The Gouden Ganzenveer ("Golden goose quill") is a Dutch cultural award initiated in 1955, given annually to a person or organization of great significance to the written and printed word. Recipients are selected by an academy of people from the cultural, political, scientific, and corporate world. Members meet once a year; the winner is announced each year in January and honored in April. From 1995 to 1998 the award was granted by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Uitgeversbond, the Royal Dutch Organization of Publishers; since 2000, it is granted by a separate organization.
Since 2022, the Gouden Ganzerveer laureate awards the Jonge Veer ("Young Quill") to a person under 35 who has made an outstanding contribution to the Dutch language. The first recipient was , who was nominated by .
Recipients
The Gouden Ganzenveer Note: some years the award was not given.
1955 – Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 1957 – , historian 1960 – Jan Oort, astronomer 1965 – , art historian 1980 – , librarian 1983 – Bernard Lievegoed, psychiatrist and author 1984 – Hans Freudenthal, mathematician 1985 – Jan Tinbergen, economist 1986 – Natuurmonumenten, environmental and cultural organization 1987 – Armando, painter and writer 1988 – Loe de Jong, historian 1989 – Edward Schillebeeckx, theologian 1990 – , environmental scientist 1991 – "Cultural Supplement" section of NRC Handelsblad 1992 – Arthur Lehning, writer and historian 1993 – Pierre H. Dubois and Simone Dubois, writers 1996 – Henk Hofland, journalist 1999 – 2002 – Michaël Zeeman, critic and writer 2003 – Jan Blokker, writer and journalist 2004 – Kees van Kooten, writer 2005 – Maria Goos, writer 2006 – Peter van Straaten, artist and writer 2007 – Tom Lanoye, writer 2008 – Joost Zwagerman, writer 2009 – Adriaan van Dis, writer 2010 – Joke van Leeuwen, writer and illustrator 2011 – Remco Campert, poet and writer 2012 – Annejet van der Zijl, writer 2013 – Ramsey Nasr, poet, writer, actor, and director 2014 – David Van Reybrouck 2015 – Geert Mak, journalist and writer 2016 – , journalist 2017 – Arnon Grunberg 2018 – Antjie Krog 2019 - Ian Buruma 2020 - Abdelkader Benali, Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist 2021 - , Dutch literary critic 2022 - , Dutch writer 2023 - , Dutch writer 2024 - , Dutch poet 2025 - , Flemish writer
The Jonge Veer
2022 - 2023 - 2024 - Aya Sabi 2025 - Jonas Roelens 2026 -
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