The Prix Giles (also known as the Prix Hérbert Allen Giles) is awarded biennially for a work related to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

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that was published in the previous two years by a French author. It is named after the British sinologist

Herbert Giles Herbert Allen Giles (; 8 December 184513 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British dip ...

, and is awarded by the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

. The prize was established in 1917 and was funded by Herbert Giles himself. The first award was given in 1919.Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 63^e année, N. 2, 1919. p. 127.
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{{Reflist Academic awards Sinology French awards Awards established in 1917

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