The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French

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History

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The prize was created in 1926 by ten

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s awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

. While not officially related to the Prix Goncourt, it remains a complement to it: The Prix Renaudot laureate is announced at the same time and place as the Prix Goncourt, namely on the first Tuesday of November at the Drouant restaurant in Paris. The Renaudot jurors always pick an alternative laureate in case their first choice is awarded the Prix Goncourt. The prize is named after

Théophraste Renaudot Théophraste Renaudot (; December 158625 October 1653) was a French physician, philanthropist, and journalist. Born in Loudun, Renaudot received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Montpellier in 1606. He returned to Loudon where he me ...

, who created the first French newspaper in 1631. In 2013, the Prix Redaudot ''essay'' revived the career of

Gabriel Matzneff Gabriel Michel Hippolyte Matzneff (born 12 August 1936) is a French writer. He was the winner of the Mottard and Amic awards from the Académie française in 1987 and 2009 respectively, the Prix Renaudot essay in 2013 and the Prix Cazes in 2015 ...

, which collapsed in 2020 as his

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– long known and defended by his literary peers, including the Renaudot jurors – became more widely known through a report of one of his victims,

Vanessa Springora Vanessa Springora (born 16 March 1972) is a French publisher, writer and film director. She is the author of the memoir ''Consent'', describing sexual abuse she experienced beginning at age 14 from author Gabriel Matzneff, then 49. The book becam ...

. In the view of ''The New York Times'', the episode illustrated "the self-perpetuating and impenetrable nature of many of France's elite institutions", including the Prix Renaudot, where "control often rests with a small, established group — overwhelmingly older, white men — that rewards like-minded friends", disregarding conflicts of interest. At the time, only one woman sat on the jury of the prize. French media also criticized the prize, and one judge, Jérôme Garcin, left the jury, but no changes took place.

Jury

As of 2021, the jury consists of: * Christian Giudicelli *

Dominique Bona Dominique Bona (born 29 July 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer. Life She won the 2000 Bourse Goncourt for biography, and 1998 Prix Renaudot. She was literary critic for ''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Journal du dimanche''. She was elected a memb ...

Franz-Olivier Giesbert Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter. Giesbert worked for '' Le Figaro'' from 1988 to 2000 and for ''Le Point'' starting in 2000. In 20 ...

* Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud * Jean-Noël Pancrazi *

Patrick Besson Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Life Besson was born of a half Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, ''Early Mornings of Love'', in 1974, aged 17. A Communist sympathizer, Besson ...

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel '' Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman fran� ...

* Stéphanie Janicot *

Cécile Guilbert Cécile Guilbert (born 1963) is a French writer and literary critic. She studied at Sciences-Po Paris. She has written a number of books on writers who are ''esprits libres'' or "free spirits": Saint Simon, Guy Debord, Laurence Sterne and Andy ...

* J. M. G. Le Clezio

Laureates

* 1926: ''Nicolo Peccavi'',

Armand Lunel Armand Lunel (9 June 1892 – 3 November 1977) was a French writer and the last known speaker of Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal), a now-extinct Occitan language (in its written form based on the modified Hebrew alphabet; the language persists though i ...

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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 ...

) * 1927: ''Maïtena'',

Bernard Nabonne Bernard Nabonne (1897-1951) was a French writer of Bearnaise origin. He is best known for his novels written in the 1920s, for example, ''La Butte aux Cailles'' (1925) and ''Maitena'' (1927). The latter won the Prix Renaudot. Other notable works i ...

(Grasset) * 1928: ''Le Joueur de triangle'',

André Obey André Obey (; 8 May 1892 at Douai, France – 11 April 1975 at Montsoreau, near the river Loire) was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s. He began as a novelist and produced an autobiographical novel abou ...

(Grasset) * 1929: ''

La Table aux crevés ''The Hollow Field'' () is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling. An English translat ...

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Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of six ...

(Gallimard) * 1930: ''Piège'',

Germaine Beaumont Germaine Beaumont (1890-1983) was a French journalist and writer. Her real name was Germaine Battendier. She was born in the Petit-Couronne and died in Montfort-l'Amaury at the age of 92. The author of more than a dozen books, she is best known f ...

(Lemerre) * 1931: ''L'Innocent'',

Philippe Hériat Philippe Hériat (15 September 1898 in Paris – 10 October 1971) was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor. Biography Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent ...

