Woutertje Pieterse Prijs

The award was first given in 1988.[2] The winner of the prize receives €15,000, the highest amount among Dutch literary awards for children's literature.[1][2][3] The award is awarded annually in March or April.[3]

The award is named after the character Woutertje Pieterse in Ideeën written by Multatuli.[3] The award's name refers to the character's curiosity and tendency to go against society's morals.[3][4] Similarly, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs is awarded to books that differ from children's literature with a didactic or moralistic nature.[4]

Some authors have received the award multiple times, including Toon Tellegen (1992, 1994),[5][6] Joke van Leeuwen (1997, 1999),[7][8] and Paul Biegel (1991, 2000).[9][10] In 2018, Annet Schaap with her book Lampje was the first author to receive this award with a debut novel.[1] Jaap Lamberton is the only person to have received the award posthumously (in 1993).[11]

The prize money has been provided by various organisations over the years, including the Lirafonds and Bruna.[2] The award was sponsored by Lirafonds until 2014 and by Bruna in 2015, 2016 and 2017.[2] 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.[2]

• 1988 - Imme Dros, Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht[12]
• 1989 - Margriet Heymans, Lieveling, boterbloem[13][14]
• 1990 - Anne Vegter and Geerten Ten Bosch, De dame en de neushoorn[15]
• 1991 - Paul Biegel, Anderland: een Brandaan mythe[9]
• 1992 - Toon Tellegen, Juffrouw Kachel[5]
• 1993 - Jaap Lamberton (awarded posthumously), Een heel lief konijn, written by Imme Dros[11]
• 1994 - Toon Tellegen, Bijna iedereen kon omvallen[6]
• 1995 - Anne Provoost, Vallen[16]
• 1996 - Anton Quintana, Het boek van Bod Pa[17]
• 1997 - Joke van Leeuwen, Iep![7]
• 1998 - Wim Hofman, Zwart als inkt[18]
• 1999 - Joke van Leeuwen and Malika Blain, Bezoekjaren[8]
• 2000 - Paul Biegel, Laatste verhalen van de eeuw[10]
• 2001 - Bart Moeyaert, Broere[19][20]
• 2002 - Peter van Gestel, Winterijs[21]
• 2003 - Guus Kuijer, Ik ben Polleke hoor![22]
• 2004 - Edward van de Vendel and Fleur van der Weel, Superguppie[23]
• 2005 - Thé Tjong-Khing, Waar is de taart?[24]
• 2006 - Harrie Geelen and Imme Dros, Bijna jarig[25][26]
• 2007 - Harm de Jonge, Josja Pruis[27][28]
• 2008 - Hans Hagen, Verkocht[29][30]
• 2009 - Peter Verhelst and Carll Cneut, Het geheim van de keel van de nachtegaal[31]
• 2010 - Carli Biessels, Juwelen van stras[32][33]
• 2011 - Benny Lindelauf, De hemel van Heivisj[34]
• 2012 - Ted van Lieshout, Driedelig paard[35][36]
• 2013 - Kristien Dieltiens, Kelderkind[37][38]
• 2014 - Marjolijn Hof, De regels van drie[39][40]
• 2015 - Bette Westera and Sylvia Weve, Doodgewoon[41][42]
• 2016 - Edward van de Vendel and Martijn van der Linden, Stem op de okapi[43][44]
• 2017 - Gerda Dendooven, Stella, ster van de zee[45][46]
• 2018 - Annet Schaap, Lampje[47][1]
• 2019 - Kathleen Vereecken and Charlotte Peys, Alles komt goed, altijd[48][49]
• 2020 - Bette Westera and Sylvia Weve, Uit elkaar[50][51]
• 2021 - Benny Lindelauf and Ludwig Volbeda, Hele verhalen voor een halve soldaat[52]
• 2022 - Raoul Deleo and Noah J. Stern, Terra Ultima[53]
• 2023 - Bibi Dumon Tak and Annemarie van Haeringen, Vandaag houd ik mijn spreekbeurt over de anaconda[54]

• Official website (Dutch)