Prix Goncourt
Encyclopedia
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature
, given by the académie Goncourt
to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (first novel), prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle (short story), prix Goncourt de la Poésie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography).
. In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
(1830–1870), the académie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903. The jury that determines the winner meets at the Drouant restaurant to make its decision. The award, though nominal, ensures the winner celebrity status and a boost in sales. Notable winners of the prize include Marcel Proust
, Jean Fayard
, Simone de Beauvoir
, Georges Duhamel
, Alphonse de Châteaubriant
, and Antonine Maillet
.
In 1987, the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
was established, as a collaboration between the académie Goncourt
, the French Ministry of Education, and Fnac
, a book, music, and movie retailer.
The Prix Renaudot
is announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt. It has become something of a second-place prize.
; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès
for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War
. The prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was 48 (Proust was a beginning author, though, which is the only eligibility requirement for the prize, age being unimportant); and, this was immediately after the end of the war, where Dorgelès had fought, whereas Proust had been deemed unfit for service for medical reasons (he had asthma
).
The 1932 prize was controversial for passing up Céline
, and the voting process became the basis of the 1992 book Goncourt 32 by Eugène Saccomano.
Although the award may only be given to an author once, Romain Gary
won it twice, in 1956 for Les racines du ciel and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi. The Académie Goncourt awarded the prize to Ajar without knowing his real identity. A period of literary intrigue followed. Gary's cousin's son Paul Pavlowitch posed as the author for a time. Gary later revealed the truth in his posthumous book Vie et mort d'Émile Ajar.
As of March 2009, the académie changed the award name by dropping "bourses" ("scholarship") from the title. The prefix "prix" can be included or not, such as "Prix Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt prize for Poetry) or "Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt of Poetry). For example: "Claude Vigée was awarded a Goncourt de la Poésie in 2008". Or, "Claude Vigée won the 2008 prix Goncourt de la Poésie".
The award titles are:
The winners are listed below.
since 2001.
. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Paris.
(Prix Goncourt in 1914). The award is for the poet's entire career work.
. Discontinued after 2007.
French literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...
, given by the académie Goncourt
Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (first novel), prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle (short story), prix Goncourt de la Poésie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography).
History
Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the académie GoncourtAcadémie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
. In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt
Jules de Goncourt
Jules de Goncourt , born Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, was a French writer, who published books together with his brother Edmond.- Works :With Edmond de Goncourt:* Sœur Philomène...
(1830–1870), the académie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903. The jury that determines the winner meets at the Drouant restaurant to make its decision. The award, though nominal, ensures the winner celebrity status and a boost in sales. Notable winners of the prize include Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
, Jean Fayard
Jean Fayard
Jean Fayard was a French writer and journalist, winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1931.He was also director of the Editions Fayard.Jean Fayard was the grand son of the founder of Fayard....
, Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
, Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamel , was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit , the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin...
, Alphonse de Châteaubriant
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
Alphonse Van Bredenbeck de Châteaubriant was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1911 for his novel Monsieur de Lourdines and Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française for La Brière in 1923....
, and Antonine Maillet
Antonine Maillet
Antonine Maillet, is an Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec....
.
In 1987, the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of the Prix Goncourt, a prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees...
was established, as a collaboration between the académie Goncourt
Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt , usually called the académie Goncourt , is a French literary organization based in Paris. It was founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt...
, the French Ministry of Education, and Fnac
Fnac
Fnac is an international entertainment retail chain offering cultural and electronic products, founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954. It is the largest retailer of its kind in France...
, a book, music, and movie retailer.
The Prix Renaudot
Prix Renaudot
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt....
is announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt. It has become something of a second-place prize.
Controversies
Some decisions for awarding the prize have been controversial, the most famous case being the decision to award the prize in 1919 to Marcel ProustMarcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès
Roland Dorgelès
Roland Dorgelès , was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Goncourt.Born Roland Lecavelé , he spent his childhood in Paris....
for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. The prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was 48 (Proust was a beginning author, though, which is the only eligibility requirement for the prize, age being unimportant); and, this was immediately after the end of the war, where Dorgelès had fought, whereas Proust had been deemed unfit for service for medical reasons (he had asthma
Asthma
Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
).
The 1932 prize was controversial for passing up Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French writer and physician Louis-Ferdinand Destouches . Céline was chosen after his grandmother's first name. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and...
, and the voting process became the basis of the 1992 book Goncourt 32 by Eugène Saccomano.
Although the award may only be given to an author once, Romain Gary
Romain Gary
Romain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice .- Early life :Gary was born in Vilnius under the name Roman Kacew...
won it twice, in 1956 for Les racines du ciel and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi. The Académie Goncourt awarded the prize to Ajar without knowing his real identity. A period of literary intrigue followed. Gary's cousin's son Paul Pavlowitch posed as the author for a time. Gary later revealed the truth in his posthumous book Vie et mort d'Émile Ajar.
