Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt | |
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Awarded for | "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year" |
Date | November, annual |
Country | France |
Presented by | Académie Goncourt |
First awarded | 1903 |
Website | academie-goncourt.fr |
The Prix Goncourt (French: Le prix Goncourt, IPA: [lÉ pÊi ÉĄÉÌkuÊ], The Goncourt Prize) is a prize in French literature, given by the acadĂ©mie 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 PoĂ©sie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography). Of the "big six" French literary awards, the Prix Goncourt is the best known and most prestigious.[1] The other major literary prizes are the Grand Prix du roman de l'AcadĂ©mie française, the Prix Femina, the Prix Renaudot, the Prix InteralliĂ© and the Prix MĂ©dicis.[1]
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Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his estate for the foundation and maintenance of the acadĂ©mie Goncourt.[2] In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (1830â1870), the acadĂ©mie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903.[2] The jury that determines the winner meets at the Drouant restaurant in November to make its decision.[3] Notable winners of the prize include Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time), Simone de Beauvoir (The Mandarins), AndrĂ© Malraux (Man's Fate) and Marguerite Duras (The Lover).[2]
The award was initially established to provide talented new authors with a monetary award that would allow them to write a second book.[4] Today, the Goncourt has a token prize amount (around 10 euros), about the same amount given in 1903, and so the prestige of the prize has been explained not because of the cash-value of the prize, but "in terms of the tremendous book sales it effects: the Goncourt winner becomes an instant millionaire."[5]
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 known as something of a second-place prize.[6]
Controversies
Within months of the first prize in 1903, it spawned a "hostile counter-prize" in the form of the Prix Femina to counter the all-male Jury of the Goncourt with an all-female jury on the Femina.[7]
Some decisions for awarding the prize have been controversial, a famous case being the decision to award the prize in 1919 to Marcel Proust; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland DorgelĂšs for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War.[8][9] The prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was not considered "young" at 48 â however Proust was a beginning author which is the only eligibility requirement, age being unimportant.[8][9]
In 1921, Rene Maran won the Goncourt with Batouala, veritable roman negre, the first French novel to openly criticize European colonialism in Africa.[10] The novel caused "violent reactions" and was banned in all the French colonies.[10]
In 1932, the prize was controversial for passing up Louis-Ferdinand CĂ©line's Voyage au bout de la nuit for Guy Mazeline's Les Loups.[11] The voting process became the basis of the 1992 book Goncourt 32 by EugĂšne Saccomano.[12]
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 Ămile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi.[13] The AcadĂ©mie Goncourt awarded the prize to Ajar without knowing his real identity.[13] 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'Ămile Ajar.[13]
Winners
Year | Author | French title | English title | Transl. year | Film title | Film year | Notes |
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1903 | John Antoine Nau | Force ennemie | Enemy Force | 2010 | N/A | N/A | |
1904 | Léon Frapié | La Maternelle | N/A | N/A | La Maternelle | 1933 | |
1905 | Claude FarrÚre | Les Civilisés | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1906 | JĂ©rĂŽme Tharaud | Dingley, l'illustre Ă©crivain | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1907 | Ămile Moselly | Le Rouet d'ivoire and Jean des Brebis ou le livre de la misĂšre | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Pseudonym of Ămile ChĂ©nin. |
1908 | Francis de Miomandre | Ăcrit sur de l'eau... | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1909 | Marius-Ary Leblond | En France | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1910 | Louis Pergaud | De Goupil Ă Margot | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1911 | Alphonse de ChĂąteaubriant | Monsieur des Lourdines | N/A | N/A | Monsieur des Lourdines[14] | 1943 | |
