The prix Erckmann-Chatrian is a
literary award
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from
Lorraine
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, 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
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Background
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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, ''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
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, ''Mémorial du Souvenir Français en Moselle''
* 1932:
Henri Frémont
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* ...
, ''Mademoiselle Françoise, journaliste''
* 1933:
Henri Gaudel, ''Histoires de chez nous'' (short stories)
* 1934:
Maurice Garot, ''Nancy la Ducale''
* 1935:
Marcel Grosdidier de Matons, ''Au cœur de la Lorraine''
* 1936:
Pol Ramber, ''Contes vosgiens'' (short stories)
* 1937:
Paul-Émile Colin, ''En Lorraine, par sentiers et venelles'' (livre d'art, gravures).
* 1938:
Chanoine Humbert, ''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, ''Honeck'' (novel)
* 1948:
André Monnier-Zwingelstein, ''Clair-Moutier'' (novel)
* 1949:
Gabriel Bichet, ''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, ''Contes de la vallée des lacs'' (short stories)
* 1953:
Pierre Marot, ''Pour la revue Le Pays Lorrain''
* 1954:
Georges Coanet, ''Metz pour nous deux'' (essay)
* 1955:
André Dorny, ''Légendes lorraines'' (short stories)
* 1956:
Étienne Delcambre, ''Élisabeth de Ranfaing'' (essay)
* 1957:
Jean L'Hôte, ''La Communale''
* 1958:
Paul Testard, ''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, ''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, ''Le Repaire en deuil'' (novel)
* 1969:
Gabriel Bastien-Thiry, ''Les Haies folles'' (novel)
* 1970:
Michel Huriet, ''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, ''Les Méandres de la Moselle'' (novel)
* 1981:
Daniel Kircher, ''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, ''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, ''Roederer''
* 1994:
Henriette Bernier, ''Une femme empêchée''
* 1995:
Claude Kévers-Pascalis, ''Saint Nicolas citoyen romain''
* 1998:
Gaston-Paul Effa, ''Mâ'' (
Éditions Grasset
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* 1999:
Philippe Claudel
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, ''Meuse l'oubli'' (Éditions Balland)
* 2000:
Joël Egloff, ''Les Ensoleillés'' (Éditions du Rocher)
* 2001:
Jocelyne François, ''Portrait d'un homme au crépuscule'' (
Mercure de France
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* 2002:
Hubert Mingarelli, ''La Beauté des loutres '' (
Éditions du Seuil
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)
* 2003:
Pierre Pelot
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, ''C'est ainsi que les hommes vivent'' (
Éditions Denoël
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* 2004:
Gérard Oberlé ''Retour à Zornhoff'' (Éditions Grasset)
* 2005:
Jeanne Cressanges, ''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
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Noir)
* 2010:
Élise Fontenaille, ''Les Disparues de Vancouver''
(Grasset)
* 2011:
Yves Simon, ''La Compagnie des femmes'' (Stock)
* 2012:
Tierno Monénembo, '' ''(Le Seuil)
* 2013:
Maria Pourchet, ''Rome en un jour ''(
Éditions Gallimard
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Founded by G ...
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* 2014:
Nicolas Mathieu, ''Aux animaux la guerre'' (
Actes Sud
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* 2015:
Hélène Gestern, ''Portrait d'après blessure'' (
Arléa
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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 ...
)
* 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