The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of
Roger Nimier
Roger Nimier (31 October 1925 – 28 September 1962) was a French novelist.
Life
Nimier was born in Paris, and served in the French Army, specifically in the 2nd Hussard Regiment in the Second World War (until 1945).
He began to write quite early ...
".
Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the
Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and
Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000
euro
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.
Recipients
* 1963:
Jean Freustié for ''La Passerelle'',
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 ...
* 1964:
André de Richaud for ''Je ne suis pas mort'',
Éditions France-Empire France-Empire is an independent French publishing house, created in 1945 by advocate and politician .
History
In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, Éditions France-Empire began publishing works about the war years 1939-1945. Following t ...
* 1966:
Clément Rosset for ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés'',
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by G ...
* 1967:
Éric Ollivier
Éric Ollivier, pseudonym for Yves Duparc, (21 November 1926 – 30 January 2015) was a French writer, screenwriter and journalist, laureate of several French literary awards.
Biography Youth
Éric Ollivier's mother (Theresa Marie Ourvouai) ...
for ''J'ai cru trop longtemps aux vacances'',
Éditions Denoël
Éditions Denoël is a French publishing house founded in 1930. Acquired by Éditions Gallimard in 1951, it publishes collections spanning fiction, non-fiction and comic books. It published some of the most important French authors of the interwa ...
* 1968:
Patrick Modiano
Jean Patrick Modiano (; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.
I ...
for ''
La Place de l'Étoile'', Gallimard
* 1969:
Michel Doury for ''L'Indo'',
Éditions Julliard
Éditions Julliard is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1942 by René Julliard.
Julliard was known as a discoverer and publisher of talents, in particular Françoise Sagan and Jean d'Ormesson. After Julliard's death in July 1962, the ...
* 1970: Robert Quatrepoint for ''Mort d'un Grec'', Denoël
* 1971:
François Sonkin for ''Les Gendres'', Denoël
* 1972: ex-aequo Claude Breuer for ''Une journée un peu chaude'', Éditions France-Empire
* 1972: ex-aequo
André Thirion
André Thirion (14 July 1907 – 4 January 2001) was a French writer, a member of the group of Surrealism, surrealists, a theorist and political activist.
Biography
After becoming a trade unionist, he turned to communism, a party he joined in ...
for ''Révolutionnaires sans révolution'',
Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont () is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by (1916–2010). Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium.
Imprints belonging to Édit ...
* 1973:
Inès Cagnati for ''Le jour de congé'', Denoël
* 1974:
François Weyergans for ''Le Pitre'', Gallimard
* 1975: Frédéric Musso for ''La Déesse'',
La Table Ronde
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
*La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...
* 1976:
Alexandre Astruc
Alexandre Astruc (; 13July 192319May 2016) was a French film critic and film director.
Biography
Before becoming a film director, he was a journalist, novelist and film critic. His contribution to the auteur theory centers on his notion of th ...
for ''Ciel de cendres'',
* 1977:
Emil Cioran
Emil Mihai Cioran (; ; ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorism ...
for all his work
* 1978:
Érik Orsenna for ''La Vie comme à Lausanne'',
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 ...
* 1979:
Pascal Sevran for ''Le Passé supplémentaire'',
* 1980:
Gérard Pussey for ''L'Homme d'intérieur'', Denoël
* 1981:
Bernard Frank for ''Solde'',
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 ...
* 1982:
Jean Rolin for ''Journal de Gand aux Aléoutiennes'',
JC Lattès
JC Lattès is a French publishing house. A division of Hachette Livre since 1981, JC Lattès' catalogue includes the works of Dan Brown, as well as '' Fifty Shades of Grey'' by E. L. James.
Founder Jean-Claude Lattès died on 17 January 2018 ...
* 1983:
Denis Tillinac for ''L'Été anglais'', Robert Laffont
* 1984:
Didier Van Cauwelaert for ''Poisson d'amour'', Seuil
* 1985: Antoine Roblot for ''Un beau match'', La Table Ronde
* 1986:
Jacques-Pierre Amette for ''Confessions d'un enfant gâté'', Olivier Orban
* 1987:
Alain Dugrand for ''Une certaine sympathie'', JC Lattès
* 1988:
Jean-Claude Guillebaud for ''Le Voyage à Kéren'',
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 ...
