The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is 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 F ...

, given by the

académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1900 by the French writer and publisher Edmond de G ...

to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but results in considerable recognition and book sales for the winning author. 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). Of the "big six" French literary awards, the Prix Goncourt is the best known and most prestigious. The other major literary prizes include the

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

, the

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...

, the Prix Renaudot, the

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journa ...

and the Prix Médicis.

History

Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his estate for the foundation and maintenance of the

Académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1900 by the French writer and publisher Edmond de G ...

. 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 ''Drouant'' is a well-known restaurant located in the Palais Garnier neighborhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. It was founded in 1880 by Charles Drouant. The restaurant has been receiving the jury of the Prix Goncourt every year ...

'' restaurant in November to make its decision. Notable winners of the prize include

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel '' In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous ...

(''

In Search of Lost Time ''In Search of Lost Time'' (french: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French ...

''),

Simone de Beauvoir Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (, ; ; 9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, and even ...

('' The Mandarins''),

André Malraux Georges André Malraux ( , ; 3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and Minister of Culture (France), minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel ''La Condition Humaine'' (Man's Fate) (1933) won the Prix Go ...

(''

Man's Fate ''Man's Fate'' (French: ''La Condition humaine'', "The Human Condition") 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 associ ...

'') and Marguerite Duras ('' The Lover''). The award was initially established to provide talented new authors with a monetary award that would allow them to write a second book. 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." Hervé Le Tellier's '' The Anomaly'', which won the Goncourt in 2020, exceeded a million copies in less than a year after its publication. In 1987, the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was established, as a collaboration between the

, the French Ministry of Education, and

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, 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.

Controversies

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Within months of the first prize in 1903, it spawned a "hostile counter-prize" in the form of the

to counter the all-male Jury of the Goncourt with an all-female jury on the Femina. Some decisions for awarding the prize have been controversial, a famous case being the decision to award the prize in 1919 to

; 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 World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

. The prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was not considered "young" at 48 – however Proust was a beginning author which is the only eligibility requirement, age being unimportant. In 1921, Rene Maran won the Goncourt with '' Batouala, veritable roman negre'', the first French novel to openly criticize European colonialism in Africa. The novel caused "violent reactions" and was banned in all the French colonies. In 1932, the prize was controversial for passing up Louis-Ferdinand Céline's '' Voyage au bout de la nuit'' for

Guy Mazeline Guy Mazeline (12 April 1900 Le Havre – 25 May 1996 Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French writer, winner of the prix Goncourt in 1932 for his novel ''Les Loups'', surprisingly winning against ''Voyage au bout de la nuit'' by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. ...

's ''Les Loups''. 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 ''The Roots of Heaven'' (french: Les Racines du ciel) is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and WW II aviator, Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew). It received the Prix Goncourt for fiction. It was translated into English in 1957. Synop ...

'' 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''. In September 2021, the Goncourt attracted controversy after the jury decided, by a vote of 7 to 3, to include ''Les enfants de Cadillac'' by

François Noudelmann François Noudelmann is a contemporary French philosopher, university professor and radio producer. François Noudelmann is currently a professor at New York University, and regularly at the University of Paris VIII (Université de Vincennes à S ...

on its 2021 list of finalists. Noudelmann is the partner of Camille Laurens, who is a member of the prize's jury. Laurens voted in favor of her partner's book. In October 2021, the

ultimately decided that it will no longer allow lovers and family members of the jury to be entered for consideration.

Selection and voting process

The Prix Goncourt is divided into three selection stages. The first selection is typically composed of fifteen finalists. The second selection is typically composed of eight finalists, narrowed down from the previous fifteen. A third and final selection leaves four finalists. In the voting rounds, a maximum of fourteen rounds can be carried out. To begin the deliberation process, the names of the four finalists are placed in a champagne bucket. In turn, the names are taken out and each member of the jury votes aloud in favour of, or in opposition to, the writer. An absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—is required until the tenth round, then a simple majority is sufficient to designate a winner. If, after fourteen rounds, there is no winner, the president's vote counts as double to determine a majority vote. At 12:45p.m., the Secretary General, Philippe Claudel, appears in front of the crowd of journalists and announces the winner. The winner typically waits in a cafe near the ''Drouant'' so that they can arrive in time. The winner is interviewed by the media and is offered a symbolic check for ten euros.

