The Golden BookâÂÂOwl () was a major Belgian literary award for original Dutch language literature. It originated in 1995 as the Golden Owl (De Gouden Uil), reâÂÂemerged after a funding hiatus in 2012 under the current English name, and was reâÂÂbranded once more in 2016 as the Fintro Literatuurprijs.
It has changed categories several times during the years. For the first five years it consisted of three columns: Fiction, non-fiction and children and youth books. As for 2000 to 2008 the non-fiction category was replaced by an audience award. In 2009 and 2010 it had even four categories: Literature, Youth Literature, Audience and Youth Audience. Since 2012 it is reduced to grown up literature prizes. The winner gets 25,000 euro and a work of art, the winner of the 100 reader's prize gets 2,500 euro and a MontBlanc pen.