1912 | André Savignon | Les Filles de la pluie | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1913 | Marc Elder | Le peuple de la mer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1914 | Adrien Bertrand | L'Appel du Sol | The Call of the Soil | 1919 | N/A | N/A | Awarded in 1916. See footnote.[15] |
1915 | René Benjamin | Gaspard | Private Gaspard | 1916 | N/A | N/A | |
1916 | Henri Barbusse | Le Feu | Under Fire | 1917 | N/A | N/A | See footnote.[15] |
1917 | Henry Malherbe | La Flamme au poing | The Flame That Is France | 1918 | N/A | N/A | |
1918 | Georges Duhamel | Civilisation | Civilization | 1919 | N/A | N/A | |
1919 | Marcel Proust | A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs | Within a Budding Grove | 1920 | N/A | N/A | Volume 2 of In Search of Lost Time |
1920 | Ernest PĂ©rochon | NĂȘne | NĂȘne | 1920 | NĂšne[16] | 1924 | |
1921 | René Maran | Batouala | Batouala | 1921 | N/A | N/A | |
1922 | Henri BĂ©raud | Le vitriol de la lune and Le martyre de l'obĂšse | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1923 | Lucien Fabre | Rabevel ou Le mal des ardents | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1924 | Thierry Sandre | Le ChĂšvrefeuille, le Purgatoire, le Chapitre XIII | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1925 | Maurice Genevoix | Raboliot | N/A | N/A | Raboliot[17] Raboliot[18] Raboliot[19] |
1946 1972 2008 |
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1926 | Henri Deberly | Le supplice de PhĂšdre | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1927 | Maurice Bedel | JérÎme 60° latitude nord | Jerome: or, The Latitude of Love | 1928 | N/A | N/A | |
1928 | Maurice Constantin-Weyer | Un Homme se penche sur son passé | A Man Scans His Past | 1929 | Un homme se penche sur son passé[20] Les amants de riviÚre rouge[21] |
1958 1996 |
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1929 | Marcel Arland | L'Ordre | N/A | N/A | L'Ordre[22] | 1985 | |
1930 | H. Fauconnier | Malaisie | The Soul of Malaya or Malaisie | 1931 | N/A | N/A | |
1931 | Jean Fayard | Mal d'amour | Desire | 1931 | N/A | N/A | |
1932 | Guy Mazeline | Les Loups | The Wolves | 1935 | N/A | N/A | |
1933 | André Malraux | La Condition humaine | Man's Fate | 1934 | N/A | N/A | |
1934 | Roger Vercel | Capitaine Conan | Captain Conan | 1935 | Capitaine Conan | 1996 | |
1935 | Joseph Peyre | Sang et LumiĂšres | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1936 | Maxence Van Der Meersch | L'Empreinte de Dieu | Hath Not the Potter | 1937 | N/A | N/A | |
1937 | Charles Plisnier | Faux passeports | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | First foreigner to win Prix Goncourt. |
1938 | Henri Troyat | L'Araigne | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1939 | Philippe Hériat | Les enfants gùtés | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1940 | Francis AmbriĂšre | Les grandes vacances | The Long Holiday | 1948 | N/A | N/A | Published and awarded in 1946 due to WWII. Non-fiction memoir. |
1941 | Henri Pourrat | Vent de Mars | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1942 | Marc Bernard | Pareil Ă des enfants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1943 | Marius Grout | Passage de l'Homme | When the Man Passed By | 1962 | N/A | N/A | |
1944 | Elsa Triolet | Le premier accroc coûte 200 Francs | A Fine of Two Hundred Francs | 1947 | N/A | N/A | |
1945 | Jean-Louis Bory | Mon village Ă l'heure allemande | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1946 | Jean-Jacques Gautier | Histoire d'un Fait divers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1947 | Jean-Louis Curtis | Les ForĂȘts de la Nuit | The Forests of the Night | 1950 | N/A | N/A | |
1948 | Maurice Druon | Les grandes familles | The Rise of Simon Lachaume | 1952 | The Possessors Les grandes familles[23] |
1958 1989 |
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1949 | Robert Merle | Week-end Ă Zuydcoote | Week-end at Zuydcoote | 1950 | Weekend at Dunkirk | 1964 | |
1950 | Paul Colin | Les jeux sauvages | Savage Play | 1953 | N/A | N/A | |
1951 | Julien Gracq | Le Rivage des Syrtes | The Opposing Shore | 1986 | N/A | N/A | Refused prize. |
1952 | BĂ©atrix Beck | LĂ©on Morin, prĂȘtre | The Priest (UK), The Passionate Heart (US) | 1953 | LĂ©on Morin, Priest LĂ©on Morin, prĂȘtre[24] |
1961 1991 |
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1953 | Pierre Gascar | Les BĂȘtes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1954 | Simone de Beauvoir | Les Mandarins | The Mandarins | 1957 | N/A | N/A | |
