The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of ''
Elle
''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the ...
'' magazine.
History
Unlike other literary prizes that have professionals for their juries and selection committees, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a public award, convened and selected by readers of the magazine, and aimed at giving a voice to women who love to read. At its inception in 1969 by
Hélène Lazareff, it was awarded solely to novels.
[ From 1977, two categories were recognised - ]literary fiction
Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction or serious fiction is a label that, in the book trade, refers to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction); or, otherwise, refers to novels that are ch ...
and non-fiction
Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with b ...
. From 2002, crime fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
also came to be awarded.[
Until 1992, eight regional committees designated at the first instance books of the month. A national jury then took over to elect the two major prizewinners in the categories of novels and non-fiction. Currently, eight monthly juries of fifteen readers each form the grand jury of 120 readers.][
The ]editor
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, ...
of the Elle magazine makes an initial selection of books, emphasising first works or young authors or new publishers, and systematically eliminating the works that have already won major literary awards such as the Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
, 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 ...
or the Prix Médicis
The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and . It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent."
The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 19 ...
. After this, every month from September to April, the eight juries of fifteen readers of Elle magazine deliberate to select their finalists, which in turn will be read by all the juries to select the grand winner in May.
Novels (from 1970)
* 1970: Arlette Grebel
Arlette is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Arlette or Herleva, the mother of William the Conqueror
* Arlette Alcock (born 1958), Métis-Canadian folk musician
*Marie-Arlette Carlotti (born 1952), French politician and Member of ...
, ''Ce soir, Tania...'' - Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by G ...
* 1971: Michèle Perrein
Michèle Perrein (30 October 1929 – 13 February 2010) was a French journalist and writer. She was the recipient of the Prix Interallié in 1984.
Biography
Michèle Perrein, whose real surname was Barbe, was born in Gironde and studied at the ...
, ''La Chineuse'' - Éditions Julliard
Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard.
Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, th ...
* 1972: 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 ...
, ''Un long mois de septembre'' - Éditions Grasset
The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955).
History Founder
In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of '' À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, ''Du côté de chez Swann'', ...
* 1973: Simone Schwarz-Bart, ''Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle'' - Éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' ...
* 1974: Max Gallo, ''Un pas vers la mer'' - Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium.
It is considered one of the most ...
* 1975: Françoise Lefèvre, ''La Première Habitude'' - Jean-Jacques Pauvert
Jean-Jacques Pauvert (8 April 1926 – 27 September 2014) was a French publisher, notable for publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of the ''Story of O'' (1954) and the first edition of Kenneth An ...
* 1976: Roger Boussinot, ''Vie et mort de Jean Chalosse'' - Robert Laffont
* 1977: Guyette Lyr, ''La Fuite en douce'' - Mercure de France
The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group.
The gazette was published f ...
* 1978: Hortense Dufour, ''La Marie-Marraine'' - Grasset
* 1979: Jeanne Bourin, ''La Chambre des dames'' - La Table Ronde
* 1980: Marie-Thérèse Humbert, ''À l'autre bout de moi'' - Stock
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* 1981: José-André Lacour, ''Le Rire de Caïn'' - La Table Ronde
* 1982: Clarisse Nicoïdski, ''Couvre-Feux'' - Ramsay
* 1983: Paul Savatier, ''Le Photographe'' - Gallimard
* 1984: Michel Ragon, ''Les Mouchoirs rouges de Cholet'' - Albin Michel Albin may refer to:
Places
* Albin, Wyoming, US
* Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US
* Albin, Virginia, US
People
* Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin"
* Albin (surname)
;Mononyms
* Alb ...
* 1985: Frédéric Rey, ''La Haute Saison'' - Flammarion
* 1986: François-Marie Banier, ''Balthazar, fils de famille'' - Gallimard
* 1987: Jack-Alain Léger, ''Wanderweg'' - Gallimard
* 1988: Kenizé Mourad
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, ''De la part de la princesse morte'' - Robert Laffont
* 1989: Charles Juliet, ''L'Année de l'éveil'' - Éditions P.O.L.
* 1990: Yves Beauchemin, ''Juliette Pomerleau'' - Éditions de Fallois.
* 1991: Claire Bonnafé
Claire Bonnafé is a French writer and painter.
Works
*1977: ''Le Bruit de la mer'', Éditions Balland,
*1990: ''Le Guetteur immobile'', Éditions Balland, , Grand prix des lectrices de Elle 1991
*1997: ''Une lumière dans l'île'', Édition ...
