Prix Interallié
Encyclopedia
The prix Interallié also known simply as l’Interallié, is an annual French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

.

History

The prize was started on December 3, 1930, by about thirty or so journalists who were having lunch at the cercle de l'Union interallié (Interallied Union Club), who were waiting for the winner of the prix Femina
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...

 to be announced.

The jury
Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Modern juries tend to be found in courts to ascertain the guilt, or lack thereof, in a crime. In Anglophone jurisdictions, the verdict may be guilty,...

 is composed of ten journalists, and the previous year's winner. The prize is generally awarded sometime in early November, after the prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
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"...

. Deliberations now take place at the Parisian restaurant, Lasserre. Although winning the Interallié usually helps a novel's sales, the prix Interallié is purely honorific
Honorific
An honorific is a word or expression with connotations conveying esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term is used not quite correctly to refer to an honorary title...

, and no prize money is awarded.

Winners

Year Winner Work Publisher
2010 Jean-Michel Olivier  L'Amour nègre Éditions de Fallois
2009 Yannick Haenel  Jan Karski Gallimard
2008 Serge Bramly
Serge Bramly
Serge Bramly is a French language writer and essayist.-Biography:He was born into a Jewish family in Tunis, Tunisia. When he was ten years old, his family emigrated to France...

 
Le Premier Principe, le Second Principe Lattès
JC Lattès
-Three famous novels:* Un sac de billes of Joseph Joffo* Leo Africanus of Amin Maalouf* Le Code De Vinci of Dan Brown- Links :*...

2007 Christophe Ono-dit-Biot  Birmane Plon
Plon (publisher)
Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers.The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelle, France. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century.-History:The Editions Plon were...

2006 Michel Schneider  Marilyn, dernières séances Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

2005 Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire;...

 
The Possibility of an Island
The Possibility of an Island
The Possibility of an Island is a 2005 novel by French novelist Michel Houellebecq, set within a cloning cult that resembles the real-world Raëlians.-Plot summary:There are three main characters, Daniel, and two of his clones....

 
Fayard
Fayard
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.-Works published:Works published by Editions Fayard include:...

2004 Florian Zeller
Florian Zeller
Florian Zeller is a French novelist and playwright. His work has been translated into a dozen languages, including English. He won the Prix Interallié in 2004 for his novel "Fascination of Evil" ....

 
La Fascination du pire Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...

2003 Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer and literary critic. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book Un roman français...

 
Windows on the World
Windows on the World (novel)
Windows on the World a novel written by Frédéric Beigbeder was first published in France in 2003. The English translation by Frank Wynne was released March 30, 2005 by Miramax Books.-Plot summary:...

 
Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

2002 Gonzague Saint-Bris  Les Vieillards de Brighton Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

2001 Stéphane Denis  Sisters Fayard
Fayard
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.-Works published:Works published by Editions Fayard include:...

2000 Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008...

 
L’Irrésolu Albin Michel
Éditions Albin Michel
Éditions Albin Michel is a French publisher. It was founded in 1911 by Albin Michel.-External links:*...

1999 Jean-Christophe Rufin
Jean-Christophe Rufin
Jean-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:...

 
Les Causes perdues Gallimard
1998 Gilles Martin-Chauffier  Les Corrompus Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1997 Éric Neuhoff  La Petite Française Albin Michel
Éditions Albin Michel
Éditions Albin Michel is a French publisher. It was founded in 1911 by Albin Michel.-External links:*...

1996 Eduardo Manet  Rhapsodie cubaine Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1995 Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Franz-Olivier Giesbert is a French journalist and author. He worked for Le Figaro from 1988 to 2000 and Le Point starting in 2000.-Novels:*Un très grand amour, 2010, éditions Gallimard...

 
La Souille Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1994 Marc Trillard  Eldorado 51 La Vraie France et Phébus
1993 Jean-Pierre Dufreigne  Le Dernier Amour d’Aramis ou les Vrais Mémoires du chevalier René d’Herblay Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1992 Dominique Bona  Malika Mercure de France
Mercure de France
The Mercure de France was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group....

1991 Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name...

 
Un long dimanche de fiançailles Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1990 Bruno Bayon  Les Animals Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1989 Alain Gerber  Le Verger du diable Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1988 Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976.-Early life:...

 
Les Derniers Jours de Charles Baudelaire Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1987 Raoul Mille  Les Amants du paradis Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1986 Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro, is a French author, journalist and film director, born in Montauban on 27 August 1936. He has worked for RTL, Paris Match, TF1 and Antenne 2...