1955 | Roger Ikor | Les eaux mĂȘlĂ©es | N/A | N/A | Les eaux mĂȘlĂ©es[25] | 1969 | |
1956 | Romain Gary | Les racines du ciel | The Roots of Heaven | 1957 | The Roots of Heaven | 1958 | |
1957 | Roger Vailland | La Loi | The Law | 1958 | The Law | 1959 | |
1958 | Francis Walder | Saint-Germain ou la négociation | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1959 | André Schwarz-Bart | Le dernier des Justes | The Last of the Just | 1960 | N/A | N/A | |
1960 | VintilÄ Horia | Dieu est nĂ© en exil | God Was Born in Exile | 1961 | N/A | N/A | |
1961 | Jean Cau | La pitié de Dieu | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1962 | Anna Langfus | Les bagages de sable | The Lost Shore | 1964 | N/A | N/A | |
1963 | Armand Lanoux | Quand la mer se retire | N/A | N/A | Quand la mer se retire[26] | 1963 | |
1964 | Georges Conchon | L'Etat sauvage | N/A | N/A | The Savage State[27] | 1978 | |
1965 | Jacques Borel | L'Adoration | The Bond | 1968 | N/A | N/A | |
1966 | Edmonde Charles-Roux | Oublier Palerme | To Forget Palermo | 1968 | Dimenticare Palermo | 1990 | |
1967 | André Pieyre de Mandiargues | La Marge | The Margin | 1970 | The Margin[28] | 1976 | |
1968 | Bernard Clavel | Les fruits de l'hiver | The Fruits of Winter | 1969 | N/A | N/A | |
1969 | FĂ©licien Marceau | Creezy | Creezy | 1970 | Creezy[29] | 1974 | |
1970 | Michel Tournier | Le Roi des Aulnes | The Erl-King (UK) or The Ogre (US) | 1972 | The Ogre | 1996 | |
1971 | Jacques Laurent | Les BĂȘtises | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1972 | Jean CarriĂšre | L'Epervier de Maheux | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1973 | Jacques Chessex | L'Ogre | A Father's Love (1975) or The Tyrant (2012) | 1975 | N/A | N/A | The translated editions from 1975 & 2012 are the same by Martin Sokolinsky. |
1974 | Pascal Lainé | La DentelliÚre | A Web of Lace (1976) or The Lacemaker (2008)[30] | 1976 | The Lacemaker | 1977 | |
1975 | Ămile Ajar (Romain Gary) | La vie devant soi | Momo (1978) or The Life Before Us (1986) | 1978 | Madame Rosa | 1977 | The rules of the Prix Goncourt state that an author can win only once. Gary had already won in 1956 for Les racines du ciel. However, since La vie devant soi was published under the pseudonym Ămile Ajar, the AcadĂ©mie Goncourt awarded the prize without knowing the author's true identity. Gary's cousin's son Paul Pavlowitch posed as the author for a time. |
1976 | Patrick Grainville | Les Flamboyants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1977 | Didier Decoin | John l'enfer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1978 | Patrick Modiano | Rue des boutiques obscures | Missing Person | 1980 | N/A | N/A | |
1979 | Antonine Maillet | PĂ©lagie la Charette | PĂ©lagie: The Return to Acadie | 1982 | N/A | N/A | |
1980 | Yves Navarre | Le Jardin d'acclimatation | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1981 | Lucien Bodard | Anne-Marie | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1982 | Dominique Fernandez | Dans la main de l'Ange | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1983 | Frédérick Tristan | Les égarés | The Lost Ones | 1991 | N/A | N/A | |
1984 | Marguerite Duras | L'Amant | The Lover | 1986 | The Lover | 1992 | |
1985 | Yann Queffélec | Les Noces barbares | The Wedding | 1987 | The Cruel Embrace[31] | 1987 | |
1986 | Michel Host | Valet de nuit | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1987 | Tahar Ben Jelloun | La Nuit sacrée | The Sacred Night | 1989 | La Nuit sacrée[32] | 1993 | |
1988 | Ărik Orsenna | L'Exposition coloniale | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1989 | Jean Vautrin | Un grand pas vers le Bon Dieu | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1990 | Jean Rouaud | Les Champs d'honneur | Fields of Glory | 1992 | N/A | N/A | |
1991 | Pierre Combescot | Les Filles du Calvaire | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1992 | Patrick Chamoiseau | Texaco | Texaco | 1998 | N/A | N/A | |
1993 | Amin Maalouf | Le Rocher de Tanios | The Rock of Tanios | 1994 | N/A | N/A | |
1994 | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Un Aller simple | One-Way | 2003 | One Way Ticket[33] | 2001 | |
1995 | Andreï Makine | Le Testament français | Dreams of My Russian Summers | 1998 | N/A | N/A | |
1996 | Pascale Roze | Le Chasseur ZĂ©ro | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1997 | Patrick Rambaud | La Bataille | The Battle | 2000 | N/A | N/A | |
