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First 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 ...
Prize'') is a French literary prize awarded to an unpublished novelist between the ages of 18 and 30. The monetary reward is 3,000 Euros. The prize was first awarded in 1977. Starting with 1998 a separate award is given to the best first novel by a foreign writer. The jury is made out of literary critics and the current president of the jury is the French historian and critic Joël Schmidt.


Winners of Prix du Premier Roman

*1977:
Michel Arrivé Michel Arrivé (7 December 1936 – 3 April 2017) was a French novelist, short story writer, linguist and academic. He was a Professor of Linguistics and Semiotics at Paris Nanterre University from 1983 to 2006. He authored several novels and shor ...
, '' Les remembrances du vieillard idiot'', (
Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion * Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and paci ...
) *1978: *1979: Marco Koskas, '' Balace Bounel'' *1980:
Dan Franck Dan Franck (born 17 October 1952 in Paris) is a French novelist and screenwriter. His novel ''La Séparation'' won the 1991 Prix Renaudot, and was made into a movie, ''La Séparation''. Works *''Apolline'', Seuil, 1997, *''Bohèmes'' Calman ...
, '' Les Calendes grecques'',
Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lévy is a French publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy as Michel Lévy frères. His brother Kalmus Calmann Lévy joined in 1844. After Michel's death in 1875, the firm was renamed ''Calmann Lévy''.Annick Geille, '' Portrait d'un amour coupable'',
Éditions Grasset Éditions Grasset () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). Grasset publishes French and foreign literature, essays, novels and children's books, among others. Bernard Grasset sold ownership of the company to Hachette ...
*1982:
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 ...
, '' Le Gouverneur de Morée'', Grasset *1983:
Elvire Murail Elvire Murail (born 7 June 1958, in Le Havre) is a French writer, mainly author of books for youth under the pen name Moka. The daughter of poet , she is the younger sister of writers Marie-Aude and Lorris Murail, and composer Tristan Murail. ...
, '' Escalier C'', S. Messinger *1984: Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, '' Le Rideau sur la nuit'', Gallimard *1985: *1986:
Alexandre Jardin Alexandre Jardin (; born 14 April 1965) is a French writer, film director and winner of the Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was ...
, '' Bille en tête'', Gallimard *1987:
Jean-François Merle Jean-François () is a French given name. Notable people bearing the given name include: * Jean-François Carenco (born 1952), French politician * Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist * Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958), ...
, '' Cale sèche'', (
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 ...
) *1988: Nadine Diamant, '' Désordres'', (Flammarion) *1989: Louis-Jacques Liandier, '' Comme un voleur dans la nuit'' *1990: Caroline Tiné, '' L'immeuble'',
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 * Albin of ...
*1991:
Patrick Séry Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...
, '' Le Maître et le scorpion'', Flammarion *1992: Isabelle Jarry, '' L'Homme de la passerelle'',
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 publis ...
*1993:
Christophe Bataille Christophe Bataille, born 1971, is a French writer. Biography After studying management at HEC Paris, Christophe Bataille worked for two years in London in cooperation for L'Oréal. It was there that he wrote his second novel, ''Absinthe'', fo ...
, '' Annam'', Arléa *1994: Jean-François Kervéan, '' La Folie du moment'', Calmann-Lévy *1995: Sophie Fontanel, '' Sacré Paul'',