 
L’Étudiant étranger Gallimard
1985 Serge Lentz  Vladimir Roubaïev Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium....

1984 Michèle Perrein  Les Cotonniers de Bassalane Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1983 Jacques Duquesne  Maria Vandamme Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1982 Éric Ollivier  L’Orphelin de mer… ou les Mémoires de monsieur Non Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1981 Louis Nucera  Le Chemin de la Lanterne Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1980 Christine Arnothy
Christine Arnothy
Christine Arnothy is a French writer. She has written numerous books, including J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir . It is a book following her life and escape from Budapest during the Second World War.She left Hungary, crossing the border with her parents...

 
Toutes les chances plus une Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1979 François Cavanna
François Cavanna
François Cavanna is a French author and satirical newspaper editor.He contributed to the creation and success of Hara-Kiri and Charlie Hebdo...

 
Les Russkoffs Belfond
Groupe de La Cité
Presses de la Cité is a French publishing company. In 1988, with the merger of the publishing companies Presses de la Cité and Larousse-Nathan, Groupe de La Cité became the second largest publishing company in France and the tenth in the world. It was acquired by Vivendi Universal Publishing and is...

1978 Jean-Didier Wolfromm  Diane Lanster Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1977 Jean-Marie Rouart
Jean-Marie Rouart
Jean-Marie Rouart is a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He was elected to the Académie française December 18, 1997.-Bibliography:*1974 La Fuite en Pologne...

 
Les Feux du pouvoir Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1976 Raphaële Billetdoux
Raphaële Billetdoux
Raphaële Billetdoux is a French novelist.She is the daughter of François Billetdoux, and was a companion of the political journalist Paul Guilbert .She was assistant editor on feature films and television....

 
Prends garde à la douceur des choses Le Seuil
Éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil is a French publishing house created in 1935, currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The seuil is the whole excitement of parting and arriving...

1975 Voldemar Lestienne  L’Amant de poche Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1974 René Mauriès  Le Cap de la Gitane Fayard
Fayard
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.-Works published:Works published by Editions Fayard include:...

1973 Lucien Bodard
Lucien Bodard
Lucien Bodard was a French reporter and writer on events in Asia.Bodard was born on January 9, 1914 in Chongqing to the French consul Albert Bodard, who was stationed several years in China, i.e. in Chongking, Chengdu, Kunming and Shanghai. He grew up with the Chinese language and spoke Mandarin...

 
Monsieur le Consul Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1972 Georges Walter  Des vols de Vanessa Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1971 Pierre Rouanet  Castell Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1970 Michel Déon
Michel Déon
Michel Déon is a French writer.With Antoine Blondin, Jacques Laurent and Roger Nimier, he belonged to the literary group of the Hussards. He is a novelist as well as a literary columnist....

 
Les Poneys sauvages Gallimard
1969 Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer is a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician and since 2001 the President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.-Family:...

 
L’Adieu au roi Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1968 Christine De Rivoyre  Le Petit Matin Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1967 Yvonne Baby  Oui l’espoir Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1966 Kléber Haedens  L’été finit sous les tilleuls Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1965 Alain Bosquet
Alain Bosquet
Alain 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....

 
La Confession mexicaine Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1964 René Fallet  Paris au mois d’août Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1963 Renée Massip  La Bête quaternaire Gallimard
1962 Henri-François Rey  Les Pianos mécaniques Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium....

1961 Jean Ferniot  L’Ombre portée Gallimard
1960 Henry Muller  Clem La Table ronde
1960 Jean Portelle  Janitzia ou la Dernière qui aima d’amour Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1959 Antoine Blondin
Antoine Blondin
Antoine 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:...

 
Un singe en hiver La Table ronde
1958 Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Bertrand Poirot-Delpech was a French journalist, essayist and novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986.-Early life:...

 
Le Grand Dadais Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1957 Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard was a French writer known for combining his passion for writing with his love of the sea. His most famous work was Les Choses de la Vie, which was adapted to film, with a complete change of its ending, by Claude Sautet, with Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli.-Biography:Guimard was...

 
Rue du Havre Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1956 Armand Lanoux
Armand Lanoux
Armand Lanoux was a French writer.-Biography :He first made several trades, teacher, designer of subjects for boxes of candy, bank employee, amounting in luxury books, painter, journalist....

 
Le Commandant Watrin Julliard
1955 Félicien Marceau
Félicien Marceau
Félicien Marceau is the pen name of Louis Carette a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, itself close to the monarchist .He received the Prix Goncourt for his book Creezy in 1969...

