The prix Wepler is a French

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established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler ( Place Clichy,

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) and which distinguishes, in the month of November, a contemporary author. It works with a rotating jury system.

Laureates

Prix Wepler

* 1998: Florence Delaporte, ''Je n'ai pas de château'' * 1999: Antoine Volodine, ''Des anges mineurs'' * 2000: Laurent Mauvignier, ''Apprendre à finir'' * 2001: Yves Pagès, ''Le Théoriste'' * 2002:

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, ''Corpus Scripti'' * 2003:

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, ''Le Vaillant Petit Tailleur'' * 2004: François Bon, ''Daewoo'' * 2005: Richard Morgiève, ''Vertig'' * 2006: Pavel Hak, ''Trans'' * 2007: Olivia Rosenthal, ''On n'est pas là pour disparaître'' * 2008: Emmanuelle Pagano, ' * 2009: Lyonel Trouillot, ''Yanvalou pour Charlie'' * 2010: Linda Lê, ''Cronos'' * 2011: Éric Laurrent, ''Les Découvertes'' * 2012: Leslie Kaplan, ''Millefeuille'' * 2013: , ''Sur la Scène intérieure. Faits'' * 2014: Jean-Hubert Gailliot, ' * 2015: Pierre Senges, ''Achab (séquelles)'' * 2016: Stéphane Audeguy, ''Histoire du lion Personne''Stéphane Audeguy : Histoire du lion Personne, Prix Wepler 2016
''Diacritik'', November 14, 2016. * 2017: Guillaume Poix, ''Les Fils conducteurs'' * 2018: Nathalie Léger, ''La Robe blanche'' * 2019: Lucie Taïeb, ''Les Échappées'' * 2020: Grégory Le Floch, ''De parcourir le monde et d'y rôder'' * 2021: Antoine Wauters, ''Mahmoud ou la montée des eaux'' * 2022: Anthony Passeron, '' Les Enfants endormis'' * 2023: Elisa Shua Dusapin, ''Le vieil incendie''

Special mention

The special mention of the Wepler-Fondation La Poste Prize rewards a work marked by an audacity, an excess, a singularity escaping any commercial purpose. * 1999: Vincent de Swarte, ''Requiem pour un sauvage'', Jean-Jacques Pauvert * 2000: Richard Morgiève, ''Ma vie folle'', Pauvert * 2001: Brigitte Giraud, ''À présent'',

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* 2002: Thierry Beinstingel, ''Composants'',

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* 2003: Alain Satgé, ''Tu n'écriras point'',

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* 2004: Jean-Louis Magnan, ''Anti-Liban'', Verticales * 2005: Zahia Rahmani, ''« Musulman » Roman'', Sabine Wespieser * 2006: Héléna Marienské, ''Rhésus'', * 2007: Louise Desbrusses, ''Couronnes boucliers armures'', POL * 2008: Céline Minard, ''Bastard Battle'', * 2009: Hélène Frappat, ''Par effraction'', Allia * 2010: Jacques Abeille, for lifetime achievement * 2011: François Dominique, ''Solène'', * 2012: Jakuta Alikavazovic, ''La Blonde et le Bunker'', Éditions de l'Olivier * 2013: Philippe Rahmy, ''Béton armé'', La Table ronde * 2014: Sophie Divry, ''La Condition pavillonnaire'', Noir sur Blanc * 2015: Lise Charles, ''Comme Ulysse'', POL * 2016: Ali Zamir, ''Anguille sous roche'', Le Tripode * 2017: Gaël Octavia, ''La Fin de Mame Baby'' (Gallimard) * 2018: Bertrand Schefer, ''Série noire'' (P.O.L) * 2019: Bruno Remaury, ''Le Monde horizontal'' (Corti) and Muriel Pic, ''Affranchissements'' (Seuil) * 2021: Laura Vazquez, ''La Semaine perpétuelle'' (Éditions du Sous-Sol) * 2022: Lucie Rico, ''GPS'' (éditions POL) * 2023: Arthur Dreyfus, ''La troisième main''

References

External links

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