The Golden Book-Owl (De Gouden Boekenuil) is a Belgian prize for original Dutch language literature. Originally it was named Golden Owl (De Gouden Uil). It has been awarded annually since 1995.

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. ^ [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.
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