NiL Éditions NiL Éditions is a French publishing house Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term ...
*1996:
Pascale Roze Pascale Roze (born 1954 Saïgon, Vietnam) is a French playwright, and novelist. After a literature degree, she worked for fifteen years with Gabriel Garran International French Theater. Awards * 1996 Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "Th ...
, '' Le Chasseur Zéro'', Albin Michel *1997: Raymond Bozier, ''
Lieu-dit ''Lieu-dit'' (; plural: ''lieux-dits'') (literally ''location-said'', "named place") is a French language, French toponymic term for a small geographical area bearing a traditional name. The name usually refers to some characteristic of the plac ...
'', Calmann-Lévy *1998: Christine Chaufour Verheyen, '' Rive dangeureuse'',
Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayar ...
*1999:
Boualem Sansal Boualem Sansal (, born 15 October 1949 in Theniet El Had) is an Algerian author who writes in French. In 2024, he became a French citizen. He holds an engineering degree from the National Polytechnic School and a PhD in economics. Sansal has wo ...
, '' Le Serment des barbares'', Gallimard *2000: Bruno Gibert, ''
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'' (Fayard) *2001: Claire Béchet, '' Entre parenthèses'', Calmann-Lévy *2002: Christophe Dufossé, ''
L'Heure de la sortie School's Out () is a 2018 French social drama thriller film directed by Sébastien Marnier who co-wrote the script with Elise Griffon, based on Christophe Dufossé's 2002 novel of the same name. Synopsis Substitute French teacher, Pierre Hoff ...
'', Albin Michel *2003: Yasmina Trabouli, for '' Les Enfants de la place'', Mercure de France *2004: Caroline Sers, for '' Tombent les avions'', *2005:
Hédi Kaddour image:Hédi Kaddour 2015 (cropped).jpg, Hédi Kaddour (born 1 July 1945 in Tunis) is a French poet and novelist. Biography Hédi Kaddour was born of a Tunisian father and a French mother. Received 1st at the Agrégation in France, aggregation ...
, for '' Waltenberg'', Gallimard *2006: Max Monnehay, for '' Corpus Christine'', Albin Michel *2007: Ingrid Thobois, for '' Le Roi d'Afghanistan ne nous a pas mariés'',
Éditions Phébus The éditions Phébus is a French publishing house established in 1976 by Jean-Pierre Sicre and taken over in 2003 by the . Catalogue Phébus publishes a catalog of French and foreign literature that is both contemporary (Julie Otsuka, Elif Sh ...
*2008: Thierry Dancourt, for '' Hôtel de Lausanne'', Éditions de La Table Ronde *2009: Jocelyn Bonnerave, for '' Nouveaux indiens'',
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'' (th ...
*2010: Victor Cohen Hadria, for ''Les trois saisons de la rage'' *2011: Marien Defalvard, for ''Du temps qu'on existait'', Grasset *2012: , for ''L'Assassin à la pomme verte'', Serge Safran *2013: Clément Bénech, for ''L'Été slovène'', Flammarion *2014: , for ''Vera'', Mercure de France *2015: Didier Castino, for ''Après le silence'', Liana Levi *2016:
Gaël Faye Gaël Faye (; born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan–French singer, songwriter, rapper, and writer. Personal life Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, of a French father and Rwandan mother. He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the B ...
, for ''Petit Pays'', Grasset *2017: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, for ''Ma reine'', L'Iconoclaste *2018: Clélia Renucci, for ''Concours pour le Paradis'', Albin Michel *2019: Géraldine Dalban-Moreynas, for ''On ne meurt pas d'amour'', Plon *2020: Ketty Rouf, for ''On ne touche pas'', Albin Michel *2021: Maud Ventura, for ''Mon mari'', L'iconoclaste *2022: Maria Larrea, for ''Les gens de Bilbao naissent où ils veulent'', Grasset


