VSB Poetry Prize
# VSB Poetry Prize

The VSB Poetry Prize (Dutch: VSB Poëzieprijs) is the most important Dutch language poetry prize.

It was awarded annually to a Dutch-language poet from 1994 until 2018. The prize winner was announced on the day before Poetry Day in the Netherlands, the last Thursday in January. It is funded by the VSB cultural fund, which was established by the Dutch bank Verenigde Spaarbank. The award was initiated through the efforts of Huub Oosterhuis.

The prize consisted of 25,000 Euros and a sculpture created by artist Maria Roosen [nl].

## Prize winners

| Year | Author | Work |
| - | - | - |
| 2018 | Joost Baars | Binnenplaats |
| 2017 | Hannah van Binsbergen | Kwaad gesternte |
| 2016 | Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer | Idyllen |
| 2015 | Hester Knibbe | Archaïsch de dieren |
| 2014 | Antoine de Kom | Ritmisch zonder string |
| 2013 | Ester Naomi Perquin | Celinspecties |
| 2012 | Jan Lauwereyns | Hemelsblauw |
| 2011 | Armando | Gedichten 2009 |
| 2009 | Nachoem Wijnberg | Het leven van |
| 2008 | Leonard Nolens | Bres |
| 2007 | Tomas Lieske [nl] | Hoe je geliefde te herkennen |
| 2006 | Mark Boog [nl] | De encyclopedie van de grote woorden |
| 2005 | Arjen Duinker [nl] | De zon en de wereld |
| 2004 | Mustafa Stitou [nl] | Varkensroze ansichten |
| 2003 | Tonnus Oosterhoff | Wij zagen ons in een kleine groep mensen veranderen |
| 2002 | Anneke Brassinga | Verschiet |
| 2001 | Kees Ouwens | Mythologieën |
| 2000 | K. Michel [nl] | Waterstudies |
| 1999 | Esther Jansma | Hier is de tijd |
| 1998 | Rutger Kopland | Tot het ons los laat |
| 1997 | Gerrit Kouwenaar | De tijd staat open |
| 1996 | Leo Vroman | Psalmen en andere gedichten |
| 1995 | Huub Beurskens [nl] | Aangod en de afmens |
| 1994 | Hugo Claus | De Sporen |
