literary award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author.
Organizations
Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. M ...
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Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
, awarded every year since 1925 in memory of the literary duo
Erckmann-Chatrian
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature''. New York, Facts ...
. It rewards a written prose work by someone form Lorraine or about Lorraine. It is often nicknamed the " Goncourt lorrain".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 intervie Article du journal ''My lorraine'', site du Conseil Général de Lorraine 24 November 2010. 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
* 1925: Eugène Mathis, ''Les Héros : gens de Fraize'', L. Fleurent éd.
* 1926: Léopold Bouchot, ''Manuel d'histoire de Lorraine''
* 1927: Henry Thierry, ''Anthologie lorraine''
* 1928: Robert Parisot, ''Histoire de Lorraine''
* 1929: Gabriel Gobron, ''Contes du Rupt-de-Mad''
* 1930: Fernand Rousselot, ''À l'ombre du mirabellier'' (short stories)
* 1931: Jean-Pierre Jean, ''Mémorial du Souvenir Français en Moselle''
* 1932: Henri Frémont, ''Mademoiselle Françoise, journaliste''
* 1933: Henri Gaudel, ''Histoires de chez nous'' (short stories)
* 1934: Maurice Garot, ''Nancy la Ducale''
* 1935: Marcel Grosdidier de Matons, ''Au cœur de la Lorraine''
* 1936: Pol Ramber, ''Contes vosgiens'' (short stories)
* 1937: Paul-Émile Colin, ''En Lorraine, par sentiers et venelles'' (livre d'art, gravures).
* 1938: Chanoine Humbert, ''André Theuriet à Bar-le-Duc''
* 1939: Martin de Briey, ''Le Jardin de Vaudémont'' (novel)
* 1940 to 1944 : Not attributed.
* 1945: Fernand Fizaine, ''La Patrie perdue'' (novel)
* 1946: Recteur Jules Blache, ''Le Grand refus'' (essay)
* 1947: Jacques Dieterlen, ''Honeck'' (novel)
* 1948: André Monnier-Zwingelstein, ''Clair-Moutier'' (novel)
* 1949: Gabriel Bichet, ''Évadés, souvenirs de guerre'' (narrative)
* 1950: René Bour, ''Histoire illustrée de Metz'' (monography)
* 1951: Chanoine Camille-Paul Joignon, ''Au cœur du Barrois'' (monography)
* 1952: Léon Fresse, ''Contes de la vallée des lacs'' (short stories)
* 1953: Pierre Marot, ''Pour la revue Le Pays Lorrain''
* 1954: Georges Coanet, ''Metz pour nous deux'' (essay)
* 1955: André Dorny, ''Légendes lorraines'' (short stories)
* 1956: Étienne Delcambre, ''Élisabeth de Ranfaing'' (essay)
* 1957:
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Mercure de France
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* 2003:
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* 2004:
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* 2005:
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, ''Le Soleil des pierres'' (Le Cherche-Midi)
* 2006: Georges-Paul Cuny, ''Anna'' (Éditions L'Âge d'Homme)
* 2007: Michel Bernard, ''La Tranchée de Calonne'' (
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* 2008:
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Erckmann-Chatrian
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature''. New York, Facts ...