Winners of Prix du Premier Roman Etranger

* 1998: Martin Suter, Small World (
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
) * 1999:
Boualem Sansal Boualem Sansal (, born 15 October 1949 in Theniet El Had) is an Algerian author who writes in French. In 2024, he became a French citizen. He holds an engineering degree from the National Polytechnic School and a PhD in economics. Sansal has wo ...
, Le Serment des barbares (
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
) * 2000: Jim Fergus, '' One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd'' (
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
) * 2001:
Keith Ridgway Keith Ridgway (born 2 October 1965) is an Irish novelist and short story writer. He has won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Prix Femina Etranger, the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger, the O. Henry Award, and the James Tait Black Mem ...
, ''The Long Falling'' (
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
) * 2002: Gwen Edelman, ''War Story (United States)'' * 2003:
Lavinia Greenlaw Lavinia Elaine Greenlaw (born 30 July 1962) is an English poet, novelist and non-fiction writer. She won the Prix du Premier Roman with her first novel and her poetry has been shortlisted for awards that include the T. S. Eliot Prize, Forward Pri ...
, ''Mary George of Allnorthover'' (
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
) * 2004: Inderjit Badhwar, The Chamber of Perfumes (
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
) * 2005:
Samina Ali Samina Ali is an American author and activist born in India. Her debut novel, '' Madras on Rainy Days'', won the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award from France and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Career She has served ...
, ''
Madras on Rainy Days ''Madras on Rainy Days'' is a 2004 novel written by Samina Ali. Overview The books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. Layla, torn between clashing identities, agrees to her parents' wish for her to leave Ame ...
'' (India) * 2006:
Benjamin Kunkel Benjamin Kunkel (born December 14, 1972) is an American novelist and political economist. He co-founded and is a co-editor of the journal ''n+1.'' His novel ''Indecision'' was published in 2005; and ''Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Cr ...
, Indecision (United States) * 2007:
Dinaw Mengestu Dinaw Mengestu (ዲናው መንግስቱ) (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for ''Rolling Stone'' on the war in Darfur, and for '' Jane Magazine'' on the conflict in north ...
, '' The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears'' (United States) * 2008:
James Cañón James Cañón is a List of Colombian Americans, Colombian-American writer. He's the author of the award-winning ''Tales from the Town of Widows''. Cañón was born and raised in Ibagué, Colombia. He writes fiction primarily, though he has also ...
, '' Tales from the Town of Widows'' (
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
) * 2009:
Chloe Aridjis Chloe Aridjis (born 1971) is a Mexican and American novelist and writer. Her novel ''Book of Clouds'' (2009) was published in eight countries, and won the Prix du Premier Roman Étranger. Her second novel, ''Asunder'' was published in 2013 to un ...
, ''Book of Clouds'' (United States) * 2010: Amanda Smyth, ''Black Rock'' (Ireland) * 2011:
Nic Pizzolatto Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto (born October 18, 1975) is an American author, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO crime drama series ''True Detective'' (2014–present). Early life Nicholas Austin Pizzolatto ...
, ''Galveston: A Novel'' (United States) * 2012: Amy Waldman, ''The Submission'' (United States) * 2013:
Patrick McGuinness Patrick McGuinness (born 1968) is a British academic, critic, novelist, and poet. He is a professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Oxford, where he is fellow and tutor at St Anne's College. He is a Fellow of the Roy ...
, ''The Last Hundred Days'' (United Kingdom) * 2014:
Rene Denfeld Rene Denfeld is an American author. Her first novel, ''The Enchanted'' (Harper 2014), was awarded the French Prix du Premier Roman Etranger award, an ALA Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and a Carnegie Listing. The book was a finalist for the C ...
, ''The Enchanted: A Novel'' (United States) * 2015: (ex-æquo) Vanessa Barbara, ''Noites de alface'' (
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
) * 2015: (ex-æquo) Maja Haderlap, ''Angel of Oblivion'' (
Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
) * 2016: Davide Enia, ''On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel'' (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
) * 2017: Katharina Winkler, ''Blue Jewellery'' (
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
) * 2018: Shih-Li Kow, ''The Sum of Our Follies'' (
Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
) * 2019:
Sana Krasikov Sana Krasikov (born in Ukraine) is a writer living in the United States, best known for ''One More Year'' (2008) and ''The Patriots'' (2017). She grew up in the Republic of Georgia, as well as the United States. She graduated from Cornell Univers ...
, ''The Patriots'' (United States) * 2020:
Olja Savičević Olja Savičević Ivančević (born 1974 in Split) is a Croatian novelist, poet and playwright. She is a winner of the Grand Prize of the Druga prikazna Macedonian Literary Festival (2018), the T-Portal Award for Best Novel (2011), and the Mali Ma ...
, ''Adios Cow Boy'' (Croatia) * 2021: Daniel Loedel, ''Hadès, Argentine'' (United States) * 2022:
Jarred McGinnis Jarred P. McGinnis (born ) is an American-born writer based in the United Kingdom. In 2021, he was named as one of the best 10 emerging writers from the UK by ''The Guardian''. Early life and education McGinnis grew up in Siesta Key, Florid ...
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References

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