Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde

The Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmaːtsxɑˈpɛi dɛr ˈneːdərlɑntsə ˈlɛtərkʏndə], lit.

[1] Activities of the MNL include organizing literary and scholarly events, publishing (or supporting the publication of) books and several journals, granting several awards, and maintaining its library.

[2] The MNL has founded the Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (abbreviated DBNL), a digital database of thousands of primary and secondary sources and works of most Dutch writers, in 1999.

[3] To celebrate its 250th anniversary the MNL commissioned a history of the Maatschappij published in 2016 by Leiden University Press: Al die onbekende beroemdheden.

250 jaar Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde edited by Ton van Kalmthout, Peter Sigmond & Aleid Truijens.