, ''Le Guetteur immobile'' - Balland
* 1992: Nicolas Bréhal, ''Sonate au clair de Lune'' - Mercure de France
* 1993: Bernard Werber, ''Le Jour des fourmis'' - Albin Michel
* 1994: Gisèle Pineau, ''La Grande Drive des esprits'' - le Serpent à Plumes
* 1995: Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel '' The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more boo ...
, ''L'Alchimiste'' ('' The Alchemist'') - Anne Carrière
* 1996: Daniel Picouly, ''Le Champ de personne'' - Flammarion
* 1997: Élisabeth Gille, ''Un paysage de cendres'' - Seuil
* 1998: Tonino Benacquista
Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film ...
, ''Saga'' - Gallimard
* 1999: Nancy Huston
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Biography
Huston was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the city in which she ...
, ''L'Empreinte de l'ange'' - Actes Sud
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...
* 2000: Catherine Cusset, ''Le Problème avec Jane'' - Gallimard.[
* 2001: ]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 ...
, ''L'Évangile selon Pilate'' - Albin Michel.
* 2002: Isabelle Hausser, ''La Table des enfants'' - de Fallois
* 2003: William Boyd William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to:
Academics
* William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster
* William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator
* William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979 ...
, ''À livre ouvert'' (''Any Human Heart
''Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart'' is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a British writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991 ...
'') - Seuil
* 2004: Philippe Claudel
Philippe Claudel (born 2 February 1962) is a French writer and film director.
Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy.
He direct ...
, ''Les Âmes grises'' - Stock.
* 2005: Philippe Grimbert, ''Un secret'' - Grasset
* 2006: Khaled Hosseini
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, ''Les Cerfs-volants de Kaboul'' (''The Kite Runner
''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop ...
'') - Belfond
* 2007: Duong Thu Huong, ''Terre des oublis''.
* 2008: Marie Sizun
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, ''La Femme de l'Allemand'' - Arléa
Arléa is a French publishing house created in 1986.
Arléa publishes thirty new titles each year, including pocket ones. His catalog contains more than a thousand titles: the great classics of Antiquity (whether Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit or ...
.
* 2009: Claudie Gallay, ''Les Déferlantes'' - Éditions Rouergue.
* 2010: 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), the ...
, ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' - Éditions de l'Olivier.
* 2011: Kathryn Stockett
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Career
Stockett worked in magazine publi ...
, ''La Couleur des sentiments'' (''The Help
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A ''USA T ...
'') - Éditions Jacqueline Chambon / Actes Sud.[
* 2012: Delphine de Vigan, ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'' - ]JC Lattès
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Founder Jean-Claude Lattès died on 17 January 201 ...
.
* 2013: Robert Goolrick
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Biography
Robert Goolrick grew up in the 1950s in the small college town of Lexington, Virginia. His mother ...
, ''Arrive un vagabond'' (''Heading Out to Wonderful'') - Pocket.
* 2014: Laura Kasischke, ''Esprit d'hiver'' - Éditions Christian Bourgois.
*2015: Anthony Marra
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Personal life
Marra ...
for ''Une constellation de phénomènes vitaux'' - JC Lattès
JC Lattès is a French publishing house. A division of Hachette Livre since 1981, JC Lattès' catalogue includes the works of Dan Brown, as well as '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' by E. L. James.
Founder Jean-Claude Lattès died on 17 January 201 ...
*2016: Jean-Luc Seigle for ''Je vous écris dans le noir'' - Flammarion
*2017: Leïla Slimani
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for ''Chanson douce'' - Gallimard
*2018: Anna Hope for ''La salle de bal'' - Gallimard
*2019: (ex-aequo) Adeline Dieudonné for ''La vraie vie'' - éditions L’Iconoclaste
*2019: (ex-aequo) Jesmyn Ward
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for ''Le Chant des revenants'' - éditions Belfond
*2020: Claire Berest for ''Rien n'est noir'' - Stock
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*2021: Colum McCann
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McCann's work has been published in over 40 languages, and h ...
for ''Apeirogon'' - Belfond
Non-fiction (from 1977)
* 1992: Anne Borrel, Alain Senderens and Jean-Bernard Naudin: ''Proust, la cuisine retrouvée'' - Le Chêne
* 1993: Catherine Audard, ''Le Respect, de l'estime à la déférence: une question de limite'' - Autrement
* 1994: Alexandra Lapierre, ''Fanny Stevenson'' - Robert Laffont
* 1995: Henriette Walter, ''L'Aventure des langues en Occident'' - Robert Laffont
* 1996: Shusha Guppy
Shushā Guppy ( fa, شوشا گوپی; née Shamsi Assār ( fa, شمسی عصار; 24 December 1935 – 21 March 2008) was a writer, editor and a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. She lived in London from the early 1960s, until her death ...
