The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or () 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 ( , "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 of only 10 euros, but resul ...

. While not officially related to the Prix Goncourt, it remains a complement to it: The 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 ...

, 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 and pedophile. He was the winner of the Mottard and Amic awards from the Académie française in 1987 and 2009 respectively, the Prix Renaudot, Prix Renaudot essay in 201 ...

, 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. 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 , 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 *

Franz-Olivier Giesbert Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter. Early life Franz-Olivier Giesbert's American father was a painter and G.I. during D-Day, and his mother, a philosophy teacher ...

* Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud *

Jean-Noël Pancrazi Jean-Noël Pancrazi (born 28 April 1949 in Sétif, Algeria) is a French author. Biography Early years Jean-Noël Pancrazi spent the first ten years of his life in Algeria with his parents and his sister. His childhood years during the Algeria ...

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, at age 17. A Communist sympathizer, Bes ...

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 '' A French Nov ...

* Stéphanie Janicot * Cécile Guilbert * J. M. G. Le Clezio

Laureates

* 1926: ''Nicolo Peccavi'', Armand Lunel (

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) * 1927: ''Maïtena'', Bernard Nabonne (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 about ...

(Grasset) * 1929: ''

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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 ...

(Gallimard) * 1930: ''Piège'', Germaine Beaumont (Lemerre) * 1931: ''L'Innocent'',

Philippe Hériat Raymond Gérard Payelle (15 September 1898 – 10 October 1971), better known by his pseudonym Philippe Hériat, was a French novelist, playwright and actor. His most famous novels included ''Les Enfantes gâtés'' (''The Spoiled Children''), aw ...

(Denoël) * 1932: '' Voyage au bout de la nuit'',

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 ' ...

(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 libra ...

(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 Surrealism, surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littératur ...

(Denoël) * 1937: ''Mervale'', Jean Rogissart (Denoël) * 1938: ''Léonie la bienheureuse'', Pierre Jean Launay (Denoël) * 1939: ''Les Javanais'', Jean Malaquais (Denoël) * 1940: ''La Vallée heureuse'',

Jules Roy Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer. "Prolific and polemical" Roy, born an Algerian pied noir and sent to a Roman Catholic seminary, used his experiences in the French colony and during his service in the Royal Air F ...

(Charlot) * 1941: ''Quand le temps travaillait pour nous'', Paul Mousset (Grasset) * 1942: ''Les Liens de chaîne'',

Robert Gaillard Robert Gaillard (November 14, 1868 – September 24, 1941) was an American male actor who appeared on stage and in film. He also directed a number of films during the silent era.Gmür p.154 Selected filmography Actor * ''Cardinal Wolsey'' (1912 ...

(Colbert) * 1943: ''J'étais médecin avec les chars'', Dr. André Soubiran (Didier) * 1944: '' Les Amitiés particulières'',

Roger Peyrefitte Pierre Roger Peyrefitte (; 17 August 1907 – 5 November 2000) was a French diplomat, writer of bestseller novels and non-fiction, and a defender of gay rights and pederasty. Life and work Born in Castres, Tarn, to a middle-class bourgeo ...

(La Table ronde) * 1945: ''Le Mas Théotime'',

Henri Bosco Henri Bosco (16 November 1888 – 4 May 1976) was a French writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Life Bosco was born in Avignon, Vaucluse, into a family of Provençal, Ligurian and Piedmontese origin. Through ...

(Charlot) * 1946: ''L'Univers concentrationnaire'',

David Rousset David Rousset (18 January 1912 in Roanne, Loire – 13 December 1997) was a French writer and political activist, a recipient of Prix Renaudot, a French literary award. A survivor of the Neuengamme concentration camp and the Buchenwald Nazi ...

(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 1956 documentary film, '' Night and Fog'' ...

(Le Seuil) * 1948: ''Voyage aux horizons'', Pierre Fisson (Julliard) * 1949: ''Le Jeu de patience'',

Louis Guilloux Louis Guilloux (15 January 1899 – 14 October 1980) was a Breton 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 mi ...

(Gallimard) * 1950: ''Les Orgues de l'enfer'', Pierre Molaine (Corréa) * 1951: ''Le Dieu nu'',

Robert Margerit Robert Margerit (25 January 1910 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – 27 June 1988 in Isle, Haute-Vienne) was a French journalist and writer. Biography He completed high school in Limoges; he was a journalist in Limoges in 1931. From 1948, he was edi ...

(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 for ''Le Ravenala ou l'Arbre du ...

(Julliard) * 1953: ''La Dernière Innocence'', Célia Bertin (Corréa) * 1954: ''Le Passage'', Jean Reverzy (Julliard) * 1955: ''Le Moissonneur d'épines'',

Georges Govy Georges Govy (1913 in Yevpatoria, Crimea – 18 January 1975 in 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 i ...

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

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 chil ...

(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 an influential figure in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary and Francophone literature. Li ...

(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 a ...