(Denoël) * 1932: ''

Voyage au bout de la nuit ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (french: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in the World War I, colonial Africa, the Uni ...

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Louis-Ferdinand Céline Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel '' Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' P ...

(Denoël) * 1933: ''Le roi dort'',

Charles Braibant Charles Braibant (31 March 1889, in Villemomble – 23 April 1976, in Paris) was a French archivist, author and novelist. After qualifying as an archivist from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1914, he served as Head of the archive and librar ...

(Denoël) * 1934: ''Blanc'', Louis Francis (Gallimard) * 1935: ''Jours sans gloire'',

François de Roux François de Roux (7 March 1897 – 17 July 1954) was a French writer, winner of the 1935 Prix Renaudot. Life Born in Aix-en-Provence, de Roux married Odette Magne. A friend of Jean Paulhan and Paul Valéry, he began his literary career in 19 ...

(Gallimard) * 1936: ''Les Beaux Quartiers'',

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review '' Littérature''. He w ...

(Denoël) * 1937: ''Mervale'',

Jean Rogissart Jean Rogissart (1894-1961) was a French writer. He hailed from the Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region ...

(Denoël) * 1938: ''Léonie la bienheureuse'',

Pierre Jean Launay Pierre Jean Launay (December 27, 1900 – April 23, 1982) was a French writer. He was born in Carrouges in the Lower Normandy region. His novel '' Léonie la bienheureuse'' met with notable success, winning both the Prix Renaudot and the Pri ...

(Denoël) * 1939: ''Les Javanais'', Jean Malaquais (Denoël) * 1940: ''La Vallée heureuse'', Jules Roy (Charlot) * 1941: ''Quand le temps travaillait pour nous'',

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(Grasset) * 1942: ''Les Liens de chaîne'', Robert Gaillard (Colbert) * 1943: ''J'étais médecin avec les chars'', Dr. André Soubiran (Didier) * 1944: ''

Les Amitiés particulières is a 1943 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte, probably his best-known work today, which won the ''Prix Renaudot''. Largely autobiographical, it deals with an intimate relationship between two boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school and how ...

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Roger Peyrefitte Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

(La Table ronde) * 1945: ''Le Mas Théotime'', Henri Bosco (Charlot) * 1946: ''L'Univers concentrationnaire'', David Rousset (Minuit) * 1947: ''Je vivrai l'amour des autres'',

Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, '' Night and Fog''. ...

(Le Seuil) * 1948: ''Voyage aux horizons'',

Pierre Fisson Pierre Fisson, (1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia – July 2013), was a French writer, laureate of the Prix Renaudot in 1948. Life Fisson was born of a French father and a Georgian mother. He made all his studies in Paris. During the Second World W ...

(Julliard) * 1949: ''Le Jeu de patience'',

Louis Guilloux Louis Guilloux (15 January 1899 – 14 October 1980) was a French writer born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where he lived throughout his life. He is known for his Social Realist novels describing working class life and political struggles in the mid ...

(Gallimard) * 1950: ''Les Orgues de l'enfer'', Pierre Molaine (Corréa) * 1951: ''Le Dieu nu'', Robert Margerit (Gallimard) * 1952: ''L'Amour de rien'',

Jacques Perry Jacques Perry (born 1921 Paris – 23 April 2016) was a French novelist. He won the 1952 Prix Renaudot for ''L'Amour de rien'', the 1966 Prix des Libraires for ''Vie d'un païen'', and the 1976 Prix du Livre Inter The Prix du Livre Inter is ...

(Julliard) * 1953: ''La Dernière Innocence'',

Célia Bertin Célia Bertin (; 22 October 1920 – 27 November 2014) was a French writer, journalist, biographer, French Resistance fighter and winner of the 1953 Prix Renaudot. She was awarded as an Officer of the Legion of Honour, and an Officer of Ordre de ...

(Corréa) * 1954: ''Le Passage'', Jean Reverzy (Julliard) * 1955: ''Le Moissonneur d'épines'',

Georges Govy Georges Govy (born 1913 Yevpatoria, Crimea, died 18 January 1975 Paris) was a French writer, journalist, and winner of the 1955 Prix Renaudot. Life His father was a famous painter, died during the Russian Revolution. He was a seaman, and settled ...

