Hollands Maandblad (formerly Hollands Weekblad) is a Dutch literary and political magazine founded by K. L. Poll.
History It was founded on 20 May 1959, as a weekly called Hollands Weekblad. Its founding editor was K. L. Poll, who for decades was also its only editor (he was also editor for the Algemeen Handelsblad, later merged into NRC Handelsblad). After 1962 the weekly became a monthly and was given its current title. Besides being known as a publication venue for beginning writers (Maarten Biesheuvel published his first story in the magazine), it is also a popular forum for essayists and politicians.
It shares many prose writers with Maatstaf.
Subsidy and award Like most Dutch literary magazines, it was initially subsidized by the government, but after 1997 this changed, when the advising agency thought the magazine was "too journalistic" and didn't generate enough discussion. The magazine continued without subsidy, but the subsidy was restored in 2004 after the magazine was judged to be trendsetting. In 2007 the magazine received an award from the Lucas-Ooms Fonds, an organization that promotes magazine journalism, as one of the most outstanding literary magazines.
Editors After the death of K.L. Poll, in 1990, the magazine was edited by J.J. Peereboom, who collaborated with Poll from the magazine's early days. At the end of 1994 an editorial team of four was instated, consisting of Peereboom, Marie-Anne van Wijnen, Maarten Doorman, and Bastiaan Bommeljé. In January 2001, the latter became the sole editor; he resigned in January 2019 and was succeeded by David Garvelink.
Hollands Maandblad scholarships Since 2004 the magazine awards scholarships to promising young writers of prose, poetry, and essays.
Year Poetry Prose Essay 2002/2003 Cor Gordijn Cathelijn Schilder Megchel Doewina 2003/2004 Vrouwkje Tuinman Yusef el Halal Thomas Bersee 2004/2005 Froukje van der Ploeg M.A.C. Paanakker Esther ten Dolle 2005/2006 Floor Buschenhenke Anke Scheeren Margriet de Koning Gans 2006/2007 Annemieke Gerrist Ilse Bos Fredie Beckmans 2007/2008 Krijn Peter Hesselink Thijs de Boer not awarded 2008/2009 Vicky Francken Ivo Bonthuis Hans Hogenkamp 2009/2010 Iris Brunia Nina Roos not awarded 2010/2011 Emma Burns Philip Huff Krijn Peter Hesselink 2011/2012 Kira Wuck Stephan ter Borg Machiel Jansen 2012/2013 Esther Porcelijn Bregje Hofstede Maxim Roozen 2013/2014 Olga Kortz Jochem van den Dijssel & Emma Burns & Olga Kortz not awarded 2014/2015 Anne van Amstel & Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Kitty Pouwels not awarded 2015/2016 not awarded Erik Wietse Rietkerk & Daniëlle van Versendaal & Pieter Kranenborg not awarded 2016/2017 Jan-Willem Dijk Gerda Blees not awarded 2017/2018 Anne van Winkelhof Renske van den Broek not awarded 2018/2019 Dorien de Wit Tjeerd Posthuma not awarded2019/2020Johannes van der Sluisnot awardedKim Schoof
References
External links
Older editions of Hollands Maandblad, online at Digital Library for Dutch Literature