1998 | Paule Constant | Confidence pour confidence | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
1999 | Jean Echenoz | Je m'en vais | I'm Gone (US) or I'm Off (UK) | 2001 | N/A | N/A | |
2000 | Jean-Jacques Schuhl | Ingrid Caven | Ingrid Caven | 2004 | N/A | N/A | |
2001 | Jean-Christophe Rufin | Rouge Brésil | Brazil Red | 2004 | N/A | N/A | |
2002 | Pascal Quignard | Les Ombres errantes | The Roving Shadows | 2011 | N/A | N/A | |
2003 | Jacques-Pierre Amette | La maĂźtresse de Brecht | Brecht's Lover (US) or Brecht's Mistress (UK) | 2005 | N/A | N/A | |
2004 | Laurent Gaudé | Le Soleil des Scorta | The House of Scorta (US 2006) The Scortas' Sun (UK 2007) | 2006 | N/A | N/A | |
2005 | François Weyergans | Trois jours chez ma mÚre | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2006 | Jonathan Littell | Les Bienveillantes | The Kindly Ones | 2009 | N/A | N/A | |
2007 | Gilles Leroy | Alabama song | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2008 | Atiq Rahimi | Syngué Sabour: La pierre de patience | Stone of Patience (UK) or The Patience Stone (US) | 2010 | N/A | N/A | |
2009 | Marie NDiaye | Trois femmes puissantes | Three Strong Women | 2012 | N/A | N/A | |
2010 | Michel Houellebecq | La Carte et le territoire | The Map and the Territory | 2012 | N/A | N/A | |
2011 | Alexis Jenni | L'Art français de la guerre | The French Art of War | 2017 | N/A | N/A | |
2012 | JĂ©rĂŽme Ferrari | Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome | The Sermon on the Fall of Rome | 2014 | N/A | N/A | |
2013 | Pierre Lemaitre | Au revoir lĂ -haut | The Great Swindle | 2015 | N/A | N/A | |
2014 | Lydie Salvayre | Pas pleurer | Cry, Mother Spain | 2016 | N/A | N/A | |
2015 | Mathias Ănard | Boussole | Compass | 2017 | N/A | N/A | |
2016 | LeĂŻla Slimani | Chanson douce | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
- Notes
- Translations full audit: March 2009[34]
- Films full audit: February 2011[35]
- 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.[36][37] 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 |
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Bourse Goncourt de la Biographie | Prix Goncourt de la Biographie | Biography |
Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Short story |
Bourse Goncourt du Premier Roman | Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman | Debut novel |
Bourse Goncourt de la Poésie | Prix Goncourt de la Poésie | Poetry |
Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse | discontinued | Juvenile |
The winners are listed below.[38]
Prix Goncourt de la Biographie
Goncourt Prize for biography. Awarded in partnership with the city of Nancy.
- 1980 â Jean Lacouture, François Mauriac
- 1981 â Hubert Juin, Victor Hugo
- 1982 â Pierre Sipriot, RenĂ© Depestre
- 1983 â Ghislain de Diesbach, Madame de StaĂ«l
- 1984 â Jeanne Champion, Suzanne Valadon
- 1985 â Georges Poisson, Laclos ou l'Obstination
- 1986 â Jean Canavaggio, Cervantes
- 1987 â Michel Surya, Georges Bataille, la mort Ă l'Ćuvre
- 1988 â FrĂ©dĂ©ric Vitoux, La Vie de Louis-Ferdinand CĂ©line
- 1989 â Joanna Richardson, Judith Gautier
- 1990 â Pierre Citron, Giono
- 1991 â Odette Joyeux, Le TroisiĂšme Ćil, la vie de NicĂ©phore Niepce
- 1992 â Philippe Beaussant, Lully
- 1993 â Jean Bothorel, Louise de Vilmorin
- 1994 â David Bellos, Georges Perec
- 1995 â Henry Gidel, Les Deux Guitry
- 1996 â Anka Muhlstein, Astolphe de Custine
- 1997 â Jean-Claude Lamy, PrĂ©vert, les frĂšres
- 1998 â Christian Liger, Le Roman de Rossel
- 1999 â Claude Pichois and Alain Brunet, Colette
- 2000 â Dominique Bona, Berthe Morisot
- 2001 â Laure Murat, La maison du docteur Blanche
- 2002 â Jean-Paul Goujon, Une Vie SecrĂšte (1870â1925); Mille lettres de Pierre LouĂżs Ă Georges Louis (1890â1917)
- 2003 â Pierre Billard, Louis Malle
- 2004 â Claude Dufresne, Appelez-moi George Sand
- 2005 â Thibaut d'Anthonay, Jean Lorrain
- 2006 â Angie David, Dominique Aury
- 2007 â Patrice Locmant, Huysmans, le forçat de la vie
- 2008 â Jennifer Lesieur, Jack London
- 2009 â Viviane Forrester, Virginia Woolf
- 2010 â Michel Winock, Madame de Stael
- 2011 â Maurizio Serra, Malaparte, vies et lĂ©gendes
- 2012 â David Haziot, Le Roman des Rouart
- 2013 â Pascal MĂ©rigeau, Jean Renoir
- 2014 â Jean Lebrun, Notre Chanel [39]
- 2015 â Jean-Christophe Attias, MoĂŻse fragile[40]
- 2016 â Philippe Forest, Aragon
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 Strasbourg since 2001.