Prix Goncourt
| French year | Author | French title | English title | English year | Film title | Film year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Force ennemie | Enemy Force Force ennemie Force ennemie is a novel by French author John Antoine Nau. It won the inaugural Prix Goncourt in 1903.In 2010 Michael Shreve adapted it into English as Enemy Force.-Plot summary:... |
2010 | ||||
| 1904 | La Maternelle La Maternelle La Maternelle is a Prix Goncourt winning novel by French author Léon Frapié. It was adapted to film as La Maternelle... |
La Maternelle La Maternelle (film) La Maternelle is a 1933 French film directed and written by Jean Benoit-Lévy and Marie Epstein. It was adapted from Léon Frapié's Prix Goncourt winning novel La Maternelle... |
1933 | ||||
| 1905 | Les Civilisés | ||||||
| 1906 | Dingley, l'illustre écrivain | ||||||
| 1907 | Le Rouet d'ivoire and Jean des Brebis ou le livre de la misère | Pseudonym of Emile Chénin. | |||||
| 1908 | Ecrit sur l'eau | ||||||
| 1909 | En France | ||||||
| 1910 | De Goupil à Margot | ||||||
| 1911 | Monsieur des Lourdines | Monsieur des Lourdines | 1943 | ||||
| 1912 | Les Filles de la pluie | ||||||
| 1913 | Le peuple de la mer | ||||||
| 1914 | L'Appel du Sol | The Call of the Soil | 1919 | Awarded in 1916. See footnote. | |||
| 1915 | Gaspard | Private Gaspard | 1916 | ||||
| 1916 | Le Feu | Under Fire Under Fire (novel) Under Fire: The Story of a Squad by Henri Barbusse , was one of the first novels about World War I to be published... |
1917 | See footnote. | |||
| 1917 | La Flamme au poing | The Flame That Is France | 1918 | ||||
| 1918 | Civilisation | Civilization | 1919 | ||||
| 1919 | A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs | Within a Budding Grove | 1920 | Volume 2 of In Search of Lost Time In Search of Lost Time In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel is widely... |
|||
| 1920 | Nêne | Nêne Nene Nene may refer to:*River Nene, a river in England*Rolls-Royce Nene, a jet engine*Nene , also called Nēnē and Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis, a rare goose*Nene , a Seminole Indian word meaning "street"... |
1920 | Nène | 1924 | ||
| 1921 | Batouala | Batouala | 1921 | ||||
| 1922 | Le vitriol de la lune and Le martyre de l'obèse | ||||||
| 1923 | Rabevel ou Le mal des ardents | ||||||
| 1924 | Le Chèvrefeuille, le Purgatoire, le Chapitre XIII | ||||||
| 1925 | Raboliot | Raboliot Raboliot Raboliot |
1946 1972 2008 |
||||
| 1926 | Le supplice de Phèdre | The Peat-Cutters | 1927 | ||||
| 1927 | Jérôme 60° latitude nord | Jerome: or, The Latitude of Love | 1928 | ||||
| 1928 | Un Homme se penche sur son passé | A Man Scans His Past | 1929 | Un homme se penche sur son passé Les amants de rivière rouge |
1958 1996 |
||
| 1929 | L'Ordre | L'Ordre | 1985 | ||||
| 1930 | Malaisie | The Soul of Malaya or Malaisie | 1931 | ||||
| 1931 | Mal d'amour | Desire | 1931 | ||||
| 1932 | Les Loups | The Wolves | 1935 | ||||
| 1933 | La Condition humaine | Man's Fate Man's Fate Man's Fate is a 1933 novel written by André Malraux about the failed communist insurrection in Shanghai in 1927, and the existential quandaries facing a diverse group of people associated with the revolution... |
1934 | ||||
| 1934 | Capitaine Conan | Captain Conan | 1935 | Capitaine Conan Capitaine Conan Capitaine Conan is a 1996 French film that is directed by Bertrand Tavernier. The film is based on the 1934 Prix Goncourt-winning novel Captain Conan by Roger Vercel.-Plot:... |
1996 | ||
| 1935 | Sang et Lumières | ||||||
| 1936 | L'Empreinte de Dieu | Hath Not the Potter | 1937 | ||||
| 1937 | Faux passeports Faux passeports Faux passeports subtitled 'ou les mémoires d'un agitateur' in its original version, is a Belgian novel by Charles Plisnier. It was first published by Corrêa in 1937. It received the prestigious Prix Goncourt, making Plisnier the first foreigner to win the prize.... |
First foreigner to win Prix Goncourt. | |||||
| 1938 | L'Araigne | ||||||
| 1939 | Les enfants gâtés | ||||||
| 1940 | Les grandes vacances | The Long Holiday The Long Holiday The Long Holiday is a French non-fiction memoir by Francis Ambrière that chronicles the lives of French prisoners of war between 1940 and 1945. It was first published in 1946 and in that year was also awarded the 1940 Prix Goncourt, which previously had been missed because of the German invasion... |
1948 | Published and awarded in 1946 due to WWII. Non-fiction memoir. |
|||
| 1941 | Vent de Mars | ||||||
| 1942 | Pareil à des enfants | ||||||
| 1943 | Passage de l'Homme | When the Man Passed By | 1962 | ||||
| 1944 | Le premier accroc coûte 200 Francs | A Fine of Two Hundred Francs | 1947 | ||||
| 1945 | Mon village à l'heure allemande Mon village à l'heure allemande Mon village à l'heure allemande is a novel by Jean-Louis Bory published in 1945, which won the Prix Goncourt the same year.- Editions :*Mon village à l'heure allemande , Groupe Flammarion, Paris, 1945.... |
||||||
