The P.C. Hooft Award (in Dutch: P.C. Hooft-prijs), inaugurated in 1948, is a Dutch-language literary lifetime-achievement award named after 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. The award is made annually. Background Established in 1948, initially as an award of the state, winners are selected from alternating categories: prose (fiction), essays (non-fiction) and poetry. Winners of the prize receive . In 1984, the relationship between the State of the Netherlands and the independent Foundation that puts forward the winner came under pressure when the jury nominated columnist Hugo Brandt Corstius. The Minister of Culture at the time, Elco Brinkman, refused to award the prize to Corstius because of Corstius' perceived inappropriate comments against the government and the then Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers. As a result of the uproar, the prize was not awarded in 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1987, with a re-established fully independent committee, the prize was as yet awarded to Corstius. Award winners 1947 – Amoene van Haersolte 1947 – Arthur van Schendel 1948 – A. M. Hammacher 1949 – Gerrit Achterberg 1950 – Simon Vestdijk 1951 – E. J. Dijksterhuis 1952 – J. C. Bloem 1953 – Ferdinand Bordewijk 1954 – L. J. Rogier 1955 – Adriaan Roland Holst 1956 – Anna Blaman 1957 – Pieter Geyl 1958 – Pierre Kemp 1959 – not awarded 1960 – Victor E. van Vriesland 1961 – H. W. J. M. Keuls 1962 – Theun de Vries 1963 – F. G. L. van der Meer 1964 – Leo Vroman 1965 – not awarded 1966 – Anton van Duinkerken 1967 – Lucebert 1968 – Gerard Kornelis van het Reve 1969 – not awarded 1970 – Gerrit Kouwenaar 1971 – Willem Frederik Hermans (award refused) 1972 – Abel J. Herzberg 1973 – Hendrik de Vries 1974 – Simon Carmiggelt 1975 – Rudy Kousbroek 1976 – Remco Campert 1977 – Harry Mulisch 1978 – Cornelis Verhoeven 1979 – Ida Gerhardt 1980 – Willem Brakman 1981 – Karel van het Reve 1982 – M. Vasalis 1983 – Hella S. Haasse 1984 – not awarded 1985 – not awarded 1986 – not awarded 1987 – Hugo Brandt Corstius 1988 – Rutger Kopland 1989 – Jan Wolkers (award refused) 1990 – Kees Fens 1991 – Elisabeth Eybers 1992 – Anton Koolhaas 1993 – Gerrit Komrij 1994 – J. Bernlef 1995 – A. Alberts 1996 – K. Schippers 1997 – Judith Herzberg 1998 – F. B.