literary prize
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. Man ...
. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream
Raymond Queneau
Raymond Auguste Queneau (; ; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo (), notable for his wit and cynical humour.
Biography
Queneau, the only child of Auguste Que ...
''Le Chiendent''
*1934:
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 – July 9, 1974) was a French writer, poet, playwright, and painter associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet.
In addition to numerous early paintings, R ...
''Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu''
*1935:
Jacques Baron
Jacques Baron (1905–1986) was a French surrealist poet whose first collection of poems was published in ''Aventure'' in 1921. Although he was initially involved with the Dada movement, he became a founding member of the Surrealist movement follow ...
''Charbon de Mer''
*1936: Michel Matveev ''Étrange Famille''
*1937:
Jean Milo
Jean Milo was the pseudonym of Belgian author and artist Émile Van Gindertael. He was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode during 1906 and died in 1993 at Rixensart. He was also a painter, poet, essayist and novelist.
Biography
From 1926 to 1931, ...
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L'Esprit de famille
''L'Esprit de famille'' is a Belgian novel
A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the ...
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*1946: Jean Loubes ''Le Regret de Paris''
*1947: Paule Malardot ''L'Amour aux deux visages''
*1948:
Yves Malartic
Yves Malartic (1910–1986) was a French writer. He won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1948 for his novel ''Au Pays du Bon Dieu''. He also wrote a biography of Tenzing Norgay in 1954 and was one of the translators of works by the American writer Ches ...
Antoine Blondin
Antoine Blondin (; 11 April 1922 – 7 June 1991) was a French writer.
He belonged to the literary group called the '' Hussards''. He was also a sports columnist in ''L'Équipe''. Blondin also wrote under the name Tenorio.
Biography
Blondin w ...
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L'Europe buissonnière
''L'Europe buissonnière'' () is a 1949 novel by the French writer Antoine Blondin. It is based on Blondin's experiences as an STO worker at a rubber plant in Austria in 1943 and 1944. It depicts Europe during World War II in a comical fashion r ...
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*1951:
Jean Masarès Jean Masarès was a French writer and film critic, laureate of the 1951 prix des Deux Magots.
Biography
During the Second World War, Jean Masarès was a military nurse, notably in an insane asylum, which inspired him in the late 1940s with accoun ...
Albert Simonin
Albert Simonin (1905–1980) was a French novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in the La Chapelle quarter of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. His father was a florist. Albert was orphaned by the age of 16.''Paris Match'' No.3134 11–17 June 200 ...
''Touchez pas au grisbi''
*1954:
Claude Cariguel
Claude Cariguel (born 1931, Paris) is a French writer and novelist. His novel ''S'' was published in 1953 by Flammarion and received the Prix des Deux Magots
The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new w ...
Henri-François Rey Henri-François Rey (July 31, 1919 in Toulouse – July 22, 1987 in Paris) was a French writer, dramaturge and screenwriter. His book ''La Fête espagnole'' (''The Spanish party'') won the 1959 Prix des Deux Magots. His best-known work, ''Les Pianos ...
Fernand Pouillon
Fernand Pouillon (14 May 1912 – 24 July 1986) was a French architect, urban planner, building contractor and writer.
Pouillon was one of the most active and influential post-World War II architects and builders in France. He is remembered for ...
Roland Topor
Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surrealism, surreal nature of his work. He was of Po ...
Roger Garaudy
Roger Garaudy (; 17 July 1913 – 13 June 2012) was a French philosopher, French resistance fighter and a communist author. He converted to Islam in 1982. In 1998, he was convicted for several years and fined for Holocaust denial under French law ...
''L'appel des vivants''
*1981:
Raymond Abellio
Georges Soulès (11 November 1907 – 26 August 1986), known by his pen name Raymond Abellio, was a French writer.
Life
Abellio was born in Toulouse and attended courses at the École Polytechnique. He later joined the X-Crise Group. He advocate ...
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 liter ...
Gilles Lapouge
Gilles Lapouge (7 November 1923 – 31 July 2020) was a French writer and journalist with the daily ''O Estado de S. Paulo''. He won the 2007 Prix Femina Essai.
Life
He grew up in Algeria, where his father was in the military. After studying hi ...
Marc Lambron
Marc Lambron (; born 4 February 1957 in Lyon) is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 1993, for ''L'Oeil du silence''.
Bibliography
* ''Les Menteurs''
* ''L'Impromptu de Madrid'', (Flammarion, 1989)
* ''L'Å’il du silence'' (1993)
* '' ...
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 A ...
, ''Sade''
*1992:
Bruno Racine
Bruno Racine (born 17 December 1951 in Paris) is a French civil servant and writer.
Early life and education
Racine is the son of Pierre Racine (a conseiller d'État) and Edwina Morgulis, Bruno Racine was born in Paris. He studied at the Écol ...
Christian Bobin
Christian Bobin (24 April 1951 – 24 November 2022) was a French author and poet.
Bobin received the 1993 Prix des Deux Magots for the book ''Le Très-Bas'' (translated into English in 1997 by Michael Kohn and published under two titles: ''Th ...
, ''La Chambre des officiers''
*2000: Philippe Hermann, ''La vraie joie''
*2001:
François Bizot
François Bizot (; born 8 February 1940) is a French anthropologist. While working as a conservationist in Cambodia, he was held captive by the Khmer Rouge for several months. He was released after being found innocent of spying charges, becomin ...
, ''Le Portail''
*2002: Jean-Luc Coatalem, ''Je suis dans les mers du Sud''
*2003:
Michka Assayas
Michka Assayas (born 2 November 1958 in Paris) is a French author, music journalist and radio presenter. In France, he is known for his rock reviews and the ''Dictionnaire du rock'' published in 2000 and his radio show on radio France Inter.
Fo ...
Serge Joncour
Serge Joncour (; born 1961) is a French novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Paris and studied philosophy at university. His debut novel ''UV'' was published in 1998. Notable books include:
* ''L'Écrivain national'', which won the Prix des ...