They've announced that the P.C.Hooft-prijs 2013 goes to A.F.Th. van der Heijden -- not yet at the official site, last I checked (sigh, etc. ....), but see, for example, the report in De Standaard.
The P.C.Hooft Prize is the leading Dutch oeuvreprijs (which is my favorite new word, by the way -- English needs a word like that, for 'life's-work-prize'), and worth €60,000.
As longtime readers know, I'm a big van der Heijden admirer, and have long complained that he's one of the major not-translated-into-English authors. I figured Tonio stood a reasonable chance of getting published (see the Dutch Foundation for Literature information page), but I'm kind of hoping someone actually bites on one of the multi-volume series, 'De tandeloze tijd' or 'Homo duplex'.
The P.C.Hooft Prize is the leading Dutch oeuvreprijs (which is my favorite new word, by the way -- English needs a word like that, for 'life's-work-prize'), and worth €60,000.
As longtime readers know, I'm a big van der Heijden admirer, and have long complained that he's one of the major not-translated-into-English authors. I figured Tonio stood a reasonable chance of getting published (see the Dutch Foundation for Literature information page), but I'm kind of hoping someone actually bites on one of the multi-volume series, 'De tandeloze tijd' or 'Homo duplex'.