The Prix Joseph Kessel is a prize in French language literature, given to "a book of a high literary value written in French". The jury includes or has included among its members

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, Jean-Marie Drot, Michèle Kahn,

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, Michel Le Bris,

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, André Velter and

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Joseph-Kessel Prize winners

References

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