Anne Frank Prize

The Anne Frank Prize was a literary award that was given out in the Netherlands in the years 1957 to 1966 by The Netherlands-America Foundation.[1]

The prize was established by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, who had authored a play, The Diary of Anne Frank, based on Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl (Het achterhuis).[2] The play won the Pulitzer prize in 1956.[3] The prize money was to be given to writers under 30 years. The prize was awarded in successive years in the following genres: novel, poetry, drama, essay and short story.

Notable winners include Harry Mulisch[4] and Cees Nooteboom.[5]

Prize winners
- Henk van Kerkwijk: Geweer met terugslag
  • 1965 – P.J.A.M. Buijnsters: Tussen twee werelden-Rhijnvis Feith als dichter van Het Graf
- Cornelis Verhoeven: Filosofie van de troost
  • 1964 – E. Brent Besemer: (entire oeuvre)
- Peter Oosthoek: for his direction of the play Nederlandse stukken
  • 1963 – Peter Berger: Deze voorlopige naam
- Huub Oosterhuis: Uittocht, Groningen en andere gedichten
  • 1962 – Ankie Peypers: Geen denken aan
- Geert van Beek: Buiten schot
  • 1961 – Piet Calis: Mensen van de koningsstam, Napoleon op het Leidscheplein
- H.J.A. Hofland: (entire oeuvre)
  • 1960 – Cornelis Bauer: De groene boogschutter
- Rutger van Zeyst: De familieraad
  • 1959 – Erik Vos: for his direction of the play Arena
- Esteban Lopez: Fredegonde, De vrienden van vroeger, Mercedes, mijn zuster, Tederheid in het geding
- Nico Scheepmaker: Poëtisch fietsen, De kip van Egypte
- Cees Nooteboom: Philip en de anderen

References
  1. Letterkundig Museum. "Anne Frank Prijs". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  2. "Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  3. "Pulitzer Prizes for Drama". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  4. "Man Booker Prize Contender, Harry Mulisch". Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  5. "Cees Nooteboom ontvangt Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren". Retrieved 2010-07-21.
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