(La Table ronde) * 1956: ''Le Père'', André Perrin (Julliard) * 1957: ''

La Modification ''Second Thoughts'' () is a novel by Michel Butor first published in French in 1957. It is the author's most famous work. It was translated into English by Jean Stewart, with the title ''Second Thoughts'' (Faber and Faber, 1958) as well as unde ...

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Michel Butor Michel Butor (; 14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Life and work Michel Marie François Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille, the third of seven childre ...

(Minuit) * 1958: ''La Lézarde'',

Édouard Glissant Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary a ...

(Le Seuil) * 1959: ''L'Expérience'',

Albert Palle Albert Palle (14 September 1916 Le Havre ( Seine-Maritime) - 8 March 2007 Paris) was a French writer, and winner of the 1959 Prix Renaudot. Life He was a friend of Raymond Aron, and student of Jean-Paul Sartre. He fought in the resistance and was ...

(Julliard) * 1960: ''Le Bonheur fragile'', Alfred Kern (Gallimard) * 1961: ''Les Blés'', Roger Bordier (Calmann-Lévy) * 1962: ''Le Veilleur de nuit'',

Simone Jacquemard Simonne Jacquemard (1924 – 16 December 2009) was a French writer and winner of the 1962 Prix Renaudot. She married writer and ecologist . Works *''La famille Borgia: Roman'', R. Laffont, 1957; La Thune du Guay, 1960 * ''Le Veilleur de nuit'', ...

(Le Seuil) * 1963: ''Le Procès-verbal'', J. M. G. Le Clézio (Gallimard) * 1964: ''L'Écluse'', Jean-Pierre Faye (Le Seuil) * 1965: ''Les Choses'',

Georges Perec Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holo ...

(Julliard) * 1966: ''La Bataille de Toulouse'',

José Cabanis José Cabanis (2 March 1922 – 6 October 2000) was a French novelist, essayist, historian and magistrate. He was elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1965 and a member of the Académie française in 1990. Works *''La Piti� ...

(Gallimard) * 1967: ''Le Monde tel qu'il est'',

Salvat Etchart Salvat Etchart (1924 - 1985 Bordeaux) was a French writer, winner of the 1967 Prix Renaudot. Biography He moved to Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas depa ...

(Mercure de France) * 1968: ''Le Devoir de violence'',

Yambo Ouologuem Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, ''Le devoir de violence'' (English: ''Bound to Violence'', 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published ''Lettre à la France nègre'' (1969), and '' ...

(Le Seuil) * 1969: ''Les Feux de la colère'', Max Olivier-Lacamp (Grasset) * 1970: ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison'', Jean Freustié (La Table ronde) * 1971: ''Le Sac du palais d'été'',

Pierre-Jean Rémy Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy (21 March 1937 – 28 April 2010) who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Ac ...

(Gallimard) * 1972: ''La Nuit américaine'', Christopher Frank (Le Seuil) * 1973: ''La Terrasse des Bernardini'',

Suzanne Prou Suzanne Prou (1920 Grimaud, Var - 29–30 December 1995) was a French novelist. She won the 1973 Prix Renaudot, for ''The Bernardini Terrace.'' Works *''Les Patapharis'' (Ed. Calmann-Lévy) 1966 **''The Patapharis affair: a novel'', H. Regnery ...

(Calmann-Lévy) * 1974: ''Voyage à l'étranger'', Georges Borgeaud (Grasset) * 1975: ''L'Homme de sable'', Jean Joubert (Grasset) * 1976: ''L'Amour les yeux fermés'',

Michel Henry Michel Henry (; 10 January 1922 – 3 July 2002) was a French philosopher, phenomenologist and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States, and Japa ...

(Gallimard) * 1977: ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur'',

Alphonse Boudard Alphonse Boudard (17 December 1925 – 14 January 2000) was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur''. Boudard's 1995 novel ''Dying childhood '' was awarded and recognised by the ...

(La Table ronde) * 1978: ''

L'Herbe à brûler ''L'Herbe à brûler'' (''A Weed for Burning'') is a Belgian novel by Conrad Detrez Conrad Detrez (1 April 1937, in Roclenge-sur-Geer – 11 February 1985, in Paris) was a Belgian (from 1982 on French) journalist, diplomat and novelist. Biog ...