- 1974 â Daniel Boulanger, Fouette, cocher !
- 1975 â S. Corinna Bille, La Demoiselle sauvage
- 1976 â Antoine Blondin, Quat'saisons
- 1977 â Henri Gougaud, DĂ©partements et territoires d'outre-mort
- 1978 â Christiane Baroche, Chambres, avec vue sur le passĂ©
- 1979 â AndrĂ©e Chedid, Le Corps et le Temps
- 1980 â Guy Lagorce, Les HĂ©roĂŻques
- 1981 â Annie Saumont, Quelquefois dans les cĂ©rĂ©monies
- 1982 â RenĂ© Depestre, AllĂ©luia pour une femme-jardin
- 1983 â Raymond Jean, Un fantasme de Bella B.
- 1984 â Alain Gerber, Les Jours de vin et de roses
- 1985 â Pierrette Fleutiaux, MĂ©tamorphoses de la reine
- 1986 â Jean Vautrin, Baby-boom
- 1987 â NoĂ«lle ChĂątelet, Histoires de bouche
- 1988 â Jean-Louis Hue, DerniĂšres Nouvelles du PĂšre NoĂ«l
- 1989 â Paul Fournel, Les AthlĂštes dans leur tĂȘte
- 1990 â Jacques Bens, Nouvelles dĂ©senchantĂ©es
- 1991 â RafaĂ«l Pividal, Le GoĂ»t de la catastrophe
- 1992 â Catherine LĂ©pront, Trois gardiennes
- 1993 â Mariette Condroyer, Un aprĂšs-midi plutĂŽt gai
- 1994 â Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris, Les Lettres du baron
- 1996 â Ludovic Janvier, En mĂ©moire du lit
- 1997 â François Sureau, Le Sphinx de Darwin
- 1999 â Elvire de Brissac, Les anges d'en bas
- 2000 â Catherine Paysan, Les DĂ©sarmĂ©s
- 2001 â StĂ©phane Denis, Elle a maigri pour le festival
- 2002 â SĂ©bastien Lapaque, Mythologie Française
- 2003 â Philippe Claudel, Les petites mĂ©caniques
- 2004 â Olivier Adam, Passer l'hiver
- 2005 â Georges-Olivier ChĂąteaureynaud, Singe savant tabassĂ© par deux clowns
- 2006 â Franz Bartelt, Le Bar des habitudes
- 2007 â Brigitte Giraud, L'Amour est trĂšs surestimĂ©
- 2008 â Jean-Yves Masson, Ultimes vĂ©ritĂ©s sur la mort du nageur
- 2009 â Sylvain Tesson, Une vie Ă coucher dehors
- 2010 â Ăric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Concerto Ă la mĂ©moire d'un ange
- 2011 â Bernard Comment, Tout passe
- 2012 â Didier Daeninckx, L'Espoir en contrebande
- 2013 â Fouad Laroui, L'Ătrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine
- 2014 â Nicolas CavaillĂšs, Vie de monsieur Leguat[41]
- 2015 â Patrice Franceschi, PremiĂšre personne du singulier[42]
- 2016 â Marie-HĂ©lĂšne Lafon, Histoires
Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman
Goncourt Prize for debut novel. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Paris.
