On December 8, 2016, King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima presented at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the Erasmus Prize (Erasmusprijs) from the British writer Antonia Susan Byatt. The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2016 Erasmus Prize to the British author Dame Antonia Susan Byatt. he Erasmus Prize is awarded annually to a person or institution that has made an exceptional contribution to the humanities or the arts, in Europe and beyond. |