| 1946 | Histoire d'un Fait divers Histoire d'un fait divers Histoire d'un fait divers is a novel by the French author Jean-Jacques Gautier, winning the Prix Goncourt in 1946.... |
||||||
| 1947 | Les Forêts de la Nuit | The Forests of the Night The Forests of the Night The Forests of the Night is the second novel by French author Jean-Louis Curtis. It is critically his best, and his best selling after it won the 1947 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. The novel is set in Curtis' native region of Pyrénées-Atlantiques... |
1950 | ||||
| 1948 | Les grandes familles | Les grandes familles | 1989 | ||||
| 1949 | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Week-end at Zuydcoote Week-end at Zuydcoote Week-end at Zuydcoote is a 1949 novel by French author Robert Merle. It won the 1949 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize. The novel was adapted to film in 1964 called Weekend at Dunkirk . It was first published in English in 1950.... |
1950 | Weekend at Dunkirk | 1964 | ||
| 1950 | Les jeux sauvages | ||||||
| 1951 | Le Rivage des Syrtes | The Opposing Shore | 1986 | Refused prize. | |||
| 1952 | Léon Morin, prêtre | The Priest (UK), The Passionate Heart (US) | 1953 | Léon Morin, Priest Léon Morin, Priest The Passionate Heart is a 1952 novel by Béatrix Beck, which won the Prix Goncourt. It was published in the UK as The Priest and in the US as The Passionate Heart .... Léon Morin, prêtre |
1961 1991 |
||
| 1953 | Les Bêtes | ||||||
| 1954 | Les Mandarins | The Mandarins The Mandarins The Mandarins is a 1954 roman-à-clef by Simone de Beauvoir. Beauvoir was awarded the Prix Goncourt prize in 1954 for The Mandarins. It was first published in English in 1957.... |
1957 | ||||
| 1955 | Les eaux mêlées | Les eaux mêlées | 1969 | ||||
| 1956 | Les racines du ciel | The Roots of Heaven | 1957 | The Roots of Heaven The Roots of Heaven The Roots of Heaven is a 1958 adventure film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by John Huston and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Romain Gary and Patrick Leigh Fermor is based on Romain Gary's 1956 Prix Goncourt winning novel The Roots of Heaven .The film starred Errol Flynn,... |
1958 | ||
| 1957 | La Loi | The Law The Law (1957 novel) The Law is a 1957 novel by French author Roger Vailland. It won the 1957 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize.... |
1958 | The Law The Law (1959 film) The Law is a 1959 Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.-Cast:* Gina Lollobrigida - Marietta* Pierre Brasseur - Don Cesare* Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico Tosso, the Engineer* Melina Mercouri - Donna Lucrezia* Yves Montand - Matteo Brigante... |
1959 | ||
| 1958 | Saint-Germain ou la négociation Saint-Germain ou la négociation Saint-Germain ou la négociation is a Belgian novel by Francis Walder. It was first published in 1958 and won that years Prix Goncourt.... |
||||||
| 1959 | Le dernier des Justes | The Last of the Just The Last of the Just The Last of the Just is a post-war novel by André Schwarz-Bart originally published in French in 1959. It was published in an English translation by Stephen Becker in 1960. It was Schwarz-Bart's first book and won the Prix de Goncourt, France's highest literary prize... |
1960 | ||||
| 1960 | Dieu est né en exil | God Was Born in Exile | 1961 | ||||
| 1961 | La pitié de Dieu | ||||||
| 1962 | Les bagages de sable | ||||||
| 1963 | Quand la mer se retire | Quand la mer se retire | 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | L'Etat sauvage | L'état sauvage | 1978 | ||||
| 1965 | L'Adoration | ||||||
| 1966 | Oublier Palerme | To Forget Palermo | 1968 | Dimenticare Palermo Dimenticare Palermo Dimenticare Palermo is a 1989 Italian political thriller starring James Belushi, Mimi Rogers and Joss Ackland and directed by Francesco Rosi and co-written by Gore Vidal. The film was released under the title The Palermo Connection in North America... |
1990 | ||
| 1967 | La Marge | The Margin | 1970 | The Margin | 1976 | ||
| 1968 | Les fruits de l'hiver | The Fruits of Winter | 1969 | Creezy | 1974 | ||
| 1969 | Creezy | ||||||
| 1970 | Le Roi des Aulnes | The Erl-King The Erl-King (novel) The Erl-King is a 1970 novel by the French writer Michel Tournier. It is also known as The Ogre. It tells the story of a man who recruits children to be Nazis in the belief that he is protecting them. The novel received the Prix Goncourt. Volker Schlöndorff directed a 1996 film, based on the... (UK) or The Ogre (US) |
1972 | The Ogre The Ogre (film) The score is composed by Michael Nyman and features strictly brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments by members of the Michael Nyman Band. The music was rerecorded by Wingates Band, with the woodwind parts transcribed for brass, on the 2006 album, Nyman Brass.-Track listing:#Knights at School... |
1996 | ||
| 1971 | Les Bêtises | ||||||
| 1972 | L'Epervier de Maheux | ||||||
| 1973 | L'Ogre | A Father's Love | 1975 | ||||