- 1990 â HĂ©lĂšne de Monferrand, Les amies d'HĂ©loĂŻse
- 1991 â Armande Gobry-Valle, Iblis ou la dĂ©froque du serpent
- 1992 â Nita Rousseau, Les iris bleus
- 1993 â Bernard Chambaz, L'arbre de vies
- 1994 â Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, VĂ©tĂ©rinaires
- 1995 â Florence Seyvos, Les apparitions
- 1996 â Yann Moix, Jubilations vers le ciel
- 1997 â Jean-Christophe Rufin, L'abyssin
- 1998 â Shan Sa, Porte de la paix cĂ©leste
- 1999 â Nicolas Michel, Un revenant
- 2000 â Benjamin Berton, Sauvageons
- 2001 â Salim Bachi, Le chien d'Ulysse
- 2002 â Soazig Aaron, Le non de Klara
- 2003 â Claire Delannoy, La guerre, l'AmĂ©rique
- 2004 â Françoise Dorner, La fille du rang derriĂšre
- 2005 â Alain Jaubert, Val Paradis
- 2006 â HĂ©di Kaddour, Waltenberg
- 2007 â FrĂ©dĂ©ric Brun, Perla
- 2008 â Jakuta Alikavazovic, Corps volatils
- 2009 â Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Une Ă©ducation libertine
- 2010 â Laurent Binet, HHhH
- 2011 â Michel Rostain, Le Fils
- 2012 â François Garde, Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc
- 2013 â Alexandre Postel, Un homme effacĂ©
- 2014 â FrĂ©dĂ©ric Verger, Arden[43]
- 2015 â Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation[44]
- 2016 â Joseph Andras, De nos frĂšres blessĂ©s. Author declined the prize.[45]
- 2017 â Maryam Madjidi, Marx et la poupĂ©e[46]
Prix Goncourt de la Poésie
Goncourt Prize for poetry. Established through the bequest of Adrien Bertrand (Prix Goncourt in 1914). The award is for the poet's entire career work.
- 1985 â Claude Roy
- 1986 â postponed to 1987[47]
- 1987 â Yves Bonnefoy
- 1988 â EugĂšne Guillevic
- 1989 â Alain Bosquet
- 1990 â Charles Le Quintrec
- 1991 â Jean-Claude Renard
- 1992 â Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
- 1993 â not awarded[47]
- 1994 â not awarded[47]
- 1995 â Lionel Ray
- 1996 â AndrĂ© Velter
- 1997 â Maurice Chappaz
- 1998 â Lorand Gaspar
- 1999 â Jacques RĂ©da
- 2000 â Liliane Wouters
- 2001 â Claude Esteban
- 2002 â AndrĂ©e Chedid
- 2003 â Philippe Jaccottet
- 2004 â Jacques Chessex
- 2005 â Charles Dobzynski
- 2006 â Alain Jouffroy
- 2007 â Marc Alyn
- 2008 â Claude VigĂ©e
- 2009 â Abdellatif Laabi
- 2010 â Guy Goffette
- 2011 â VĂ©nus Khoury-Ghata
- 2012 â Jean-Claude Pirotte
- 2013 â Charles Juliet
- 2014 â not awarded
- 2015 â William Cliff [48]
- 2016 â Le Printemps des PoĂštes
- 2017 â Franck Venaille
Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse
Goncrout Prize for children's literature. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Fontvieille. Discontinued after 2007.
- 1999 â Claude Guillot and Fabienne Burckel, Le fantĂŽme de Shanghai
- 2000 â Eric Battut, Rouge Matou
- 2002 â Fred Bernard and François Roca, Jeanne and le MokĂ©lĂ© and Jesus Betz
- 2003 â Yvan Pommaux, Avant la TĂ©lĂ©
- 2004 â Jean Chalon and Martine Delerm, Un arbre dans la lune
- 2005 â Natali Fortier, Lili Plume
- 2006 â Bernard du Boucheron and Nicole Claveloux, Un roi, une princesse and une pieuvre
- 2007 â VĂ©ronique OvaldĂ© and JoĂ«lle Jolivet, La trĂšs petite ZĂ©buline
See also
- Prix Renaudot â announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt, it has become something of a second-place prize.
- Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
- List of French literary awards
For a more comprehensive overview a list of literary awards is available.
