The Prix des Deux Magots () is a major French
literary prize
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. 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
Prix Goncourt
The 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 of only 10 euros, but resul ...
.
The name derives from the extant Parisian
café
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Les Deux Magots
() is a famous café and restaurant situated at 6, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris' 6th arrondissement, France. It once had a reputation as the rendezvous of the literary and intellectual elite of the city. It is now a popular tourist ...
", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, ''The Two Magots'' (a
magot is a type of Chinese figurine). It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café.
Winners
*1933:
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 ''Charbon de Mer''
*1936:
Michel Matveev ''Étrange Famille''
*1937:
Georges Pillement ''Plaisir d'Amour''
*1938:
Pierre Jean Launay ''Léonie la Bienheureuse''
*1941:
J. M. Aimot ''Nos mitrailleuses n'ont pas tiré''
*1942:
Olivier Séchan ''Les Corps ont soif''
*1944:
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, ...
''
L'Esprit de famille
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''
*1946:
Jean Loubes ''Le Regret de Paris''
*1947:
Paule Malardot ''L'Amour aux deux visages''
*1948:
Yves Malartic ''Au Pays du Bon Dieu''
*1949:
Christian Coffinet ''Autour de Chérubine''
*1950:
Antoine Blondin ''
L'Europe buissonnière''
*1951:
Jean Masarès ''Le Pélican dans le désert''
*1952:
René-Jean Clot ''Le Poil de la Bête''
*1953:
Albert Simonin ''Touchez pas au grisbi''
*1954:
Claude Cariguel ''S''
*1955:
Pauline Réage ''
Histoire d'O''
*1956:
René Hardy ''Amère Victoire''
*1957: ''Grain de Beauté''
*1958:
Michel Cournot ''Le Premier Spectateur''
*1959:
Henri-François Rey ''La Fête Espagnole''
*1960:
Bernard-G. Landry ''Aide-mémoire pour Cécile''
*1961:
Bernard Jourdan ''Saint-Picoussin''
*1962: ''Le notaire des noirs''
*1963: '
*1964:
Clément Lépidis ''La Rose de Büyükada''
*1965:
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 ...
''Les Pierres sauvages''
*1966:
Michel Bataille ''Une Pyramide sur la mer''
*1967:
Solange Fasquelle ''L'Air de Venise''
*1968:
Guy Sajer ''Le soldat oublié''
*1969:
Elvire de Brissac ''A Pleur-Joie''
*1970:
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 ...
''Joko fête son anniversaire''
*1971:
Bernard Frank ''Un siècle débordé''
*1972:
Alain Chedanne ''Shit, Man''
*1973:
Michel del Castillo ''Le Vent de la nuit''
*1974:
André Hardellet ''Les Chasseurs Deux''
*1975:
Geneviève Dormann ''Le Bateau du courrier''
*1976:
François Coupry ''Mille pattes sans tête''
*1977:
Inès Cagnati ''Génie la folle''
*1978:
Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot (; 4 July 1931 – 4 March 2003) was a French author, screenwriter and film director. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name. Renowned for subverting the rules of the crime genre, Japrisot broke do ...
''L'Eté meurtrier''
*1979:
Catherine Rihoit '' Le bal des débutantes''
*1980:
Roger Garaudy ''L'appel des vivants''
*1981:
Raymond Abellio ''Sol Invictus''
*1982:
François Weyergans ''
Macaire le Copte''
*1983:
Michel Haas ''La dernière mise à mort''
*1984:
Jean Vautrin ''Patchwork''
*1985:
Arthur Silent ''Mémoires minuscules''
*1986:
Éric Deschodt ''Eugénie les larmes aux yeux'' and
Michel Breitman
Michel Breitman (10 August 1926 – 16 May 2009) was a French writer and translator. He won the 1986 edition of the Prix des Deux Magots with his novel ''Le Témoin de poussière''.
A translator of Dino Buzzati, Breitman also published numerous ...
''Témoin de poussière''
*1987:
Gilles Lapouge ''La bataille de Wagram''
*1988:
Henri Anger '' La mille et unième rue''
*1989:
Marc Lambron ''L'impromptu de Madrid''
*1990:
Olivier Frébourg, ''Roger Nimier''
*1991:
Jean-Jacques Pauvert, ''Sade''
*1992:
Bruno Racine, ''Au péril de la mer''
*1993:
Christian Bobin, ''Le Très-Bas''
*1994:
Christophe Bataille, ''Annam''
*1995:
Pierre Charras
Pierre Charras (19 March 1945 – 19 January 2014) was a French writer, actor and translator from English to French. He published several novels including ''Monsieur Henri'', Prix des Deux Magots (1995), ''Juste avant la nuit'' (1998), ''Comédi ...
, ''Monsieur Henry''
*1996:
Éric Neuhoff, ''Barbe à Papa''
*1997:
Ève de Castro
Valérie Cazeneuve called Ève de Castro (1961) is a French writer, novelist and screenwriter, a winner of the Prix des libraires in 1992, the Prix des Deux Magots and the Prix Maurice Genevoix in 1996.
Work
Novels
*1987: ''Les Bâtards du ...
, ''Nous serons comme des Dieux''
*1998:
Daniel Rondeau, ''Alexandrie'' and ''Je suis le gardien du phare''
*1999:
Marc Dugain, ''La Chambre des officiers''
*2000:
Philippe Hermann, ''La vraie joie''
*2001:
François Bizot, ''Le Portail''
*2002:
Jean-Luc Coatalem, ''Je suis dans les mers du Sud''
*2003:
Michka Assayas, ''Exhibition''
*2004:
Adrien Goetz, ''La Dormeuse de Naples''
*2005:
Gérard Oberlé, ''Retour à Zornhof''
*2006:
Jean-Claude Pirotte, ''
Une adolescence en Gueldre''
*2007:
Stéphane Audeguy, ''Fils unique''
*2008:
Dominique Barbéris, ''Quelque chose à cacher''
*2009:
Bruno de Cessole, ''L'heure de la fermeture dans les jardins d'Occident''
*2010:
Bernard Chapuis, ''Le Rêve entouré d'eau''
*2011:
Anthony Palou, ''Fruits & légumes''
*2012:
Michel Crépu, ''Le Souvenir du monde''
*2013:
Pauline Dreyfus, ''Immortel, enfin''
*2014:
Étienne de Montety
Étienne de Montety (born 2 May 1965 in 15th arrondissement of Paris) is a French writer and journalist.Who's Who in France, édition 2008, page 1603
Biography
Étienne de Montety studied at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, where he obtained ...
, ''La Route du salut''
*2015:
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 ...
, ''L'Écrivain national''
*2016: , ''La Piste Pasolini''
*2017:
Kéthévane Davrichewy, '
*2018:
Julie Wolkenstein, ''Les vacances''
*2019: , ''Le Temps de s'en apercevoir''
*2020:
Jérôme Garcin, '
*2021:
Emmanuel Ruben, ''Sabre''
*2022:
Louis-Henri de La Rochefoucauld, ''Châteaux de Sable''
References
* Noël Blandin
"Prix des Deux Magots" La République des Lettres, 20 January 2010
External links
Prix des Deux Magots articlefrom www.prix-litteraires.net
* (in French)
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Awards established in 1933
Prix des Deux Magots winners
1933 establishments in France