| 1974 | La Dentellière La Dentellière La Dentellière , is a French novel by Pascal Lainé. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1974... |
A Web of Lace (1976) or The Lacemaker(?) (2008(?)) | 1976 | The Lacemaker The Lacemaker The Lacemaker is a 1977 French drama film directed by Claude Goretta and starring Isabelle Huppert. It is based on the 1974 Prix Goncourt winning novel La Dentellière by Pascal Lainé.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Pomme* Yves Beneyton - François... |
1977 | ||
| 1975 | (Romain Gary Romain Gary Romain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice .- Early life :Gary was born in Vilnius under the name Roman Kacew... ) |
La vie devant soi | Momo (1978) or The Life Before Us The Life Before Us The Life Before Us is a novel by French author Romain Gary who wrote it under the pseudonym of "Emile Ajar". It was originally published in English as Momo then re-published in 1986 as The Life Before Us... (1986) |
1978 | Madame Rosa Madame Rosa Madame Rosa is a 1977 French film adaption of the novel The Life Before Us , authored by Romain Gary under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar... |
1977 | |
| 1976 | Les Flamboyants | ||||||
| 1977 | John l'enfer | ||||||
| 1978 | Rue des boutiques obscures | Missing Person | 1980 | ||||
| 1979 | Pélagie la Charette | Pélagie: The Return to Acadie | 1982 | ||||
| 1980 | Le Jardin d'acclimatation | ||||||
| 1981 | Anne Marie | ||||||
| 1982 | Dans la main de l'Ange | ||||||
| 1983 | Les égarés | The Lost Ones | 1991 | ||||
| 1984 | L'Amant | The Lover | 1986 | The Lover The Lover (film) - Production :While adapting the Marguerite Duras novel into the film's screenplay, director Jean-Jacques Annaud and fellow writer Gérard Brach changed the age of "The Girl" from 15½ to 17, but tried to maintain the original structure and literary tone of the original novel. As with the Duras... |
1992 | ||
| 1985 | Les Noces barbares | The Wedding | 1987 | The Cruel Embrace | 1987 | ||
| 1986 | Valet de nuit | ||||||
| 1987 | La Nuit sacrée | The Sacred Night | 1989 | La Nuit sacrée | 1993 | ||
| 1988 | L'Exposition coloniale | ||||||
| 1989 | Un grand pas vers le Bon Dieu | ||||||
| 1990 | Les Champs d'honneur | Fields of Glory | 1992 | ||||
| 1991 | Les Filles du Calvaire | ||||||
| 1992 | Texaco | Texaco | 1998 | ||||
| 1993 | Le Rocher de Tanios | The Rock of Tanios The Rock of Tanios The Rock of Tanios is a 1993 novel by the French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf. It received the Prix Goncourt.... |
1994 | ||||
| 1994 | Un Aller simple | One-Way One-Way One-Way is a 1994 novel by the French writer Didier Van Cauwelaert. It received the Prix Goncourt. It was adapted into the 2001 film Un aller simple, directed by Laurent Heynemann.... |
2003 | One Way Ticket | 2001 | ||
| 1995 | Le Testament français | Dreams of My Russian Summers Dreams of My Russian Summers Dreams of My Russian Summers is a French novel by Andrei Makine, originally published in 1995. It won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis... |
1998 | ||||
| 1996 | Le Chasseur Zéro Le Chasseur Zéro Le Chasseur Zéro is a novel by the French writer, Pascale Roze. It was published on 22 August, 1996 by éditions Albin Michel and won the Prix Goncourt that year.-Summary:... |
||||||
| 1997 | La Bataille | The Battle The Battle (novel) The Battle is a historical novel by the French author Patrick Rambaud that was first published in 1997. The English translation by Will Hobson appeared in 2000. The book describes the 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling between the French Empire under Napoleon and the Austrian Empire... |
2000 | ||||
| 1998 | Confidence pour confidence | ||||||
| 1999 | Je m'en vais | I'm Gone (US) or I'm Off I'm Off I'm Off is a 1999 novel by the French writer Jean Echenoz. It is also known as I'm Gone. It received the Prix Goncourt.... (UK) |
2001 | ||||
| 2000 | Ingrid Caven | Ingrid Caven Ingrid Caven (novel) Ingrid Caven is a 2000 novel by the French writer Jean-Jacques Schuhl. It received the Prix Goncourt.... |
2004 | ||||
| 2001 | Rouge Brésil | Brazil Red | 2004 | ||||
| 2002 | Les Ombres errantes | The Roving Shadows The Roving Shadows The Roving Shadows is a 2002 fiction book by the French writer Pascal Quignard. It won the Prix Goncourt. The English edition was published November 2011, translated by Chris Turner.... |
2011 | ||||
| 2003 | La maîtresse de Brecht | Brecht's Lover (US) or Brecht's Mistress Brecht's Mistress Brecht's Mistress is a 2003 novel by the French writer Jacques-Pierre Amette. It is also known as Brecht's Lover. It received the Prix Goncourt.... (UK) |
2005 | ||||
| 2004 | Le Soleil des Scorta | The House of Scorta (US 2006) The Scortas' Sun The Scortas' Sun The Scortas' Sun is a novel by the French writer Laurent Gaudé. It is also known as The House of Scorta. It received the Prix Goncourt.... (UK 2007) |
2006 | ||||
| 2005 | Trois jours chez ma mère Trois jours chez ma mère Trois jours chez ma mère is a Belgian novel by François Weyergans. It was first published in 2005 and won the Prix Goncourt, one of the most prestigious awards in France.... |