* 1989:
Frédéric Berthet for ''Daimler s'en va'', La Table ronde
* 1990:
Éric Neuhoff for ''Les Hanches de Lætitia'',
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:
Stéphane Hoffmann for ''Château Bougon'', Albin Michel
* 1992:
François Taillandier for ''Les Nuits Racine'',
* 1993:
Dominique Muller for ''C'était le paradis'', Seuil
* 1994:
Stéphane Denis
Stéphane Denis (1949, St. Moritz) is a French journalist and writer.
Biography
After working in ministerial offices in the late 1970s, he first worked for ''Le Quotidien de Paris'', then for ''Paris Match'', ''Marianne (magazine), Marianne'' ...
for ''Les événements de 67'',
Plon
* 1995:
Dominique Noguez
Dominique Noguez, (12 September 1942 – 15 March 2019) was a French writer. He won the Prix Femina in 1997, for ''Amour noir''. He taught the history of film at the Sorbonne. He was an early defender of Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq ...
for ''Les Martagons'', Gallimard
* 1996:
Éric Holder for ''En compagnie des femmes'',
* 1997:
Jean-Paul Kauffmann for ''La Chambre noire de Longwood: le voyage à Sainte-Hélène'', La Table ronde
* 1998:
Jérôme Garcin for ''La Chute de cheval'', Gallimard
* 1999:
Marc Dugain
Marc Dugain (born 1957) is a French novelist and film director, best known for (English, '' The Officers' Ward'') (1999), a novel set in World War I.
Dugain was born in Senegal and studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble. He wo ...
for ''
The Officers' Ward'' (''La Chambre des officiers''), JC Lattès
* 2000:
Arnaud Guillon
Arnaud Guillon (born 1964 in Caen) is a contemporary French writer, the winner of the Prix Roger Nimier in 2000 for his novel ''Écume Palace'' and the Prix Henri de Régnier in 2015 for ''Tableau de chasse, une passion très coupable''.
Works
...
for ''Écume Palace'', Arléa
* 2001:
Charles Dantzig for ''Nos vies hâtives'', Grasset
* 2002:
Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves alias Néo for ''Othon ou l'aurore immobile'', Manitoba-Les Belles lettres
* 2003:
Marie-Claire Pauwels
Marie-Claire Pauwels (3 September 1945, 15th arrondissement of Paris – 22 May 2011) was a French journalist, the daughter of Suzanne Brégeon and Louis Pauwels. In April 1980, she launched the magazine '' Madame Figaro'' of which she became the ...
for ''Fille à papa'', Albin Michel
* 2004: ex-aequo
David Foenkinos for ''Le Potentiel érotique de ma femme'', Gallimard
* 2004: ex-aequo
Adrien Goetz for ''La Dormeuse de Naples'',
* 2005:
Bernard Chapuis for ''La Vie parlée'',
Stock
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* 2006:
Christian Authier for ''Les liens défaits'', Stock
* 2007:
Jean-Marc Parisis for ''Avant, pendant, après'', Stock
* 2008:
Yannick Haenel for ''Cercle'',
L'Infini
* 2009:
Xavier Patier for ''Le silence des termites'', La Table Ronde
* 2010:
Nelly Alard for ''Le Crieur de nuit'', Gallimard
* 2011:
Françoise Dorner for ''Tartelettes, jarretelles et bigorneaux'', Albin Michel
* 2012:
Jean-Luc Coatalem for ''Le Gouverneur d'Antipodia'', Le Dilettante
* 2013:
Capucine Motte for ''Apollinaria'', JC Lattès
* 2014:
David Le Bailly for ''La Captive de Mitterrand'', Stock
* 2015:
Émilie de Turckheim for ''La Disparition du nombril'',
* 2016:
Paul Greveillac for ''Les Âmes rouges'', Gallimard
*2017 : Pierre Adrian for ''Des âmes simples'', Equateurs
*2019 : Arnaud de la Grange for ''Le Huitième Soir'', Gallimard
*2020 : not attributed
*2021 : not attributed
*2022 : Céline Laurens for ''Là où la caravane passe'', Albin Michel
*2023 : Paul Pavlowitch for ''Tous immortels'', Buchet Chastel
References
{{Hussards (literary movement)
Awards established in 1963
French literary awards
1963 establishments in France