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Conrad Detrez Conrad Detrez (1 April 1937, in Roclenge-sur-Geer – 11 February 1985, in Paris) was a Belgian (from 1982 on French) journalist, diplomat and novelist. Biography Conrad Detrez grew up in a small village in the Belgian countryside. In 1962 he tr ...

(Calmann-Lévy) * 1979: ''Affaires étrangères'', Jean-Marc Roberts (Le Seuil) * 1980: ''Les Portes de Gubbio'', Danièle Sallenave (Le Seuil) * 1981: ''La Nuit du décret'',

Michel Del Castillo Michel del Castillo (a.k.a. Michel Janicot del Castillo) born in 1933 in Madrid is a French writer. Biography Michel del Castillo was born in Madrid. His father, Michel Janicot, was French and his mother, Cándida Isabel del Castillo, Spanish. I ...

(Le Seuil) * 1982: ''La Faculté des songes'', Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (Grasset) * 1983: ''Avant-Guerre'', Jean-Marie Rouart (Grasset) * 1984: ''La Place'',

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize i ...

(Gallimard) * 1985: ''Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours'', Raphaëlle Billetdoux (Grasset) * 1986: ''Station balnéaire'', Christian Giudicelli (Gallimard) * 1987: ''L'Enfant halluciné'',

René-Jean Clot René-Jean Clot (19 January 1913, Algiers – 4 November 1997, Clermont-Ferrand) was a French painter, and novelist. His novel, '' L'Enfant halluciné'', won the 1987 Prix Renaudot. He corresponded with Albert Camus. Works * ''L’Annonciation à ...

(Grasset) * 1988: '' Hadriana dans tous mes rêves'',

René Depestre René Depestre (born 29 August 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many ...

(Gallimard) * 1989: ''Les Comptoirs du Sud'', Philippe Doumenc (Le Seuil) * 1990: ''Les Frères Romance'',

Jean Colombier Jean Colombier (born 25 December 1945 in Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe) is a French writer, laureate of the 1990 edition of the Prix Renaudot. Work ;Novels * ''Les Matins céladon'' (1988) * ''Les Frères Romance'' (1990), Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lé ...

(Calmann-Lévy) * 1991: ''La Séparation'', Dan Franck (Le Seuil) * 1992: ''La Démence du boxeur'',

François Weyergans François Weyergans (; 2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. François Weyergans was elected to the Académie ...

(Gallimard) * 1993: ''Les Corps célestes'', Nicolas Bréhal * 1994: ''Comme ton père'',

Guillaume Le Touze Guillaume Le Touze (born 1968 Le Havre) is a French writer. Biography After holding various jobs, he was recruited as a designer for the publishing house L'Ecole des Loisirs, who published his first children's book in 1991. His first novel for a ...

(L'Olivier) * 1995: ''Les Braban'',

* 1996: ''Un silence d'environ une demi-heure'', Boris Schreiber * 1997: '' Les Voleurs de beauté'',

Pascal Bruckner Pascal Bruckner (; born 15 December 1948, in Paris) is a French writer, one of the "New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Much of his work has been devoted to critiques of French society and culture. Biography Bruckner ...

(Grasset) * 1998: ''Le Manuscrit de Port-Ebène'',

(Gallimard) * 1999: ''L'Enfant léopard'', Daniel Picouly (Grasset) * 2000: ''Allah n'est pas obligé'',

Ahmadou Kourouma Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Life The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursued ...

(Le Seuil) * 2001: ''Céleste'', Martine Le Coz (Editions du Rocher) * 2002: ''Assam'',

Gérard de Cortanze Gérard de Cortanze (born 22 July 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel ''Assam''. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2009.http://www. ...

(Albin Michel) * 2003: ''

Les Âmes grises ''Les Âmes grises'' is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in Fran ...

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Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel (born 2 February 1962) is a French writer and film director. Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy. He direct ...

(Stock) * 2004: '' Suite française'',

Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist of Russian Jewish origin who was born in Kyiv, the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France, and wrote in French, but was denied French citizenship. Arre ...

(Denoël) * 2005: ''Mes mauvaises pensées'', Nina Bouraoui (Stock) * 2006: ''Mémoires de porc-épic'',

Alain Mabanckou Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing ...

(Le Seuil) * 2007: ''Chagrin d'école'',

Daniel Pennac Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay '' Chagrin d'école''. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Cors ...

( Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Roi de Kahel'' (''

The King of Kahel ''The King of Kahel'' (French: ''Le Roi de Kahel'') is a 2008 French-language novel by Guinean author Tierno Monénembo. It won the 2008 prix Renaudot. It was translated in 2010 to English by Nicholas Elliott and published by AmazonCrossing, Amazo ...

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Tierno Monénembo Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo (born 1947 in Porédaka), is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight b ...

(Le Seuil) * 2009: ''Un roman français'',

(Grasset) * 2010: ''Apocalypse bébé'', Virginie Despentes (Grasset) * 2011: '' Limonov'',

Emmanuel Carrère Emmanuel Carrère (born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insurance e ...

(P.O.L.) * 2012: ''Notre-Dame du Nil'',

Scholastique Mukasonga Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956) is a French- Rwandan author born in the former Gikongoro province of Rwanda. In 2012, She won the prix Renaudot and the prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for her book '' Our Lady of the Nile.'' In addition to being a fin ...

(Gallimard/Continents Noirs) * 2013: ''Naissance'', Yann Moix (Grasset) * 2014: ''Charlotte'',

David Foenkinos David Foenkinos, born 28 October 1974 in Paris, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who studied both literature and music in Paris. His novel ''La délicatesse'' is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was re ...

(Gallimard) * 2015: ''D'après une histoire vraie'', Delphine de Vigan (Lattès) * 2016: ''Babylone'',

Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays '' 'Art and '' God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 bl ...

(Flammarion) * 2017: '' La disparition de Josef Mengele'',

Olivier Guez Olivier Guez (born 15 June 1974) is a French journalist, essayist and writer. He won the 2017 Prix Renaudot for his novel '' The Disappearance of Josef Mengele'' (''La disparition de Josef Mengele''). Life Guez was born and grew up in Strasb ...

(Grasset) * 2018: ''Le Sillon'',

Valérie Manteau Valérie Manteau (born in 1985) is a French writer, publisher and journalist. Life Manteau was a contributor to the satirical journal ''Charlie Hebdo'' from 2009 to 2013, she was also an editor at from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, she joined the ...

(Le Tripode) * 2019: ''La Panthère des neiges'',

Sylvain Tesson Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are ''The Consolations of the Fo ...

(Gallimard) * 2020: ''Histoire du fils'', Marie-Hélène Lafon ( Buchet/Chastel) * 2021: ''Premier Sang'',

Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditions of 1979, 1995 and 2010. Her birth is announced in n° 87, aout 1967, p. 340 of the ''Bull ...

(Albin Michel) * 2022: ''Performance'',

Simon Liberati Simon Liberati (born 12 May 1960) is a French writer and journalist. For his novels, he has received the Prix de Flore (2009), Prix Femina (2011) and Prix Renaudot (2022). Biography Liberati was born in Paris. After studying Latin grammar at ...

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Other awards

Prix Renaudot de l'essai

* 2001: ''Protée et autres essais'',

Simon Leys Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Australi ...

(Gallimard) * 2002: ''Le Silence de Delphes'', Claude-Michel Cluny (La Différence) * 2003: ''Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Amérique'',

Yves Berger Yves Berger (14 January 1931 – 16 November 2004) was a French writer and editor. From 1960 to 2000, he was the literary director of Éditions Grasset, and published several novels in which he expressed his attachment to the United States. Bio ...

(Plon) * 2004: ''Madame Proust'', Évelyne Bloch-Dano (Grasset) * 2005: ''Le Roman de Constantinople'',

Gilles Martin-Chauffier The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as La Louvière and Nivelles, have a trad ...

(Le Rocher) * 2006: ''Jean-François Revel : un esprit libre'',

Pierre Boncenne Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(Plon) * 2007: ''Le Benarès-Kyôto'',

Olivier Germain-Thomas Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...

(Le Rocher) * 2008: ''Autobiographie d'un épouvantail'', Boris Cyrulnik (Odile Jacob) * 2009: ''Alias Caracalla'',

Daniel Cordier Daniel Cordier (10 August 1920 – 20 November 2020) was a French Resistance fighter, historian and art dealer. As a member of the Camelots du Roi, he engaged with Free France in June 1940. He was secretary to Jean Moulin from 1942 to 1943, and ...

