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movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and

Denis Huisman Denis Huisman (13 April 1929 – 2 February 2021) was a French academic and writer. Biography Denis was born to and Marcelle Wogue in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His family was Jewish. On 8 April 1949, he married Gisèle Cahen, who he wou ...

and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000

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Recipients

* 1963:

Jean Freustié Jean Freustié, also known as Jean Pierre Teurlay (October 3, 1914 – June 5, 1983) was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres, and 1970 Prix Renaudot, for ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-sa ...

for ''La Passerelle'', Éditions Grasset * 1964: André de Richaud for ''Je ne suis pas mort'',

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* 1966:

Clément Rosset Clément Rosset (; 12 October 1939 – 28 March 2018) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, and the author of books on 20th-century philosophy and postmodern philosophy. ...

for ''Lettre sur les chimpanzés'',

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* 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 * 1968: Patrick Modiano for '' La Place de l'étoile'', Gallimard * 1969: Michel Doury for ''L'Indo'', Éditions Julliard * 1970: Robert Quatrepoint for ''Mort d'un Grec'', Denoël * 1971:

François Sonkin François Sonkin (14 July 1922 - 24 December 2010) was a French writer, and winner of the Prix Femina, 1978, for ''Un amour de père''. Novels * 1964: ''La Dame'' * 1965: ''Admirable'' * 1967: ''Le Mief'' * 1971: ''Les Gendres'', Roger Nimier ...

for ''Les Gendres'', Denoël * 1972: ex-aequo Claude Breuer for ''Une journée un peu chaude'', Éditions France-Empire * 1972: ex-aequo André Thirion for ''Révolutionnaires sans révolution'', Éditions Robert Laffont * 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 * 1976: Alexandre Astruc for ''Ciel de cendres'', * 1977: Emil Cioran for all his work * 1978:

Érik Orsenna Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in econom ...

for ''La Vie comme à Lausanne'', Éditions du Seuil * 1979: Pascal Sevran for ''Le Passé supplémentaire'', * 1980: Gérard Pussey for ''L'Homme d'intérieur'', Denoël * 1981: Bernard Frank for ''Solde'', Flammarion * 1982: Jean Rolin for ''Journal de Gand aux Aléoutiennes'',

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* 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 Alain Dugrand (16 October 1946, Lyon) is a French journalist, traveller and writer. Biography Alain Dugrand was among the journalists who created the newspaper ''Libération''. As a traveller, he worked for the magazines ''GEO'' and ''National ...

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 Frédéric Berthet (20 August 1954 – 25 December 2003) was a 20th-century French writer. Biography A former student of the École Normale Supérieure (1974-1977), Frédéric Berthet is a resident at the Bibliothèque nationale de France wher ...

for ''Daimler s'en va'', La Table ronde * 1990:

Éric Neuhoff Éric Neuhoff (born 4 July 1956) is a French novelist and journalist. He debuted in 1982 a journalist at '' Le Quotidien de Paris'' and used a style nicknamed "néo-hussard", after the Hussards movement of the 1950s. He thus became associated wi ...

for ''Les Hanches de Lætitia'', Albin Michel * 1991:

Stéphane Hoffmann Stéphane Hoffmann in 2012 Stéphane Hoffmann (6 March 1958, Saint-Nazaire) is a French writer. Biography Stéphane Hoffmann was sent to the Jesuits at Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes for ten years, then to the Frères de Ploërmel at the Ly ...

for ''Château Bougon'', Albin Michel * 1992:

François Taillandier François Taillandier (born in 1955, Clermont-Ferrand, France) is a French writer portraying the French contemporary society. Life Henri Vernes, creator of Bob Morane, fired a passion the 12-year-old Taillandier was not going to give up. In 1968 ...

for ''Les Nuits Racine'', * 1993:

Dominique Muller image:Dominique Muller.jpg, Dominique Muller in 2010 Dominique Muller, real name Dominique Muller-Wakhevitch, (9 August 1949, Strasbourg) is a French journalist and novelist, author of several historical mystery, historical mysteries. Biograp ...

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'' and '' le Figaro' ...

for ''Les événements de 67'', Plon * 1995: Dominique Noguez 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 for '' The Officers' Ward'' (''La Chambre des officiers''), JC Lattès * 2000: Arnaud Guillon for ''Écume Palace'', Arléa * 2001:

Charles Dantzig Charles Dantzig is a French author, born in Tarbes (France) on October 7, 1961. Early life and career Charles Dantzig was born into a family of professors of medicine. He was of Alsatian German descent. He obtained the baccalauréat at the age ...

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 fi ...

for ''Fille à papa'', Albin Michel * 2004: ex-aequo David Foenkinos for ''Le Potentiel érotique de ma femme'', Gallimard * 2004: ex-aequo

Adrien Goetz Adrien Goetz (born 1966 in Caen, Calvados) is a French Art History Professor, art critic and novelist. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure. His work appeared in '' Zurban'', and ''Beaux-Arts Magazine''. He is Lecturer in Art Hist ...

for ''La Dormeuse de Naples'', * 2005: Bernard Chapuis for ''La Vie parlée'',

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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 ''L'Infini'' (in English ''Infinity'') is a French literary collection and magazine, established in 1983 in Paris by Philippe Sollers as a follow up of the magazine '' Tel Quel''. The magazine was first published by Éditions Denoël and late ...

* 2009: Xavier Patier for ''Le silence des termites'', La Table Ronde * 2010:

Nelly Alard Nelly Alard (born 1960) is a French actress, screenwriter and novelist, graduated from the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris in 1985. Filmography Actress * 1983: '' Life Is a Bed of Roses'' * 1984: ''Les Fils des a ...

for ''Le Crieur de nuit'', Gallimard * 2011: Françoise Dorner for ''Tartelettes, jarretelles et bigorneaux'', Albin Michel * 2012:

Jean-Luc Coatalem Jean-Luc Coatalem (18 September 1959, Paris) is a French journalist and writer. Biography In the wake of a family of officers, Jean-Luc Coatalem spent his childhood in Polynesia and his adolescence in Madagascar. The incessant removals gave him ...

for ''Le Gouverneur d'Antipodia'', Le Dilettante * 2013:

Capucine Motte Capucine Motte (born 1971) is a Belgian-born French woman of letters. A former lawyer (New York and Paris) and gallerist, she won the 2013 edition of the Roger Nimier Prize. Works * ''La Vraie Vie des jolies filles'', Éditions Jean-Claude La ...

for ''Apollinaria'', JC Lattès * 2014:

David Le Bailly David Le Bailly is a French journalist born in Paris. Biography After working in the economic press (L'AGEFI, La Tribune), David Le Bailly joined the editorial staff at Paris Match in 2002. Specializing in investigations, he worked on the Bet ...

for ''La Captive de Mitterrand'', Stock * 2015:

Émilie de Turckheim Émilie de Turckheim (5 October 1980, Lyon) is a French writer. She is a cousin of actress Charlotte de Turckheim.

for ''La Disparition du nombril'', * 2016: Paul Greveillac for ''Les Âmes rouges'', Gallimard

References

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