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: The winners are listed below.

Prix Goncourt de la Biographie

Goncourt Prize for biography. Awarded in partnership with the city of Nancy. *1980 – Jean Lacouture, ''François Mauriac'' *1981 –

Hubert Juin Hubert Juin, pseudonym for Hubert Loescher, (5 June 1926 – 3 June 1987) was a Francophone Belgian poet, novelist, essayist and literary critic. Works (selection) Novels *1978: ''Les Hameaux'' Verviers, Marabout, (with a preface by André Dh ...

, ''Victor Hugo'' *1982 – Pierre Sipriot, ''René Depestre'' *1983 –

Ghislain de Diesbach Ghislain de Diesbach de Belleroche (born 6 August 1931 in Le Havre) is a French writer and biographer. Works *1960: ''Iphigénie en Thuringe : nouvelles'', Julliard, Paris *1962: ''Un joli train de vie'', Julliard *1964: ''Favre de Thierrens ...

, ''Madame de Staël'' *1984 – Jeanne Champion, ''Suzanne Valadon'' *1985 – Georges Poisson, ''Laclos ou l'Obstination'' *1986 – Jean Canavaggio, ''Cervantes'' *1987 –

Michel Surya Michel Surya (born 1954) is a French writer, philosopher and publisher. A specialist of Georges Bataille, he is the founder and director of the journal ' and the . Publications Tales *1988: ''Exit'', preface by Bernard Noël, Séguier, reprin ...

, ''Georges Bataille, la mort à l'œuvre'' *1988 – Frédéric Vitoux, ''La Vie de Louis-Ferdinand Céline'' *1989 – Joanna Richardson, ''Judith Gautier'' *1990 – Pierre Citron, ''Giono'' *1991 –

Odette Joyeux Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. Biography She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 19 ...

, ''Le Troisième œil, la vie de Nicéphore Niepce'' *1992 –

Philippe Beaussant Philippe Beaussant (6 May 1930 – 8 May 2016) was a French musicologist and novelist, an expert on French baroque music, on which he has published widely. He was the founder of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, of which he was the ar ...

, ''Lully'' *1993 – Jean Bothorel, ''Louise de Vilmorin'' *1994 –

David Bellos David Bellos (born 1945) is an English-born translator and biographer. Bellos is Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University in the United States. He was director of Princeton ...

, ''Georges Perec'' *1995 – Henry Gidel, ''Les Deux Guitry'' *1996 –

Anka Muhlstein Anka Muhlstein (born 1935) is a historian and biographer. Early life Muhlstein was born to Anatol Mühlstein and Diane de Rothschild in Paris in 1935. During World War II, she stayed in New York City before returning to France in 1945. She was ...

, ''Astolphe de Custine'' *1997 – Jean-Claude Lamy, ''Prévert, les frères'' *1998 – Christian Liger, ''Le Roman de Rossel'' *1999 –

Claude Pichois Claude Pichois was a French academic and a leading scholar on the life and work of Charles Baudelaire. He was born in Paris and studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and at Sorbonne University. He taught at Vanderbilt University for ...

and

Alain Brunet Alain Brunet is a French scholar and specialist on the writer Colette. He served as vice-president of the Société des Amis de Colette. He co-edited the collected works of Colette and co-authored her biography with Claude Pichois. The book won ...

, ''Colette'' *2000 – Dominique Bona, ''

Berthe Morisot Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot (; January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895) was a French painter and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists. In 1864, Morisot exhibited for the first time in the highly e ...

'' *2001 –

Laure Murat Laure Murat, born June 4, 1967, in Paris, is a French historian, writer, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Laure Murat is the daughter of the writer and film producer Napoléon Murat and historian Inès d'Albe ...

, ''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 Thibaut d'Anthonay is a French writer. He won the Goncourt Prize for biography for his life of Jean Lorrain Jean Lorrain (9 August 1855 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime – 30 June 1906), born Paul Alexandre Martin Duval, was a French poet and n ...