, ''Un jardin à Téhéran'' - Éditions Phébus
* 1997: Serge Toubiana and Antoine de Baecque: ''François Truffaut'' - Gallimard
* 1998: Evelyne Bloch-Dano: ''Madame Zola'' - Grasset
* 1999: Laurent Greilsamer: ''Le Prince foudroyé, la vie de Nicolas de Staël'' - Fayard
* 2000: Sabine Melchior-Bonnetand, Aude de Tocqueville: ''Histoire de l'adultère'' - La Martinère[
* 2001: François Bizot: ''Le Portail'' - La table Ronde.][
* 2002: Wladyslaw Szpilman: ''Le Pianiste'' ('' The Pianist'') - Robert Laffont.]
* 2003: Jean-Pierre Perrin, ''Jours de poussière - Choses vues en Afghanistan'' - La Table ronde
* 2004: Fabienne Verdier, ''Passagère du silence'' - Albin Michel
* 2004: Anna Politkovskaya
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (;, ; uk, Ганна Степанівна Політковська , 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist, who reported on political events in Russia, in parti ...
, ''Tchétchénie, le déshonneur russe'' (''A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya'') - Buchet/Chastel.
* 2005: Azar Nafisi
Azar Nafisi ( fa, آذر نفیسی; born 1948)Following eighth grade, Nafisi's parents sent her to England for schooling from 1961 to 1963. Nafisi 2010, chapter 8, pp. 69-70; chapter 13, p. 115 is an Iranian-American writer and professor of Englis ...
, ''Lire Lolita à Téhéran'' (''Reading Lolita in Tehran
''Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books'' is a book by Iranian author and professor Azar Nafisi. Published in 2003, it was on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list for over one hundred weeks and has been translated into 32 languages.
Pl ...
'') - Plon
* 2006: Charles Dantzig, ''Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française'' - Grasset.
* 2007: Dominique Bona
Dominique Bona (born 29 July 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer.
Life
She won the 2000 Bourse Goncourt for biography, and 1998 Prix Renaudot.
She was literary critic for ''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Journal du dimanche''.
She was elected a memb ...
, ''Camille et Paul, la passion Claudel'' - Grasset.[
* 2008: ]Wangari Maathai
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and a political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the U ...
, ''Celle qui plante les arbres'' - Héloïse d'Ormesson.[
* 2009: Jean-Paul Mari, ''Sans blessures apparentes'' - Robert Laffont
* 2010: Éric Fottorino, ''L'Homme qui m'aimait tout bas'' - Gallimard.][
* 2011: Ex-aequo : ]Benjamin Stora
Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 1950) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family that left the country following its War of ...
with Tramor Quémeneur, ''Algérie 1954-1962'' - Éditions Les Arènes / Anne-Marie Revol, ''Nos étoiles ont filé'' - Éditions Stock
* 2012: Helene Cooper, ''La Maison de Sugar Beach'' (''The House at Sugar Beach'') - .[
* 2013: ]Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.
The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. ...
, ''L’Élimination''.[
* 2014: Emmanuèle Bernheim, ''Tout s’est bien passé'', Gallimard.][
* 2015: Pauline Guéna and Guillaume Binet, ''L'Amérique des écrivains'', ]Éditions Robert Laffont
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It is considered one of the most ...
* 2016: Marceline Loridan-Ivens for ''Et tu n’es pas revenu'' - Grasset
* 2017: Mathias Malzieu
Mathias Malzieu (born 1974), the lead singer of the French band Dionysos, co-founded the group in 1993 when he lived in Valence in Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). Three of his school-friends (Eric Serra Tosio, Michael Ponton and Guillaume Garide ...
for ''Journal d'un vampire en pyjama'' - Editions Albin Michel[
* 2018: ]Delphine Minoui
Delphine Minoui (born 1974) is a French journalist specializing in the Iranian world.
Life
She majored in journalism at the CELSA Paris in 1997, then graduated from the EHESS in 1999.
