Prix Maurice Genevoix
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The Prix Maurice Genevoix (Le prix Maurice Genevoix) is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix
(1890-1980).
It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the memory and work of Maurice Genevoix. The prize was founded in 1985 in the city of Garches
under the initiative of mayor Yves Bodin, who was a family friend of Genevoix. In 2004 the award was officially established at the Académie française
as a "Grand Prix", meaning the winner receives a silver-gilt medal and variable cash amount, thus increasing its prestige and importance since 2004.
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Maurice Genevoix
Maurice Genevoix was a French author.Born on 29 November 1890 at Decize, Nièvre as Maurice-Charles-Louis-Genevoix, Genevoix spent his childhood in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire. After attending the local school, he studied at the lycée of Orléans and the Lycée Lakanal...
(1890-1980).
It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the memory and work of Maurice Genevoix. The prize was founded in 1985 in the city of Garches
Garches
Garches is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.Garches has remained largely residential, but is also the location of the Hôpital Raymond Poincaré , which specialises in traumatology, road accidents and physiotherapy.-19 January Monument:The...
under the initiative of mayor Yves Bodin, who was a family friend of Genevoix. In 2004 the award was officially established at the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
as a "Grand Prix", meaning the winner receives a silver-gilt medal and variable cash amount, thus increasing its prestige and importance since 2004.
Winners
List of winners. Prizes awarded since 2004 are from the Académie française.- 2011 - Alain BorerAlain BorerAlain Borer , is a French poet, art critic, essayist, novelist, playwright, writer-traveler, signatory of the Littérature-monde manifesto, and eminent authority on the works of Arthur Rimbaud...
, Le Ciel & la carte : Carnet de voyage dans les mers du Sud à bord de La Boudeuse - 2010 - Jean-Louis Ezine, Les taiseux (Gallimard)
- 2009 - Michel Bernard, La maison du docteur Laheurte (Table ronde)
- 2008 - Marie Didier, Morte-saison sur la ficelle : Et autres récits (Gallimard)
- 2007 - Jacques GodboutJacques GodboutJacques Godbout, CQ is a Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler , Godbout has become one of the most important writers of his generation, with a major influence on post-1960 Quebec intellectual life.-Biography:Born in...
, La concierge du Panthéon (Seuil) - 2006 - Brina SvitBrina SvitBrina Švigelj-Mérat is a Slovenian writer.She studied French Philology and Compared Literature at the University of Ljubljana, and she moved to Paris in 1980-Bibliography:*Con brio, 1998...
, Un coeur de trop (Gallimard) - 2005 - Stéphane AudeguyStéphane AudeguyStéphane Audeguy is an award-winning French novelist and essayist.He studied literature at the University of Paris, where he also taught....
, La théorie des nuages (Gallimard) - 2004 - Daniel MaximinDaniel MaximinDaniel Maximin is a Guadeloupean novelist, poet, and essayist. Born in Saint-Claude, his family moved to France when he was thirteen. He studied at the Sorbonne and from 1980 to 1989 served as literary director of the journal Présence africaine. He returned to Guadeloupe in 1989 as Regional...
, Tu, c'est l'enfance (Gallimard)
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- 2003 - Gilles LapougeGilles LapougeGilles Lapouge is a French writer and journalist with the daily O Estado de São Paulo. He won the 2007 Prix Femina Essai.-Life:He gew up in Algeria, where his father was military.After studying history and geography, he became a journalist....
, En étrange pays (Albin Michel) - 2002 - Nicolas VanierNicolas VanierNicolas Vanier is a French adventurist, writer and moviemaker.His 2004 film The Last Trapper is about a trapper in the Yukon....
, Le chant du grand nord (XO) - 2001 - Jérôme Garcin, C’était tous les jours tempête (Gallimard)
- 2000 - Pascale RozePascale RozePascale Roze is a French playwright, and novelist.After a literature degree, she worked for fifteen years with Gabriel Garran International French Theater.-Novels:...
, Lettre d'été (Albin Michel) - 1999 - Geneviève Dormann, Adieu, phénomène (Albin Michel)
- 1998 - Jean-Marc RobertsJean-Marc RobertsJean-Marc Roberts is a French editor, novelist, and screenwriter.-Life:He started writing in the early 1970s.He was awarded the 1973 Fénéon for Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and in 1979, the Prix Renaudot for his novel Foreign Affairs.He was an editor for Seuil, the Mercure de France and...
, Une petite femme (Grasset) - 1997 - Eve de Castro, Nous serons comme des dieux (Albin Michel)
- 1996 - Anne WiazemskyAnne WiazemskyPrincess Anne Wiazemsky is a French actress and novelist, of the Russian Rurikid family of Princes Vyazemsky-Counts Levashov. Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of François Mauriac. She appeared in Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar and in Godard's films La Chinoise and Week End...
, Hymnes à l'amour (Gallimard) - 1995 - Jean-Noel Pancrazi, Madame Arnould (Gallimard)
- 1994 - Michel del CastilloMichel del CastilloMichel del Castillo is a French writer, born in Madrid.-Biography:Michel del Castillo was born in Madrid...
, Rue des Archives (Gallimard) - 1993 - Bertrand VisageBertrand VisageBertrand Visage is a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 1984, for Tous les soleils.-References:...
, Bambini (Seuil) - 1992 - Pierre Veilletet, Querencia (Arléa)
- 1991 - Jean Didier Wolfromm, La Leçon inaugurale (Grasset)
- 1990 - Marcel Schneider, L'éternité fragile (Grasset)
- 1989 - Jean-Marie RouartJean-Marie RouartJean-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...
, La Femme de proie (Grasset) - 1988 - Jean-François DeniauJean-François DeniauJean-François Deniau was a French statesman, diplomat, essayist and novelist. He was until 1998 a member of the UDF .-Minister and diplomat:...
, La Désirade, (Olivier Orban) - 1987 - Rose Vincent, L'Adieu aux Champs (Seuil)
- 1986 - Gilles Pudlowski, L'Amour du Pays (Flammarion)
- 1985 - Nicolas Saudray, La Maison des Prophètes (Seuil)
External links
- Prix Maurice Genevoix (Académie Française)
- List of winners 1985-2007, with book cover thumbnails.