(Julliard) * 1960: ''Le Bonheur fragile'', Alfred Kern (Gallimard) * 1961: ''Les Blés'', Roger Bordier (Calmann-Lévy) * 1962: ''Le Veilleur de nuit'', Simone Jacquemard (Le Seuil) * 1963: ''Le Procès-verbal'', J. M. G. Le Clézio (Gallimard) * 1964: ''L'Écluse'',

Jean-Pierre Faye Jean-Pierre Faye (born 19 July 1925) is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Life and career Faye was born in Paris. He was member of the editing committee of the avant-garde literary review '' Tel Quel'', and later of ' ...

(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 Ho ...

(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 Pit ...

(Gallimard) * 1967: ''Le Monde tel qu'il est'', Salvat Etchart (Mercure de France) * 1968: ''Le Devoir de violence'', Yambo Ouologuem (Le Seuil) * 1969: ''Les Feux de la colère'', Max Olivier-Lacamp (Grasset) * 1970: ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison'',

Jean Freustié Jean Freustié, also known as Jean-Pierre Teurlay (3 October 1914 – 5 June 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- ...

(La Table ronde) * 1971: ''Le Sac du palais d'été'', Pierre-Jean Rémy (Gallimard) * 1972: ''La Nuit américaine'',

Christopher Frank Christopher Frank (5 December 1942, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK – 20 November 1993, Paris, France) was a British-born French writer, screenwriter, and film director. He won the 1972 Prix Renaudot for his novel ''La Nuit américaine'' th ...

(Le Seuil) * 1973: ''La Terrasse des Bernardini'', Suzanne Prou (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 four novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States, and Jap ...

(Gallimard) * 1977: ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur'', Alphonse Boudard (La Table ronde) * 1978: '' L'Herbe à brûler'', Conrad Detrez (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 (Le Seuil) * 1982: ''La Faculté des songes'', Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (Grasset) * 1983: ''Avant-Guerre'',

Jean-Marie Rouart Jean-Marie Rouart (born 8 April 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He was elected to the Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institu ...

(Grasset) * 1984: ''La Place'',

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; ; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints o ...

(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 (Grasset) * 1988: '' Hadriana dans tous mes rêves'', René Depestre (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 publishing ho ...

(Calmann-Lévy) * 1991: ''La Séparation'',

Dan Franck Dan Franck (born 17 October 1952 in Paris) is a French novelist and screenwriter. His novel ''La Séparation'' won the 1991 Prix Renaudot, and was made into a movie, ''La Séparation''. Works *''Apolline'', Seuil, 1997, *''Bohèmes'' Calman ...

(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 Académi ...

(Gallimard) * 1993: ''Les Corps célestes'', Nicolas Bréhal * 1994: ''Comme ton père'', Guillaume Le Touze (L'Olivier) * 1995: ''Les Braban'',

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

Les Voleurs de beauté ''They Stole Our Beauty'' () is a 1997 novel by the French writer Pascal Bruckner. The narrative is set in Paris during summer and follows several people who battle with desires and anxieties. The novel received the Prix Renaudot. An English tra ...

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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 Bruckne ...

(Grasset) * 1998: ''Le Manuscrit de Port-Ebène'', Dominique Bona (Gallimard) * 1999: ''L'Enfant léopard'',

Daniel Picouly Daniel Picouly (born 21 October 1948 in Villemomble) is a French writer. Picouly was reared in a family of 13 children. His parents were born in the French overseas territory of Martinique. He became a professor of economics in Paris. In 1992 ...

(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'',

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(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 (World War I), Western Front in 1917. ...

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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 directe ...

(Stock) * 2004: '' Suite française'',

Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; born Irina Lvovna Nemirovskaya; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist of Ukrainian Jewish origin who was born in Kiev, then in the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France and wrote in Fr ...

(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, French protectorate in Morocco, French Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay ''Chagrin d'école''. Daniel Pennacchioni i ...

( 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, Ama ...

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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 eigh ...

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

(Grasset) * 2010: ''Apocalypse bébé'',

Virginie Despentes Virginie Despentes (; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Work Despentes' work is an inventory o ...

(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 ...

(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 f ...

(Gallimard/Continents Noirs) * 2013: ''Naissance'',

Yann Moix Yann Moix (, ; born 31 March 1968) is a French author, film director and media commentator. He is the author of ten novels and the recipient of several literary prizes. He has directed two feature films. He was a columnist on the talk show '' O ...

(Grasset) * 2014: ''Charlotte'', David Foenkinos (Gallimard) * 2015: ''D'après une histoire vraie'',

Delphine de Vigan Delphine de Vigan (born 1 March 1966) is an internationally known French novelist who has won several awards. Life and works De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first ...

(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 (play), 'Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. ...

(Flammarion) * 2017: '' La disparition de Josef Mengele'', Olivier Guez (Grasset) * 2018: ''Le Sillon'', Valérie Manteau (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 Marie-Hélène Lafon (born 1962) is a French educator and award-winning writer. She was born in Aurillac in the Cantal department and grew up on the family farm there. She was educated at a religious boarding school in Saint-Flour and, after m ...