Delphine Minoui moved to Iran to practice her profession.
A ...
for ''Les passeurs de livres de Daraya'' - Seuil[
* 2019: ]Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer.
Biography
Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from Columbia University, M.F.A. from Emerson College, and J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of ''The Fa ...
for ''L’empreinte'' - éditions Sonatine[
* 2020: ]Vanessa Springora
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for ''Consentement'' - Grasset
* 2021: David L. Carlson and Landis Blair
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for ''L'accident de chasse'' - éditions Sonatine
Crime fiction (from 2002)
* 2002: Fred Vargas
Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist.
As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction ''policiers'' (pol ...
, ''Pars vite et reviens tard'' - Viviane Hamy.
* 2003: Harlan Coben
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, ''Ne le dis à personne'' ('' Tell No One'') - Belfond
* 2004: Dennis Lehane
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, ''Shutter Island'' - Rivages
* 2005: Dominique Sylvain
Dominique Sylvain (born 1957) is a French novelist specializing in crime fiction.
Early life and education
Sylvain was born in Thionville. She was an independent journalist for '' Le Journal du dimanche'', then worked as a corporate reporter i ...
, ''Passage du désir'' - Viviane Hamy
* 2006: Mo Hayder
Beatrice Clare Dunkel (born Clare Damaris Bastin; pen names, Mo Hayder and Theo Clare; 2 January 1962 – 27 July 2021) was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis. She went on to wr ...
, ''Tokyo'' - Presses de la cité.
* 2007: Arnaldur Indriðason
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Biography
Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son ...
, ''La Femme en vert'' - Graforþögn.[
* 2008: Marcus Malte, ''Garden of Love'' - Zulma.][
* 2009: ]Caryl Férey Caryl is both a unisex given name and surname. As a given name, it is an alternate form of Carol that is common for women and Carroll that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname.
Given name
* Caryl Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (1877–1961 ...
, ''Zulu'' - Gallimard
* 2010: Jesse Kellerman: ''Les Visages'' - Sonatine Éditions.[
* 2011: ]Lisa Gardner
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, ''La Maison d'à côté'' - Sonatine Éditions
* 2012: Jussi Adler-Olsen, ''Miséricorde'' - Albin Michel.[
* 2013: ]Gillian Flynn
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, ''Les Apparences'' ('' Gone Girl'') - Sonatine.[
* 2014: Ian Manook, ''Yeruldelgger'' - Albin Michel.][
* 2015: ]Mechtild Borrmann
Mechtild Borrmann (born 1960 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German writer, author of several detective novels.
Biography
Borrmann trained in therapy through dance and theater, then worked in restoration.
In 2006, she published her first nove ...
, ''Le Violoniste'' - Éditions du Masque
* 2016: Jax Miller, ''Les Infâmes'' - Éditions Ombres noires
* 2017: Olivier Norek
Olivier Norek is a French writer of crime fiction.
Biography
He was born in Toulouse in 1975. He served as an aid worker in Guyana and the former Yugoslavia. He became a policeman, serving for 18 years and eventually rising to the rank of c ...
, ''Surtensions'' - Michel Lafon[
* 2018: ]Eva Dolan
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* Eva (name), a feminine given name
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
* Eva (Dynamite Entertainment), a comic book character by Dynamite Entertainment
* Eva (''Devil May Cry''), Dante's mother in ...
, ''Les chemins de la haine'' - Éditions Liana Levi[
* 2019: ]Franck Bouysse Franck can refer to:
People
* Franck (name)
Other
* Franck (company), Croatian coffee and snacks company
* Franck (crater), Lunar crater named after James Franck
See also
* Franc (disambiguation)
* Franks
* Frank (disambiguation)
* Fr ...
, ''Né d’aucune femme'' - Éditions La Manufacture des livres[
* 2020: ]Tess Sharpe Tess or TESS may refer to:
Music
* Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005
* TESS (musician), a UK musician
Film and theatre
* ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles''
* ''Tess'' (2016 film) ...
, ''Mon Territoire'' - Sonatine Éditions
* 2021: Dolores Redondo
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Biography
Dolores Redondo began studying for her law degree at ...
, ''La Face nord du cœur'' - Gallimard[
]
References
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See also
* Elle magazine
''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the ...
French literary awards
1970 establishments in France
Awards established in 1970
First book awards
Mystery and detective fiction awards
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