(Gallimard) * 2010: ''L'affaire de l'esclave Furcy'',

Mohammed Aïssaoui Mohammed Aïssaoui at Rheims, 2021. Mohammed Aïssaoui (born 1964, Algiers) is a French writer and journalist. He is currently working for '' Le Figaro littéraire''. Works *2006: . *2010: . ** Prix Renaudot de l'essai 2010. ** Prix RFO du l ...

(Gallimard) * 2011: ''Fontenoy ne reviendra plus'',

Gérard Guégan Gérard (French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constitu ...

(Stock) * 2012: ''Le Dernier Modèle'', Frank Maubert (Fayard) * 2013: ''Séraphin c'est la fin!'',

(La Table ronde) * 2014: ''De chez nous'',

Christian Authier Christian Authier, born 1969 in Toulouse, is a French writer and journalist. He has a master's degree in history from the University of Toulouse II and a degree from the Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse. His second novel, ''Les Liens dé ...

(Stock) * 2015: ''Leïlah Mahi 1932'',

Didier Blonde __NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it h ...

(Gallimard) * 2016: ''Le Monde libre'', Aude Lancelin (Les Liens qui libèrent) * 2017: ''De l'ardeur'', Justine Augier (Actes Sud) * 2018: ''Avec toutes mes sympathies'',

Olivia de Lamberterie Olivia may refer to: People * Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer * Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 197 ...

(Stock) * 2019: ''(Très) cher cinéma français'', Éric Neuhoff (Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Les Villes de papier : Une vie d'Emily Dickinson'', Dominique Fortier (Alto, Grasset) * 2021: ''Dans ma rue y avait trois boutiques'' Anthony Palou (Presses de la Cité) * 2022: ''Déjeunons sur l'herbe'',

Guillaume Durand Guillaume Durand, or William Durand (c. 1230 – 1 November 1296), also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, from the Italian form of Durandi filius, as he sometimes signed himself, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop ...

(Bouquins)

Prix Renaudot du livre de poche

* 2009: ''Palestine'', Hubert Haddad (Le Livre de Poche/Zulma) * 2010: ''L'origine de la violence'',

Fabrice Humbert Fabrice is a French masculine given name from the Roman name ''Fabricius'', which is itself derived from the Latin ''faber'' meaning blacksmith or craftsman. Notable people with the name include: * Fabrice Balanche (born 1969), French geographer ...

(Le Livre de poche) * 2011: ''A l'enfant que je n'aurai pas'', Linda Lê (NiL) * 2012: ''Les Vieilles'',

Pascale Gautier Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''pa ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2013: ''Le Pérégrin émerveillé'', Jean-Louis Gouraud (Babel/Actes Sud) * 2014: ''Le Garçon incassable'', Florence Seyvos (Points) * 2015: ''La fiancée était à dos d'âne'', Vénus Khoury-Ghata (Folio/Gallimard) * 2016: ''La mémoire du monde'',

Stéphanie Janicot Stéphanie is a feminine French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble; wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg * Princess Stéphani ...

(Le Livre de poche) * 2017: ''Les méduses ont-elles sommeil ?'', (Folio/Gallimard) * 2018: ''Dieu, Allah, moi et les autres'',

Salim Bachi Salim Bachi (born 1971, Algiers) is an Algerian novelist who grew up in Annaba, eastern Algeria. After a one-year stay in Paris in 1995, he returned there in 1997 to study literature. A pensioner at the French Academy in Rome in 2005, he now live ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2019: ''Une vieille histoire. Nouvelle version'',

Jonathan Littell Jonathan Littell (born October 10, 1967) is a writer living in Barcelona. He grew up in France and the United States and is a citizen of both countries. After acquiring his bachelor's degree he worked for a humanitarian organisation for nine year ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2020: ''Charles de Gaulle'', (Tempus/Perrin) * 2021: ''Louis Jouvet'', Olivier Rony * 2022: ''Vivre avec nos morts'',

Delphine Horvilleur Delphine Horvilleur (born 8 November 1974) is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine ''Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a''. She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-lea ...

Prix Renaudot des lycéens

* 1992: ''Aden'',

Anne-Marie Garat Anne-Marie Garat (9 October 1946 – 26 July 2022) was a French novelist. She won the Prix Femina for her novel ''Aden'' in 1992 and the for her novel ''Les mal famées''. Studying literature in Bordeaux, she then obtained a DEA in cinema at ...

