-Louise Bennett – Kassa 19, translated from English (Checkout 19) by Karina van Santen and Martine Vosmaer
References
Awards established in 2011
Translation awards
Dutch literary awards
Fiction awards
