The prix Erckmann-Chatrian is a
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. Ma ...
from
Lorraine, awarded every year since 1925 in memory of the literary duo
Erckmann-Chatrian. It rewards a written prose work by someone form Lorraine or about Lorraine. It is often nicknamed the "
Goncourt lorrain".
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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
Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French professional Association football, football coach, pundit, and former player who is an assistant coach for the Belgium national football team, Belgium national team. Considered one of the ...
, ''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
Marcel Victor Felix Grosdidier de Matons (9 October 1885 – 2 December 1945) was a French historian.
Life
Born in Paris, de Matons has written numerous books on the history of Lorraine, and was rewarded with the Montyon Prize by the Académie ...
, ''Au cœur de la Lorraine''
* 1936:
Pol Ramber, ''Contes vosgiens'' (short stories)
* 1937:
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*Paul-Émile Bécat (1885–1960), French painter, printmaker and ...
, ''En Lorraine, par sentiers et venelles'' (livre d'art, gravures).
* 1938:
Chanoine Humbert
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, ''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
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, ''Honeck'' (novel)
* 1948:
André Monnier-Zwingelstein
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, ''Clair-Moutier'' (novel)
* 1949:
Gabriel Bichet
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, ''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
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, ''Contes de la vallée des lacs'' (short stories)
* 1953:
Pierre Marot, ''Pour la revue Le Pays Lorrain''
* 1954:
Georges Coanet Georges may refer to:
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*Georges (name)
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* "Georges" (song), a 197 ...
, ''Metz pour nous deux'' (essay)
* 1955:
André Dorny
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, ''Légendes lorraines'' (short stories)
* 1956:
Étienne Delcambre
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...
, ''Élisabeth de Ranfaing'' (essay)
* 1957:
Jean L'Hôte
Jean L'Hôte (13 January 1929 – 28 April 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director. He worked on 21 films between 1958 and 1985.
Selected filmography
* '' Mon Oncle'' (1958)
* ''Le Prussien
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, ''La Communale''
* 1958:
Paul Testard
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, ''Épinal à travers les siècles'' (essay)
* 1959:
René Vigneron, ''Aubes'' (novel)
* 1960:
Yvette Muller, ''Les Taupins'' (novel)
* 1961:
Robert Javelet, ''Camarade Curé'' (narrative)
* 1962:
Jeanne-Berthe Tisserand, ''Souvenirs d'une réfugiée lorraine'' (narrative)
* 1963:
Sylvette Brisson, ''Emmanuelle s'en va-t-en guerre'' (novel)
* 1964:
Louis Baron-Jungmann, ''Jeux impurs'' (novel)
* 1965:
Pierre de la Condamine
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, ''Une principauté de contes de fées : Salm en Vosges'' (essay)
* 1966:
Georges Bassinot, ''La Page où l'on meurt'' (novel)
* 1967:
Jacques-Joseph Bammert, ''La Walkyrie'' (novel)
* 1968:
Claire Graf
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* Pointe-Claire, Que ...
, ''Le Repaire en deuil'' (novel)
* 1969:
Gabriel Bastien-Thiry, ''Les Haies folles'' (novel)
* 1970:
Michel Huriet
Michel may refer to:
* Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name)
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* Míchel (footballer, born 1963), S ...
, ''Une fille de Manchester'' (novel)
* 1971:
Henry Najean, ''Le Diable et les sorcières dans les Vosges'' (essay)
* 1972:
Georges Sédir, ''Les Diplomates'' (novel)
* 1973:
Jean Vartier, ''La Vie quotidienne en Lorraine au XIXe siècle'' (essay)
* 1974:
André Jeammaire, ''Le Vieux Metz'' (essay)
* 1975:
Henriette Méline, ''Catherine'' (novel)
* 1976:
Jacqueline Verly, ''Les Loupiots du Haut- Ravin'' (novel)
* 1977:
Roger Bichelberger, ''Les Noctambules'' (novel)
* 1978:
Anne-Marie Blanc, ''Marie Romaine''
* 1979:
Francis Gruyer, ''Les Ruines du soleil'' (novel)
* 1980:
Caroline Babert
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* C ...
, ''Les Méandres de la Moselle'' (novel)
* 1981:
Daniel Kircher
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, ''Le Maître des steppes'' (novel)
* 1982:
Jules Dauendorffer, ''J'étais un Malgré-Nous''
* 1983:
Robert Muller, ''Sima, mon amour'' (novel)
* 1984:
Gilles Laporte, ''Le Moulin du Roué''
* 1985:
Michel Caffier
Michel Caffier (born 17 June 1930 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 10 January 2021) was a French journalist, writer, and literary critic. He is the author of an abundant work centered on Lorraine: historical novels, essays and reference works, including t ...