, (Seuil) * 1993: ''Jacob Jacobi'', , (Julliard) * 1994: ''Une mort de théâtre'', , (Julliard) * 1995: ''Le Jeu du roman'',

Louise Lambrichs Louise L. Lambrichs (born 2 May 1952) is a French novelist and essayist. Lambrichs was born into a family of writers in Boulogne-Billancourt. Her father Georges Lambrichs (along with Jean Paulhan and Jérôme Lindon) was considered one of th ...

(Seuil) * 1996: ''L'Ode à la reine'', (Calmann-Lévy) * 1997: ''L'Homme du cinquième jour'',

Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod (born 18 September 1958) is a French novelist. He is known for the series ''Enquête au collège'' and the ''Une famille aux petits oignons'' stories. Personal life He was second among six boys in the family. Career Whi ...

, (Gallimard) * 1998: ''Une poignée de gens'',

Anne Wiazemsky Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's '' Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966), and went on to appear in severa ...

, (Gallimard) * 1999: ''Foraine'', Paul Fournel, (Seuil) * 2000: ''Dans ces bras-là'',

Camille Laurens Laurence Ruel (born 6 November 1957), known by her pen name Camille Laurens, is a French writer and winner of the 2000 Prix Femina for ''Dans ces bras-là''. Laurens is a member of the Académie Goncourt. Career A graduate of humanities, Camil ...

, (POL) * 2001: ''Le Soir du chien'', Marie-Hélène Lafon, (Buchet Chastel) * 2002: ''La Métaphysique du chien'', , (Buchet Chastel) * 2003: ''Silence, on ment'', , (Grasset) * 2004: ''La Dernière Leçon'',

Noëlle Châtelet Noëlle Châtelet (); born 16 October 1944 as Noëlle Jospin) is a French writer and lecturer at the Paris Descartes University in the humanities. She is the author of essays, collections of short stories and novels translated into several lang ...

, (Seuil) * 2005: ''Festins secrets'', , (L'Esprit des péninsules) * 2006: ''Maos'',

Morgan Sportès Morgan Sportès is a French writer. He was born in Algiers in 1947. The author of more than 20 books, he has won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2006) for ''Maos'', and the Prix Interallié (2011) and the Globes de Cristal The Awards (English: ...

, (Grasset) * 2007: '

Carole Martinez Carole Martinez (10 November 1966 in Créhange) is a French contemporary novelist. Biography She was at a time tempted by theater and created her troupe at age 20. She is a teacher of French. Her first novel, ', released discreetly in Febru ...

, (Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Voyage du fils,'' , (Grasset) * 2009: ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'',

Véronique Ovaldé Véronique Ovaldé (born 1972) is a French novelist. Her fifth novel ''Et mon cœur transparent'' won the Prix France Culture/Télérama in 2008. Her seventh novel ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2009), the ...

, (L'Olivier) * 2010: ''Dans la nuit brune'' Agnès Desarthe, (L'Olivier) * 2011: ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'', Delphine de Vigan, (Jean-Claude Lattès) * 2012: ''L'Hiver des hommes'', Lionel Duroy, (Julliard) * 2013: ''Plonger'', , (Gallimard) * 2014: ''L'Amour et les Forêts'', Éric Reinhardt, (Gallimard) * 2015: ''Juste avant l'oubli'',

Alice Zeniter Alice Zeniter (born 1986) is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter, dramatist and director. She has won a Prix Renaudot young adult award for her third novel, ''Juste avant l'Oubli'', and a Prix Goncourt young adult for her fourth novel, ...

* 2016: '' Giboulées de soleil'',

Lenka Hornakova-Civade Lenka Kripac (born 19 March 1978) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her song "The Show", from her debut album, ''Lenka''. "The Show" has been used in numerous advertisements, most notably for Old Navy, as well as t ...

, (Alma) * 2017: '' Nos richesses'', Kaouther Adimi, (Le Seuil) * 2018: ''La Vraie vie'', Adeline Dieudonné (L'Iconoclaste) * 2019: ''Le Bal des folles'', (Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Le Métier de Mourir'', Jean-René Van der Plaetsen (Grasset) * 2021: ''La carte postale,''

Anne Berest Anne Berest (born September 15, 1979) is a French writer and actress. Biography In 2008 she adapted Patrick Modiano's short autobiography ''Un Pedigree'' for the theatre with Edouard Baer. , son of Françoise Sagan asked Berest to write abou ...