, ''Jean Lorrain'' *2006 – Angie David, ''Dominique Aury'' *2007 – Patrice Locmant, ''Huysmans, le forçat de la vie'' *2008 – Jennifer Lesieur, ''Jack London'' *2009 –

Viviane Forrester Viviane Forrester (29 September 1925, in Paris – 30 April 2013) was an essayist, novelist, journalist and literary critic. Biography Born Viviane Dreyfus in a French Jewish family, after wartime exile she married Simon Stoloff, with whom she ...

, ''Virginia Woolf'' *2010 – Michel Winock, ''Madame de Stael'' *2011 –

Maurizio Serra Maurizio Serra (born 3 June 1955 in London) is a contemporary Italian writer and diplomat. Maurizio Serra was Italian Ambassador to the Unesco. He writes in Italian and French. He was elected to the Académie Française on 9 January 2020. His ...

, ''Malaparte, vies et légendes'' *2012 – David Haziot, ''Le Roman des Rouart'' *2013 –

Pascal Mérigeau Pascal Mérigeau (30 January 1953, Périgné in Deux-Sèvres) is a French journalist and film critic. Biography After studying in Poitiers, he settled in Paris in 1976 and became a journalist. He worked for film magazines, then for ''Les Nou ...

, ''Jean Renoir'' *2014 –

Jean Lebrun Jean Lebrun at the in 2008 Jean Lebrun (14 May 1950, Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine) is a French journalist. A professor agrégé of history, he soon preferred journalism to the Éducation nationale. After he collaborated with ''Combat'', '' La C ...

, ''Notre Chanel'' *2015 –

Jean-Christophe Attias Jean-Christophe Attias (born 1958) is a French historian and scholar. He was born to an Algerian Jewish father and a Catholic mother from the Charente. Jean-Christophe Attias is a Professor of medieval Jewish thought at the École pratique des ...

, ''Moïse fragile'' *2016 –

Philippe Forest Philippe Forest (born 18 June 1962) is a French author and professor of literature. He has been awarded the First Novel Prix Femina (1997) and the Prix Décembre (2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, K ...

, ''Aragon'' *2017 – Marianne and Claude Schopp, ''Dumas fils ou l'Anti-Œdipe'' *2018 – Denis Demonpion, ''Salinger intime'' *2019 – Frédéric Pajak, ''Manifeste incertain, volume 7:

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

, Marina Tsvetaïeva, l'immense poésie'' *2021 – Pauline Dreyfous, ''Paul Morand''

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 Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

since 2001. *1974 – Daniel Boulanger, ''Fouette, cocher !'' *1975 – S. Corinna Bille, ''La Demoiselle sauvage'' *1976 – Antoine Blondin, ''Quat'saisons'' *1977 – Henri Gougaud, ''Départements et territoires d'outre-mort'' *1978 –

Christiane Baroche Christiane Baroche (born 20 January 1935 Paris) is a French novelist, and short story writer. She graduated with a BS in 1954. After a scientific career, at the Curie Institute (Paris) she turned to writing. Awards *1978 Prix Goncourt de la Nouv ...

, ''Chambres, avec vue sur le passé'' *1979 –

Andrée Chedid Andrée Chedid ( ar, أندريه شديد) (20 March 1920 – 6 February 2011), born Andrée Saab Khoury, was an Egyptian-French poet and novelist of Syrian/Lebanese descent. She is the recipient of numerous litera ...

, ''Le Corps et le Temps'' *1980 –

Guy Lagorce Guy Lagorce (born 12 January 1937) in La Bachellerie (Dordogne) is a French journalist and writer, winner of the 1984 prix des libraires. Biography Guy Lagorce is a former French sprint international athlete (100m, 200m and member of the Fren ...

, ''Les Héroïques'' *1981 – Annie Saumont, ''Quelquefois dans les cérémonies'' *1982 –

René Depestre René Depestre (born 29 August 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for man ...

, ''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 Fleutiaux, ''Métamorphoses de la reine'' *1986 –

Jean Vautrin Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic. Life and career After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French lite ...