||||||
| 2006 | Les Bienveillantes | The Kindly Ones | 2009 | ||||
| 2007 | Alabama song Alabama Song (novel) Alabama Song is a 2007 novel by the French writer Gilles Leroy. It received the Prix Goncourt.... |
||||||
| 2008 | Syngué Sabour: La pierre de patience | Stone of Patience (UK) or The Patience Stone The Patience Stone The Patience Stone is a 2008 novel by the French-Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi. It is also known as Stone of Patience. It received the Prix Goncourt.... (US) |
2010 | ||||
| 2009 | Trois femmes puissantes | Three Strong Women Three Strong Women Three Strong Women is a 2009 novel by the French writer Marie NDiaye. It received the Prix Goncourt. The English translation will be published April 2012 in the UK.... |
2012 | ||||
| 2010 | La Carte et le territoire La Carte et le territoire The Map and the Territory is a novel by French author Michel Houellebecq. The narrative revolves around a successful artist, and involves a fictional murder of Houellebecq. It was published on 4 September 2010 by Flammarion and received the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious French literary... |
||||||
| 2011 | L'Art Francais De La Guerre L'Art français de la guerre L'Art français de la guerre is a 2011 novel by the French writer Alexis Jenni, published by Éditions Gallimard. It is an adventure story about the military history of France in Indochina and Algeria... |
- Notes
- Translations full audit: March 2009
- Films full audit: February 2011
- Translation date is of first translation, later ones may be available.
- Website of the Academie Goncourt with list of past winners.
Other awards
In addition to the Prix Goncourt for a novel, the academy awards four other awards, for first novel, short story, biography and poetry.As of March 2009, the académie changed the award name by dropping "bourses" ("scholarship") from the title. The prefix "prix" can be included or not, such as "Prix Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt prize for Poetry) or "Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt of Poetry). For example: "Claude Vigée was awarded a Goncourt de la Poésie in 2008". Or, "Claude Vigée won the 2008 prix Goncourt de la Poésie".
The award titles are:
| Pre-2009 award name | Post-2009 award name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Bourse Goncourt de la Biographie | Prix Goncourt de la Biographie | Biography Biography A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events... |
| Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Short story Short story A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because... |
| Bourse Goncourt du Premier Roman | Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman | Debut novel Debut novel A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future... |
| Bourse Goncourt de la Poésie | Prix Goncourt de la Poésie | Poetry Poetry Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning... |
| Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse | discontinued | Juvenile Children's literature Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes... |
The winners are listed below.
Prix Goncourt de la Biographie
Goncourt Prize for biography. Awarded in partnership with the city of Nancy.- 1999 - Claude Pichois, Colette
- 2000 - Dominique Bona, Berthe Morisot
- 2001 - Laure Murat, La maison du docteur Blanche
- 2002 - Jean-Paul Goujon, Une Vie Secrète ( 1870-1925 ); Mille lettres de Pierre Louÿs à Georges Louis (1890-1917)
- 2003 - Pierre Billard, Louis Malle
- 2004 - Claude Dufresne, Appelez-moi George Sand
- 2005 - Thibaut d'Anthonay, Jean Lorrain
- 2006 - Angie David, Dominique Aury
- 2007 - Patrice Locmant, Huysmans, le forçat de la vie
- 2008 - Jennifer Lesieur, Jack London
- 2009 - Viviane ForresterViviane ForresterViviane Forrester is a writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic. She works for Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur and Quinzaine littéraire and is a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on political affairs...
, Virginia Woolf - 2010 - Michel WinockMichel WinockMichel Winock is a French historian, specializing in the French Republic, intellectual movements, anti-Semitism, nationalism and the far right movements of France. He is a professeur des universités in contemporary history at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and member of L'Histoire...
, Madame de Stael - 2011 - Maurizio Serra, Malaparte, vies et légendes
Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle
Goncourt Prize for short stories. Begun in 1974 in the form of scholarships. Awarded in partnership with the city of StrasbourgStrasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
since 2001.
- 1974 - Daniel BoulangerDaniel BoulangerDaniel Boulanger is a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and has been a member of the Académie Goncourt since 1983.-Filmography:...