 
Les Élans du cœur Gallimard
1954 Maurice Boissais  Le Goût du péché Julliard
Éditions Julliard
Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard.René Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the managing director, Christian Bourgois, took over the...

1953 Louis Chauvet  Air sur la quatrième corde Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion
Groupe Flammarion is the fourth largest publishing group in France, comprising many units, including its namesake, founded in 1876 by Ernest Flammarion, as well as units in distribution, sales, printing and bookshops . Flammarion became part of the Italian media conglomerate RCS MediaGroup in 2000...

1952 Jean Dutourd
Jean Dutourd
Jean Gwenaël Dutourd was a French novelist. His mother died when he was seven years old. At the age of twenty, he was taken prisoner fifteen days after Germany's invasion of France in World War II...

 
Au bon beurre Gallimard
1951 Jacques Perret
Jacques Perret
Jacques Perret was a French architect in the service of the Catholic King Henry IV of France. He was a Huguenot, from the Savoie.In July of 1601, he published a sequence of 22 plates, engraved by Thomas de Leu, and a textual commentary, Des Fortifications et Artifices Architecture et Perspective...

 
Bande à part Gallimard
1950 Georges Auclair  Un amour allemand Gallimard
1949 Gilbert Sigaux  Les Chiens enragés Julliard
Éditions Julliard
Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard.René Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the managing director, Christian Bourgois, took over the...

1948 Henry Castillou  Cortiz s’est révolté Fayard
Fayard
Fayard is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.-Works published:Works published by Editions Fayard include:...

1947 Pierre Daninos
Pierre Daninos
Pierre Daninos was a French writer and humorist.Daninos wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, and were witty collections of...

 
Les Carnets du Bon Dieu La Jeune Parque
1946 Jacques Nels  Poussière du temps Le Bateau ivre
1945 Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland
Roger Vailland was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.Vailland's novels include Drôle de jeu , Les mauvais coups , Un jeune homme seul , 325 000 francs , and La loi , winner of the Prix Goncourt...

 
Drôle de jeu Corréa
1939 Roger De Lafforest
Roger de Lafforest
Roger de Lafforest, born January 11, 1905 and died November 16, 1998, was a French writer. Lafforest has titles published and re-editions since 1927 in Czech, English, French, Portuguese, Slovak and Spanish...

 
Les Figurants de la mort Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...

1938 Paul Nizan
Paul Nizan
Paul Nizan was a French philosopher and writer.-Biography:He was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire and studied in Paris where he befriended fellow student Jean-Paul Sartre at the Lycée Henri IV...

 
La Conspiration Gallimard
1937 Romain Roussel  La Vallée sans printemps Plon
Plon (publisher)
Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers.The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelle, France. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century.-History:The Editions Plon were...

1936 René Laporte  Chasses de novembre Denoël
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930 by the Belgian Robert Denoël and the American Bernard Steele .Called the Éditions Denoël-Steel during its first few years, it had its first success in 1932 with Voyage au bout de la nuit by Louis-Ferdinand Céline...

1935 Jacques Debu-Bridel  Jeunes Ménages Gallimard
1934 Marc Bernard
Marc Bernard
Marc Bernard, was a French writer, the winner of the French literary prize Prix Interallié for Anny in 1943 and of the Prix Goncourt in 1942 for Pareils à des enfants.-Life:...

 
Anny Gallimard
1933 Robert Bourget-Pailleron  L’Homme du Brésil Gallimard
1932 Simone Ratel  La Maison des Bories Plon
Plon (publisher)
Plon is a French book publishing company, founded in 1852 by Henri Plon and his two brothers.The Plon family were Walloons coming from Nivelle, France. One of their ancestors is probably the Danish typographer Jehan Plon who lived at the end of the 16th century.-History:The Editions Plon were...

1931 Pierre Bost  Le Scandale Gallimard
1930 André Malraux
André Malraux
André Malraux DSO was a French adventurer, award-winning author, and statesman. Having traveled extensively in Indochina and China, Malraux was noted especially for his novel entitled La Condition Humaine , which won the Prix Goncourt...

 
The Royal Way
The Royal Way
The Royal Way / The Way of the Kings is an existentialist novel by André Malraux. It is about two nonconformist adventurers who travel on the "Royal Way" to Angkor in the Cambodian jungle. Their intention is to steal precious bas-relief sculptures from the temples...

 
Grasset
Éditions Grasset
-Two famous novels:* Une histoire française of François Nourissier, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française)* Oublier Palerme of Edmonde Charles-Roux, Prix Goncourt...


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