, ''Baby-boom'' *1987 – Noëlle Châtelet, ''Histoires de bouche'' *1988 – Jean-Louis Hue, ''Dernières Nouvelles du Père Noël'' *1989 –

Paul Fournel Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972). Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau ...

, ''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 ''Jean-Christophe'' (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes a ...

, ''Les Lettres du baron'' *1996 – Ludovic Janvier, ''En mémoire du lit'' *1997 –

François Sureau François Sureau (born 19 September 1957) is a French writer, lawyer and technocrat. He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and educated at the École nationale d'administration (ENA). He is a co-founder and co-director of the French Rev ...

, ''Le Sphinx de Darwin'' *1999 –

Elvire de Brissac Elvire de Brissac (born 19 January 1939) is a French novelist and biographer. Her awards include the Prix des Deux Magots, Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, Prix Contrepoint, Prix Goncourt, and the Prix Femina Essai. Biography Elvire de Brissa ...

, ''Les anges d'en bas'' *2000 – Catherine Paysan, ''Les Désarmés'' *2001 – Stéphane Denis, ''Elle a maigri pour le festival'' *2002 – Sébastien Lapaque, ''Mythologie Française'' *2003 – Philippe Claudel, ''Les petites mécaniques'' *2004 –

Olivier Adam Olivier Adam (born 12 July 1974) is a French author and screenwriter. His debut novel ''Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas'' (''Don't worry, I am fine'') was adapted into the I'm Fine, Don't Worry, eponym film. He also writes books for young adult ...

, ''Passer l'hiver'' *2005 – Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, ''Singe savant tabassé par deux clowns'' *2006 – Franz Bartelt, ''Le Bar des habitudes'' *2007 –

Brigitte Giraud Brigitte Giraud (born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. Early life Born in 1960, Brigitte Giraud grew up in Rillieux-la-Pape before settling in Lyon. She studied English, German and Arabic ...

, ''L'Amour est très surestimé'' *2008 – Jean-Yves Masson, ''Ultimes vérités sur la mort du nageur'' *2009 –

Sylvain Tesson Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are '' The Consolations of the F ...

, ''Une vie à coucher dehors'' *2010 –

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 28 March 1960) is a Franco– Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world. Life Early years Eric-Emmanuel ...

, ''Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange'' *2011 – Bernard Comment, ''Tout passe'' *2012 –

Didier Daeninckx Didier Daeninckx (born 27 April 1949 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his '' romans noirs''. Works translated into English *' (''Meurtres pour mémoire'') by Melvill ...

, ''L'Espoir en contrebande'' *2013 –

Fouad Laroui Fouad Laroui (born 12 August 1958) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), where he st ...

, ''L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine'' *2014 – Nicolas Cavaillès, ''Vie de monsieur Leguat'' *2015 – Patrice Franceschi, ''Première personne du singulier'' *2016 – Marie-Hélène Lafon, ''Histoires'' *2017 – Raphaël Haroche, ''Retourner à la mer'' *2018 – Régis Jauffret, ''Microfictions 2018'' *2019 – Caroline Lamarche, ''Nous sommes à la lisière'' *2020 –

Anne Serre Anne Serre (born September 7, 1960) is a French writer. She was born in Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern Fr ...

, ''Au cœur d'un été tout en or'' *2021 – Shmuel T. Meyer, ''Et la guerre est finie...''

Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman

Goncourt Prize for

debut novel A debut novel is the first novel a novelist publishes. Debut novels are often 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 p ...

. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Paris. * 1990 –

Hélène de Monferrand Hélène de Montferrand (born 1947 Saint-Mandé) is a French novelist. She grew up in Algeria and studied at Nanterre and at the Sorbonne. Her work continues and "resonates with echoes" the work of Jeanne Galzy. She received the Goncourt prize f ...

, ''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 Bernard Lamarche-Vadel (16 July 1949, Avallon. – 2 May 2000, La Croixille in Mayenne) was a French writer, poet, art critic and collector. Life The son of a veterinarian, self-taught, his tastes for art and literature earned him a paternal a ...