, Fouette, cocher ! - 1975 - S. Corinna BilleS. Corinna BilleS. Corinna Bille was a French speaking writer from Switzerland. Bille was born in Lausanne, the daughter of Swiss painter Edmond Bille. She won the 1975 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for La Demoiselle sauvage...
, La Demoiselle sauvage - 1976 - Antoine BlondinAntoine BlondinAntoine Blondin was a French writer.He belonged to the literary group called the Hussards. He was also a sports columnist in L'Équipe. Blondin also wrote under the name Tenorio.-Biography:...
, Quat'saisons - 1977 - Henri Gougaud, Départements et territoires d'outre-mort
- 1978 - Christiane BarocheChristiane BarocheChristiane Baroche is a French novelist, and short story writer.She graduated with a BS in 1954.After a scientific career, at the Curie Institute she turned to writing.-Awards:...
, Chambres, avec vue sur le passé - 1979 - Andrée ChedidAndrée ChedidAndrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.-Life:Chedid was born in Cairo on 20 March 1920. When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go...
, Le Corps et le Temps - 1980 - Guy Lagorce, Les Héroïques
- 1981 - Annie SaumontAnnie SaumontAnnie Saumont is a French short story writer and English to French translator.Saumont started as a specialist in English literature and an English to French translator. She has translated books by V.S. Naipaul, Nadine Gordimer and John Fowles among others.Saumont is best known for her short...
, Quelquefois dans les cérémonies - 1982 - René DepestreRené DepestreRené Depestre is a Haitian poet and communist. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Americas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.-Life:...
, Alléluia pour une femme-jardin - 1983 - Raymond Jean, Un fantasme de Bella B.
- 1984 - Alain Gerber, Les Jours de vin et de roses
- 1985 - Pierrette FleutiauxPierrette FleutiauxPierrette Fleutiaux is a French writer. His awards include the 1985 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Métamorphoses de la reine, and winner of the 1990 Prix Femina for Nous sommes éternels.-References:...
, Métamorphoses de la reine - 1986 - Jean VautrinJean VautrinJean Vautrin, Jean Vautrin, (John Herman) Jean Vautrin, (John Herman) (born May 17, 1933 Pagny-sur-Moselle is a French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.-Life:After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of...
, Baby-boom - 1987 - Noëlle ChâteletNoëlle ChâteletNoëlle Châtelet , born 16 October 1944 in Meudon the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, as Noëlle Jospin, is French writer and lecturer at the Paris Descartes University in the humanities...
, Histoires de bouche - 1988 - Jean-Louis Hue, Dernières Nouvelles du Père Noël
- 1989 - Paul FournelPaul FournelPaul Fournel is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud . Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau and published the first book-length study of the Oulipo, Clefs pour la littérature potentielle...
, Les Athlètes dans leur tête - 1990 - Jacques Bens, Nouvelles désenchantées
- 1991 - Rafaël Pividal, Le Goût de la catastrophe
- 1992 - Catherine Lépront, Trois gardiennes
- 1993 - Mariette Condroyer, Un après-midi plutôt gai
- 1994 - Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris, Les Lettres du baron
- 1996 - Ludovic Janvier, En mémoire du lit
- 1997 - François SureauFrançois SureauFrançois Sureau is a French writer, lawyer and technocrat. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and educated at the École nationale d'administration . He is a co-founder and co-director of the French Review of Economics. He is also the founding president of the Association Pierre Claver...
, Le Sphinx de Darwin - 1999 - Elvire de Brissac, Les anges d'en bas
- 2000 - Catherine Paysan, Les Désarmés
- 2001 - Stéphane Denis, Elle a maigri pour le festival
- 2002 - Sébastien LapaqueSébastien LapaqueSébastien Lapaque is a French novelist, essayist and gastronome, and a critic for Figaro littéraire.-Awards:*2000 : Prix François Mauriac de l'Académie française*2002 : Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, Mythologie Française...
, Mythologie Française - 2003 - Philippe ClaudelPhilippe ClaudelPhilippe Claudel , is a French writer and film director.Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy....
, Les petites mécaniques - 2004 - Olivier AdamOlivier AdamOlivier Adam is a French writer. His first novel Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas was made into a movie. He also writes youth books, among them La messe anniversaire. Adam won the 2004 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Passer l'hiver.-External links:...
, Passer l'hiver - 2005 - Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud, Singe savant tabassé par deux clowns
- 2006 - Franz Bartelt, Le Bar des habitudes
- 2007 - Brigitte Giraud, L'Amour est très surestimé
- 2008 - Jean-Yves Masson, Ultimes vérités sur la mort du nageur
- 2009 - Sylvain Tesson, Une vie à coucher dehors
- 2010 - Éric-Emmanuel SchmittÉric-Emmanuel SchmittEric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a French dramatist, novelist and fiction writer. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.- Life :...
, Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange - 2011 - Bernard Comment, Tout passe
Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman
Goncourt Prize for debut novelDebut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...
. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Paris.
- 1990 - Hélène de MonferrandHélène de MonferrandHélène de Montferrand is a French novelist.She grew up in Algeria. She studied at Nanterre and at the Sorbonne. She plays piano and harpsichord....
