Literature critic and author Margot Dijkgraaf winner of De Gouden Ganzenveer | NOW

The Gouden Ganzenveer has been awarded this year to literary critic and author Margot Dijkgraaf. President Jet Bussemaker of Academy De Gouden Ganzenveer announced this in the radio program on Saturday The Language State on NPO1. The prize is awarded annually to persons or institutions who have meant a lot to the written word in the Netherlands.

Dijkgraaf received the prize for her role as “sensitive and erudite ambassador of the arts”. The literary critic and author is also praised by the De Gouden Ganzenveer Academy for bringing Dutch-speaking authors to the attention in France and other European countries.

Dijkgraaf receives a solid gold feather with a weight of 53.2 grams as a goblet. The award ceremony will take place in Amsterdam on September 20.

Dijkgraaf says in conversation with NU.nl that he is very happy with the prize. “I was of course very honored and very surprised,” said the literary critic. “What more should a person say.” According to the author of, among others Reading in France on They took the floor. Rebellious women in French literature “the congratulatory flowers are pouring in”.

Gouden Ganzenveer has been around since 1955

The first presentation of the Gouden Ganzenveer was in 1955. The reason for this was the 75th anniversary of the Royal Dutch Publishers Association.

Last year won writer Abdelkader Benali de Gouden Ganzenveer. Previous winners have included Arnon Grunberg, Xandra Schutte and Ramsey Nasr.

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