, ''Vétérinaires'' * 1995 – Florence Seyvos, ''Les apparitions'' * 1996 – Yann Moix, ''Jubilations vers le ciel'' * 1997 –

Jean-Christophe Rufin Jean-Christophe Rufin (born 28 June 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie ...

, ''L'abyssin'' * 1998 – Shan Sa, ''Porte de la paix céleste'' * 1999 – Nicolas Michel, ''Un revenant'' * 2000 – Benjamin Berton, ''Sauvageons'' * 2001 – Salim Bachi, ''Le chien d'Ulysse'' * 2002 – Soazig Aaron, ''Le non-de Klara'' * 2003 –

Claire Delannoy Claire Delannoy is a French writer and literary director. She is the Director of a series at Editions Albin Michel Françoise Dorner Françoise Dorner (born 17 June 1949, Paris) is a French actress, screenwriter, author of plays and novels. Biography Actress Dorner appeared for the first time in the cinema thanks to Éric Le Hung who entrusted her in 1975 one of the main ro ...

, ''La fille du rang derrière'' * 2005 –

Alain Jaubert Alain Jaubert (born 1940, Paris) is a writer and journalist, producer and director of television, producer of the magazine ''Les Arts'' - France 3 and ''Oceaniques'' from 1990 to 1993 and author and director of the series "" since 1988. On 29 May ...

, ''Val Paradis'' * 2006 – Hédi Kaddour, ''Waltenberg'' * 2007 – Frédéric Brun, ''Perla'' * 2008 – Jakuta Alikavazovic, ''Corps volatils'' * 2009 –

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Jean-Baptiste Garcia (born 25 November 1981), known by the pen name Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, is a French writer. He was born in Toulouse. Selected works * ''Ne rien faire et autres nouvelles'' (2006). * ''Une éducation libertine'' (2008). ''A Lib ...

, ''Une éducation libertine'' * 2010 –

Laurent Binet Laurent Binet (born 19 July 1972) is a French writer and university lecturer. His work focuses on the modern political scene in France. Biography The son of a historian,Valérie Trierweiler, October 18, 2010"Laurent Binet, retour sur un succès" ...

, '' HHhH'' * 2011 – Michel Rostain, ''Le Fils'' * 2012 –

François Garde François Garde (born 1959 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French writer and high-ranking official Administrative career * Graduated in 1984 of the ENA (class Louise Michel), * Deputy Secretary-General of New Caledonia from 1991 to 1993 ...

, ''Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc'' * 2013 – Alexandre Postel, ''Un homme effacé'' * 2014 –

Frédéric Verger Frédéric Verger (15 March 1959, Montreuil-sous-Bois) is a French writer. Biography The holder of an agrégation ès letters since 1986, Frédéric Verger is currently a professor of French in the lycée d'Arsonval at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. ...

, ''Arden'' * 2015 –

Kamel Daoud Kamel Daoud ( ar, كمال داود; born June 17, 1970) is a French-Algerian writer and journalist. He currently edits the French-language daily '' Le quotidien d’Oran,'' for which he writes a popular column, "Raïna Raïkoum" (Our Opinion, Y ...

, ''

The Meursault Investigation ''The Meursault Investigation'' (french: Meursault, contre-enquête) is the first novel by Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud. It is a retelling of Albert Camus' 1942 novel, '' The Stranger.'' First published in Algeria by Barzakh Editi ...

'' * 2016 – Joseph Andras, '. Author declined the prize. * 2017 –

Maryam Madjidi Maryam Madjidi is a French-Iranian writer. She was born in Tehran in 1980, and moved with her family to France in 1986. Her parents were communists and had been forced into exile following the Iranian revolution. She studied literature at Sorbonn ...

, ''Marx et la poupée'' * 2018 – Mahir Guven, ''Grand frère'' * 2019 – Marie Gauthier, ''Court vêtue'' * 2020 – Maylis Besserie, ''Le Tiers Temps'' * 2021 – Émilienne Malfatto, ''Que sur toi se lamente le Tigre''

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 – Claude Roy * 1986 – postponed to 1987 * 1987 – Yves Bonnefoy * 1988 –

Eugène Guillevic Eugène Guillevic (Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 Carnac – March 19, 1997 Paris) () was a French poet. Professionally, he went by the single name ''Guillevic''. Life He was born in the rocky landscape and marine environment of Br ...