, Les amies d'Héloïse - 1991 - Armande Gobry-Valle, Iblis ou la défroque du serpent
- 1992 - Nita Rousseau, Les iris bleus
- 1993 - Bernard Chambaz, L'arbre de vies
- 1994 - Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Vétérinaires
- 1995 - Florence Seyvos, Les apparitions
- 1996 - Yann Moix, Jubilations vers le ciel
- 1997 - Jean-Christophe RufinJean-Christophe RufinJean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger and one of the founders of Médecins Sans Frontières. He was Ambassador of France in Senegal from 2007 to June 2010.-Early life:...
, L'abyssin - 1998 - Shan SaShan SaShan Sa is the pseudonym of Yan Ni , a French author and painter. The Girl Who Played Go was the first of her novels to be published outside of France, and won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens . Her second novel to appear in English translation was Empress...
, Porte de la paix céleste - 1999 - Nicolas MichelNicolas MichelNicolas Michel is Adjunct Professor of international law at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies....
, Un revenant - 2000 - Benjamin Berton, Sauvageons
- 2001 - Salim Bachi, Le chien d'Ulysse
- 2002 - Soazig Aaron, Le non de Klara
- 2003 - Claire Delannoy, La guerre, l'Amérique
- 2004 - Françoise Dorner, La fille du rang derrière
- 2005 - Alain Jaubert, Val Paradis
- 2006 - Hédi Kaddour, Waltenberg
- 2007 - Frédéric Brun, Perla
- 2008 - Jakuta Alikavazovic, Corps volatils
- 2009 - Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Une éducation libertine
- 2010 - Laurent BinetLaurent BinetLaurent Binet is a French writer.Son of an historian, he was born in Paris, graduated from University of Paris in literature, and taught literature in Parisian suburb and eventually at University....
, HHhHHHhHHHhH is the first novel of French writer Laurent Binet. It recounts Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich in Prague during World War II. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt du premier roman 2010.... - 2011 - Michel Rostain, Le Fils
Prix Goncourt de la Poésie
Goncourt Prize for poetry. Established through the bequest of Adrien BertrandAdrien Bertrand
Adrien Bertrand was a French novelist whose short career was punctuated by a series of striking surrealist anti-war novels, written as Bertrand lay dying from complications involved in a wound he suffered whilst serving with the French Army in the First World War.-Biography:Bertrand was born in...
(Prix Goncourt in 1914). The award is for the poet's entire career work.
- 19851985 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The term "New Formalism" was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an attack on the poetry movement...
- Claude Roy - 19861986 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry, is founded in Chicago, Illinois....
- Yves BonnefoyYves BonnefoyYves Bonnefoy is a French poet and essayist. Bonnefoy was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, the son of a railroad worker and a teacher.... - 19871987 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski, becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke....
- - 19881988 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year....
- Eugène GuillevicEugène GuillevicEugène Guillevic was one of the better known French poets of the second half of the 20th century. Professionally, he went under just the single name "Guillevic".-Life:... - 19891989 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets, ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the death of Abraham Lincoln, "O Captain! My...
- Alain BosquetAlain BosquetAlain Bosquet, born Anatole Bisk , was a French poet.-Life:In 1925, his family moved to Brussels and he studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, then at the Sorbonne.... - 19901990 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day...
- Charles Le QuintrecCharles Le QuintrecCharles Le Quintrec was a French poet. He was born in Plescop and died in Lorient.He was a literary critic for Ouest-France .-Awards:* Chevalier des Arts et Lettres* Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite... - 19911991 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Forward Poetry Prize created...
- Jean-Claude RenardJean-Claude RenardJean-Claude Renard was a French poet. He was born in Toulon and died in Paris.-Life:Renard entered the world of poetry, publishing Juan in 1945, his first book... - 19921992 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:The Forward Book of Poetry, an annual anthology of best British poems, is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust. By 2003, the publication was selling 5,000 to 7,000 copies a year...
- Georges-Emmanuel ClancierGeorges-Emmanuel ClancierGeorges-Emmanuel Clancier is a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He has won the Prix Goncourt , the Grand Prize of the Académie française, and the grand prize of the Société des gens de lettres.-Life:... - 19931993 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton* T. S...
- - 19941994 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million.* C. P...
- - 19951995 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* February 16 — Announcement that 300 poems by S.T...
- Lionel RayLionel RayLionel Ray, , is a French poet, and essayist.-Biography:Born of a Breton father and a Walloon mother, he spent his childhood in the town of Mantes-la-Jolie. He published several collections under his real name, Robert Lorho, Associate of French language and literature professor at the Lycee... - 19961996 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.* The movie Dead Man, written and...
- André VelterAndré VelterAndré Velter , French poet, was born in Signy-l'Abbaye in the Ardennes région and was educated in Charleville and Paris. Having begun his first journeys in 1955 through Europe and the Middle East, he has traveled through Afghanistan, Tibet, China and India... - 19971997 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:*January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration....