References
- 1 2 Unwin, Timothy (1997). "Introduction". The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel: From 1800 to the Present. Cambridge University Press. p. xxii.
The 'big six' literary prizes in France have an extremely high profile and are, significantly, all awarded for novels. The best known and most prestigious is the Prix Goncourt. The other major literary prizes are the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise, the Prix Femina (awarded by a jury of women, though not necessarily to a female novelist), the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Interallie and the Prix Medicis.
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- â Glyn, Anthony (2000). The Companion Guide to Paris. Companion Guides. p. 98.
- â Sally J. Scholz (2005). The Contradictions of Freedom: Philosophical Essays on Simone de Beauvoir's The Mandarins. SUNY Press. p. 18.
- â James F English (2009). The Economy of Prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value. Harvard University Press. p. 61.
- â Hollier, Denis (1994). A New History of French Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 967.
- â James F English (2009). The Economy of Prestige: prizes, awards, and the circulation of cultural value. Harvard University Press. p. 61.
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- 1 2 Katherine Ashley (ed) (2004). "L'Attribution du prix Goncourt Ă Proust en 1919". Prix Goncourt, 1902â2003: essals critiques (in French). Bern: Peter Lang.
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- â Katherine Ashley (ed) (2004). Prix Goncourt, 1902â2003: essals critiques (in French). Bern: Peter Lang. p. 16.
- â Lapaque, SĂ©bastien (16 September 1999). "CĂ©line-Mazeline sur le ring". Le Figaro (in French).
- 1 2 3 Katherine Ashley (ed) (2004). "Avant propos". Prix Goncourt, 1902â2003: essals critiques (in French). Bern: Peter Lang.
- â Monsieur des Lourdines at IMDB
- 1 2 No award was given in 1914 due to the war. In 1916 two awards were given, one for 1916 (Barbusse) and one for 1914 (Bertrand).
- â NĂšne at IMDB
- â Raboliot at IMDB
- â Raboliot at IMDB
- â Raboliot at IMDB
- â Un homme se penche sur son passĂ© at IMDB
- â Les amants de riviĂšre rouge at IMDB
- â L'Ordre at IMDB
- â Les grandes familles at IMDB
- â LĂ©on Morin, prĂȘtre at IMDB
- â Les eaux mĂȘlĂ©es at IMDB
- â Quand la mer se retire at IMDB
- â L'Ă©tat sauvage at IMDB
- â The Margin at IMDB
- â Creezy at IMDB
- â Translated by David Dugan. The Dirty Goat, issue 18, pg. 170 Archived 14 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine..
- â The Cruel Embrace at IMDB
- â La Nuit sacrĂ©e at IMDB
- â One Way Ticket at IMDB
- â Sources used for checking translations: OpenLibrary.org, Amazon.com, LibraryThing.com
- â Source used for checking films: imdb.com
- â Autres prix dĂ©cernĂ©s par l'AcadĂ©mie Goncourt
- â Les Goncourt surfent, Le Figaro, 29 January 2009
- â Autres prix dĂ©cernĂ©s par l'AcadĂ©mie Goncourt: LaurĂ©ats
- â "Le Goncourt de la biographie Ă Jean Lebrun pour "Notre Chanel"". lepoint.fr (in French). AFP. June 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- â Eloy, Morgane (June 3, 2015). "Jean-Christophe Attias, prix Goncourt de la biographie". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- â Marie-Christine Imbault (March 4, 2014). "Le Goncourt de la Nouvelle rĂ©compense Nicolas CavaillĂšs". livreshebdo.fr (in French). Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- â Auproux, Agathe (May 5, 2015). "Le prix Goncourt de la nouvelle est attribuĂ© Ă Patrice Franceschi". livreshebdo.fr (in French). Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- â Dargent, Françoise (March 4, 2013). "FrĂ©dĂ©ric Verger, Goncourt du premier roman". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved March 5, 2014.
- â "Le Goncourt du premier roman 2015". Academie Goncourt. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- â John Dugdale (May 21, 2016). "How to turn down a prestigious literary prize â a winnerâs guide to etiquette". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- â "Le Goncourt du premier roman Ă Maryam Madjidi". Ăditions Attila. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
- 1 2 3 http://www.academie-goncourt.fr/?article=1358369616
- â Auproux, Agathe (May 5, 2015). "Le prix Goncourt de la poĂ©sie Robert Sabatier est dĂ©cernĂ© Ă William Cliff". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved July 3, 2015.