* 1989 – Alain Bosquet * 1990 – Charles Le Quintrec * 1991 – Jean-Claude Renard * 1992 –

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier Georges-Emmanuel Clancier (3 May 1914 – 4 July 2018) was a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He won the Prix Goncourt (poetry), the Grand Prize of the Académie française, and the grand prize of the Société des gens de lettres. Life C ...

* 1993 – ''not awarded'' * 1994 – ''not awarded'' * 1995 – Lionel Ray * 1996 – André Velter * 1997 – Maurice Chappaz * 1998 – Lorand Gaspar * 1999 – Jacques Réda * 2000 – Liliane Wouters * 2001 –

Claude Esteban Claude Esteban (26 July 1935, Paris – 10 April 2006, Paris) 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 Jorg ...

* 2002 –

* 2003 – Philippe Jaccottet * 2004 – Jacques Chessex * 2005 – Charles Dobzynski * 2006 –

Alain Jouffroy Alain Jouffroy (11 September 1928 – 20 December 2015) was a French writer, poet and artist. Jouffroy was born near Parc Montsouris, Paris. He was the first advocate of an Art Strike and formed the L'Union des Ecrivains during the strikes of ...

* 2007 –

Marc Alyn Marc Alyn (Alain-Marc Fécherolle), (born 18 March 1937 in Reims) is a French poet. Life He was mobilized to Algeria in 1957. He lived far from Paris, a farmhouse in Uzès, Gard. He traveled in the Middle East to the ruins of the Phoenician cit ...

* 2008 –

Claude Vigée Claude Vigée (born Claude Strauss; 3 January 1921 – 2 October 2020) was a French poet who wrote in French and Alsatian. He described himself as a "Jew and an Alsatian, thus doubly Alsatian and doubly Jewish". Life Vigée was born in Bischwi ...

* 2009 – Abdellatif Laabi * 2010 – Guy Goffette * 2011 – Vénus Khoury-Ghata * 2012 –

Jean-Claude Pirotte Jean-Claude Pirotte (20 October 1939 – 24 May 2014) was a Belgian writer, poet and painter. A French language writer, his 2006 novel, '' Une adolescence en Gueldre'', won the Prix des Deux Magots. Life Early years Jean-Claude Pirotte was bor ...

* 2013 – Charles Juliet * 2014 – ''not awarded'' * 2015 – William Cliff * 2016 – Le Printemps des Poètes * 2017 – Franck Venaille * 2018 – Anise Koltz * 2019 – Yvon Le Men * 2020 –

Michel Deguy Michel Deguy (23 May 1930 – 16 February 2022) was a French poet and translator. Biography Deguy was born in Paris on 23 May 1930. He taught French literature at the Universite de Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) for many years. He also served as dire ...

* 2021 –

Jacques Roubaud Jacques Roubaud (; born 5 December 1932 in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône) is a French poet, writer and mathematician Life and career Jacques Roubaud taught Mathematics at University of Paris X Nanterre and Poetry at EHESS. A member of the Oulipo ...

Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse

Goncrout Prize for children's literature. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Fontvieille. 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 Jean Chalon (born 8 March 1935) is a French journalist and writer. He first hesitated before a career as a Spanish teacher before deciding for journalism. He has spent most of his career at ''Le Figaro''. In love with nature, especially trees, a ...

and Martine Delerm, ''Un arbre dans la lune'' *2005 – Natali Fortier, ''Lili Plume'' *2006 – Bernard du Boucheron and Nicole Claveloux, ''Un roi, une princesse and une pieuvre'' *2007 –

Véronique Ovaldé Véronique Ovaldé (born 1972) is a French novelist. Her fifth novel ''Et mon cœur transparent'' won the Prix France Culture/Télérama in 2008. Her seventh novel ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2009), th ...

and Joëlle Jolivet, ''La très petite Zébuline''

Prix Goncourt des Lycéens

Notes and references

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