- Maurice ChappazMaurice ChappazMaurice Chappaz was a French-language Swiss poet and writer. He published more than 40 books and won several literary awards, including his country's most notable award, the Grand Prix Schiller, in 1997.... - 19981998 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....
- Lorand GasparLorand GasparLorand Gaspar is a French poet.-Life:In 1943, he enrolled at Politehnica University of Bucharest in Engineering, was mobilized months later, and then imprisoned in a labor camp... - 19991999 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...
- Jacques RédaJacques RédaJacques Réda is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996.-Works:*Amen *Récitatif *Les Ruines de Paris... - 20002000 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...
- Liliane WoutersLiliane WoutersLiliane Wouters is a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist, and essayist.-Life:She was born in Ixelles and taught school from 1949 to 1990.She met Albert Andrew Lheureux and his Théâtre de l'Esprit Frappeur .... - 20012001 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...
- Claude EstebanClaude EstebanClaude Esteban was a French poet.Author of a major poetic œuvre of this last half-century, Claude Esteban wrote numerous essays on art and poetry and was the French translator, inter alia, of Jorge Guillén, Octavio Paz, Borges, García Lorca, or again, Quevedo.-Biography:Of Spanish father and... - 20022002 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...
- Andrée ChedidAndrée ChedidAndrée Chedid was a French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent.-Life:Chedid was born in Cairo on 20 March 1920. When she was ten, she was sent to a boarding school, where she learned English and French. At fourteen, she left for Europe. She then returned to Cairo to go... - 20032003 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...
- Philippe JaccottetPhilippe JaccottetPhilippe Jaccottet is a poet and translator who publishes in French.After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived several years in Paris. In 1953, came to live in the town of Grignan in Provence... - 20042004 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...
- Jacques ChessexJacques ChessexJacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.-Biography :Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied in St-Michel College in Fribourg, before undertaking literature studies in Lausanne. In 1953, he co-founded the literary review Pays du Lac in Pully... - 20052005 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...
- Charles DobzynskiCharles Dobzynski-Life:His family emigrated to France, where he was barely a year old. He narrowly escaped deportation during World War II. he published his first poem in 1944, in a youth newspaper of the Resistance. In 1949, Paul Eluard presented his first poems in Les Lettres francais. On the proposal of Aragon,... - 20062006 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...
- Alain JouffroyAlain JouffroyAlain Jouffroy, born on September 11, 1928 near Parc Montsouris, Paris, is a French writer, poet and artist.He was the first advocate of an Art Strike and formed the Union of Writers during the strikes of May 1968 in France with Jean-Pierre Faye... - 20072007 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...
- Marc AlynMarc AlynMarc Alyn , is a French poet.-Life:He was mobilized to Algeria in 1957.He lived far from Paris, a farmhouse in Uzès, Gard.... - 20082008 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...
- Claude VigéeClaude VigéeClaude Vigée is a French poet who writes in French and Alsatian. He describes himself as a "Jew and an Alsatian, thus doubly Alsatian and doubly Jewish".-Life:... - 20092009 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...
- Abdellatif LaabiAbdellatif LaabiAbdellatif Laâbi is a Moroccan poet, born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco.Laâbi, then teaching French, founded with other poets the artistic journal Souffles, an important literary review in 1966... - 20102010 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 19 - For the first time since 1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of Edgar Allan Poe at the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early...
- Guy GoffetteGuy GoffetteGuy Goffette is a Belgian-born poet and writer. Goffette published his first book of poems in 1969. Since then he has worked as an editor at the publishing company Gallimard. Goffette's poetry has been compared to Verlaine - the contemporary French poet Yves Bonnefoy remarked Goffette is an heir...
Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse
Goncrout Prize for children's literature. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of FontvieilleFontvieille
Fontvieille may refer to:*Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, a commune in the French département of Bouches-du-Rhône*Fontvieille, Monaco, a community within Monaco consisting of land reclaimed from the Mediterranean Sea...
. Discontinued after 2007.
- 1999 - Claude Guillot and Fabienne Burckel, Le fantôme de Shanghai
- 2000 - Eric Battut, Rouge Matou
- 2002 - Fred Bernard and François Roca, Jeanne and le Mokélé and Jesus Betz
- 2003 - Yvan Pommaux, Avant la Télé
- 2004 - Jean Chalon and Martine Delerm, Un arbre dans la lune
- 2005 - Natali Fortier, Lili Plume
- 2006 - Bernard du BoucheronBernard du BoucheronBernard du Boucheron is a French writer .Writer with an impeccable style, both nervous and glacial.-Awards:*2004 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his first novel Court Serpent .*2010 Impac Dublin award...
and Nicole Claveloux, Un roi, une princesse and une pieuvre - 2007 - Véronique Ovaldé and Joëlle Jolivet, La très petite Zébuline
See also
- Prix RenaudotPrix RenaudotThe Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award which was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of the deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt....
- announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt, it has become something of a second-place prize. - Prix Goncourt des LycéensPrix Goncourt des LycéensThe Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of the Prix Goncourt, a prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees...
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseGrand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseLe Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1918, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in France...
- List of French literary awards