Gedichtendagprijzen (Poetry Day Prizes) 2007
Gedichtendagprijzen 2007 for the best poems of 2006 have been awarded to Dirk van Bastelaere, Anneke Brassinga, and Saskia de Jong. Dirk van Bastelaere receives the prize for ‘Op het achterdek’ (On the Quarter Deck), from the collection De voorbode van iets groots (Herald of Something Grand) published by Atlas, Amsterdam/Antwerp, 2006. Anneke Brassinga receives the prize for her poem ‘De goede afloop’ (The Right End) from her collection IJsgang (Floating Ice), published by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 2006; and Saskia de Jong for her poem ‘eenvoudige formule’ (simple formula) from her collection Resistent, published by Prometheus, Amsterdam, 2006. Each of the Poetry Day Prizes is worth 2500 Euro.