The Golden Quill is awarded to the writer and the director / producer Dutch author Abdelkader Benali. That was, chairman, Jet Bussemaker of the Academy, The Golden Quill, a Saturday well-known in The radio Taalstaat on NPO1. The award is presented annually to individuals or institutions that have a lot of meaning for the word in the Netherlands.
in Benali will act in accordance with the Academy as an ambassador of the Dutch language, and his enthusiastic dedication to young people and knows how to reach it: “from the versatile pen of which he is a playful and creative commitment, it is a bridge between the two cultures. A commitment to the common good of the written word, and his great contribution, especially from a Moroccan background, – make it to the Gold Ganzenveerlaureaat by the year 2020.”
now, Benali takes the prize on Thursday, april 2, received in Amsterdam, the netherlands. Previous award-winners have been awarded to Ian Buruma, Antjie Krog, and Even He, Xandra Schutte, Geert Mak, David Van Reybrouck, Ramsey Nasr, Annejet van der Zijl, Remco Campert, Joke van Leeuwen, Adriaan van Dis, Joost Zwagerman, Tom Lanoye, Peter van Straaten, Maria Goos, Kees van Kooten, Jan Blocker, and Michael Seaman.
in 1975, and the current state of Ighazzazen was born Benali wrote novels, stories and poetry, but also drama, and journalism. His first novel, bruiloft aan zee, became an international best-seller. For television, he created, inter alia, the interviewprogramma The writer and the city, to Benali post, and In Benali, a gastronomic and historical journey through his home country.
