Prix Erckmann-Chatrian

The prix Erckmann-Chatrian is a literary award from Lorraine, awarded every year since 1925 in memory of the literary duo Erckmann-Chatrian. It rewards a written prose work by someone form Lorraine or about Lorraine.[1] It is often nicknamed the "Goncourt lorrain".[2] The jury consists of literary figures of the four Lorraine departments.

In 1989, a scholarship was added to the prize, a scholarship for historical narrative and monograph. In 1993, this scholarship was divided into "scholarship for history" and "scholarship for monograph".

List of laureates

References

  1. Michel Caffier, Dictionnaire des littératures de Lorraine, vol. 1, Metz, Serpenoise, 2003, p. 360-362, ISBN 2-87692-569-9
  2. 1 2 Élise Fontenaille, the author who just won the Erckmann Chatrian prize (ie the "Goncourt Lorraine") with Les disparues de Vancouver, has taken the game of the interviewArticle du journal My lorraine, site du Conseil Général de Lorraine, 24 November 2010.
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