, ''L'Arbre aux pendus'' (novel)
* 1986:
Claude Collignon, ''L'Enfant pensif'' (novel)
* 1987:
François Martaine, ''Les Pommes noires'' (novel)
* 1988:
Madeleine Steil, ''Le Mas des Micocouliers'' (novel)
* 1989:
Anne Perry-Bouquet, ''Les landaus de la Mère Aza''
* 1990:
Thierry Lentz
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, ''Roederer''
* 1994:
Henriette Bernier, ''Une femme empêchée''
* 1995:
Claude Kévers-Pascalis
Claude Kévers-Pascalis (1920 – 3 February 2016) was a Belgian writer, historian and engineer.
Career as engineer
A graduate from the École centrale Paris and the Institut français de contrôle de gestion, he worked as a consulting engineer ...
, ''Saint Nicolas citoyen romain''
* 1998:
Gaston-Paul Effa, ''Mâ'' (
Éditions Grasset)
* 1999:
Philippe Claudel, ''Meuse l'oubli'' (Éditions Balland)
* 2000:
Joël Egloff
Joël Egloff (born 1970, Créhange in Moselle) is a contemporary French writer and screenwriter.
Biography
After his baccalaureate, Joel Egloff studied history in Strasbourg and then enrolled in a school of cinema, the ESEC (École supérieure ...
, ''Les Ensoleillés'' (Éditions du Rocher)
* 2001:
Jocelyne François
Jocelyne François (born 1933 in Nancy, France, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle) is a French writer. She is the author of five Lesbian fiction, lesbian novels, and winner of the Prix Femina.
Career
François was born in Nancy as the eldest of three ch ...
, ''Portrait d'un homme au crépuscule'' (
Mercure de France)
* 2002:
Hubert Mingarelli
Hubert Mingarelli (14 January 1956 – 26 January 2020) was a French writer. He was born in Mont-Saint-Martin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Mont-Saint-Martin in Lorraine (region), Lorraine. After serving in the navy for three years, he settled in the so ...
, ''La Beauté des loutres '' (
Éditions du Seuil)
* 2003:
Pierre Pelot
Pierre Pelot (Pierre Grosdemange, also known as Pierre Pelot, Pierre Suragne or Pierre Carbonari), is a French science fiction writer. Born on 13 November 1945, in Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, Vosges, France.
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Pelot began his writing care ...
, ''C'est ainsi que les hommes vivent'' (
Éditions Denoël)
* 2004:
Gérard Oberlé
Gérard Oberlé (born 27 November 1945, Saverne) is a French writer and bibliographer.
Origin and biography
Born in Alsace, of parents from Lorraine originating from Dabo where his grandfather was a clog maker, Gérard Oberlé spent there his su ...
''Retour à Zornhoff'' (Éditions Grasset)
* 2005:
Jeanne Cressanges
Jeanne Cressanges, real name Jeanne Mouchonnier (born 6 May 1929 in Noyant-d'Allier ( Allier) is a French screenwriter, dialoguist, essayist, and novelist.
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Jeanne Cressanges was born in a modest family of the Bourbonnais. Her paterna ...
, ''Le Soleil des pierres'' (Le Cherche-Midi)
* 2006:
Georges-Paul Cuny, ''Anna'' (Éditions L'Âge d'Homme)
* 2007:
Michel Bernard, ''La Tranchée de Calonne'' (
Éditions de la Table ronde)
* 2008:
Gérald Tenenbaum, ''L'Ordre des jours'' (Héloïse d'Ormesson)
* 2009:
Pierre Hanot, ''Les Clous du fakir'' (
Fayard Noir)
* 2010:
Élise Fontenaille, ''Les Disparues de Vancouver''
(Grasset)
* 2011:
Yves Simon, ''La Compagnie des femmes'' (Stock)
* 2012:
Tierno Monénembo Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo (born 1947 in Porédaka), is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight b ...
, '' ''(Le Seuil)
* 2013:
Maria Pourchet, ''Rome en un jour ''(
Éditions Gallimard)
* 2014:
Nicolas Mathieu, ''Aux animaux la guerre'' (
Actes Sud)
* 2015:
Hélène Gestern, ''Portrait d'après blessure'' (
Arléa)
* 2016:
Michel Louyot, ''Un chouan lorrain'' (Paraiges)
* 2017:
Edith Masson, ''Des carpes et des muets'' (Editions du Sonneur)
* 2018:
Fabienne Jacob, ''Un homme aborde une femme'' (
Buchet/Chastel)
References
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External links
Écrivosges List of laureates
Écrivosges : Prix Erckmann-ChatrianSite du prix Erckmann-Chatrian
Erckmann-Chatrian
Awards established in 1925
1925 establishments in France