( Buchet/Chastel) * 2021: ''Premier Sang'',

Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire 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 ''Bulletin de l'association de la noblesse du royaume de ...

(Albin Michel) * 2022: ''Performance'', Simon Liberati (Grasset) * 2023: ''Les Insolents'', Ann Scott"Le prix Renaudot 2023 attribué à Ann Scott pour 'Les Insolents'"
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'', 7 November 2023. * 2024: ''Jacaranda'',

Gaël Faye Gaël Faye (; born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan–French singer, songwriter, rapper, and writer. Personal life Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, of a French father and Rwandan mother. He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the B ...

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 Austral ...

(Gallimard) * 2002: ''Le Silence de Delphes'', Claude-Michel Cluny (La Différence) * 2003: ''Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Amérique'', Yves Berger (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 a.m. until late hours and dance to traditional songs. Other cities, such as Ressaix, Leval-Trahegnies, Leval, Buvrin ...

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

(Le Rocher) * 2008: ''Autobiographie d'un épouvantail'',

Boris Cyrulnik Boris Cyrulnik (born 26 July 1937 in Bordeaux) is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist. As a Jewish child during World War II, he was entrusted to a foster family for his own protection. In 1943 he was taken with adults ...

(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, an ...

(Gallimard) * 2010: ''L'affaire de l'esclave Furcy'', Mohammed Aïssaoui (Gallimard) * 2011: ''Fontenoy ne reviendra plus'',

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

(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 (Gallimard) * 2016: ''Le Monde libre'',

Aude Lancelin Aude Lancelin (; born 7 June 1973, Tours) is a French journalist. She was previously deputy editor-in-chief at two prominent French weekly magazines: ''Marianne (magazine), Marianne'' from 2011 to 2014 and ''L'Obs'' from 2014 to 2016. She joined ...

(Les Liens qui libèrent) * 2017: ''De l'ardeur'', Justine Augier (Actes Sud) * 2018: ''Avec toutes mes sympathies'', Olivia de Lamberterie (Stock) * 2019: ''(Très) cher cinéma français'',

Éric Neuhoff Éric Neuhoff (born 4 July 1956) is a French novelist and journalist. He debuted in 1982 as a journalist at '' Le Quotidien de Paris'' and used a style nicknamed "néo-hussard", after the Hussards (literary movement), Hussards movement of the 195 ...

(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 o ...

(Bouquins) * 2023: ''De Gaulle, une vie : l'homme de personne (1890–1944)'',

Jean-Luc Barré Jean-Luc may refer to: Politics * Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Luc Bourgeaux (born 1963), a French politician * Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician * Jean-Luc ...

Prix Renaudot du livre de poche

* 2009: ''Palestine'', Hubert Haddad (Le Livre de Poche/Zulma) * 2010: ''L'origine de la violence'', Fabrice Humbert (Le Livre de poche) * 2011: ''A l'enfant que je n'aurai pas'',

Linda Lê Linda Lê (1963 – 9 May 2022) was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Fénéon Prize, the Prix Wepler, the Prix Renaudot du livre de poche, and the Prince Pierre de Monaco literary prize. Biography Lê was born in 1963 in Da Lat to a ...

(NiL) * 2012: ''Les Vieilles'', Pascale Gautier (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 Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a Lebanese people in France, French-Lebanese poet and writer. Early life Venus Khoury-Ghata was born into a Maronites, Maronite family, the daughter of a French-speaking soldier and a peasa ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2016: ''La mémoire du monde'', Stéphanie Janicot (Le Livre de poche) * 2017: ''Les méduses ont-elles sommeil ?'', (Folio/Gallimard) * 2018: ''Dieu, Allah, moi et les autres'', Salim Bachi (Folio/Gallimard) * 2019: ''Une vieille histoire. Nouvelle version'',

Jonathan Littell Jonathan Littell (born October 10, 1967) is a writer living in Barcelona. His first novel written in French, '' The Kindly Ones'' (2006; ''Les Bienveillantes''), won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l'Académi ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2020: ''Charles de Gaulle'', (Tempus/Perrin) * 2021: ''Louis Jouvet'', Olivier Rony * 2022: ''Vivre avec nos morts'', Delphine Horvilleur * 2023: ''Le Retournement'', Manuel Carcassonne

Prix Renaudot des lycéens

* 1992: ''Aden'', Anne-Marie Garat, (Seuil) * 1993: ''Jacob Jacobi'', , (Julliard) * 1994: ''Une mort de théâtre'', Claude Mourthé, (Julliard) * 1995: ''Le Jeu du roman'', Louise Lambrichs (Seuil) * 1996: ''L'Ode à la reine'', (Calmann-Lévy) * 1997: ''L'Homme du cinquième jour'', Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, (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). A year later she married the di ...

, (Gallimard) * 1999: ''Foraine'',

Paul Fournel Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972). Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau a ...

, (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'',

, (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 lan ...

, (Seuil) * 2005: ''Festins secrets'', , (L'Esprit des péninsules) * 2006: ''Maos'', Morgan Sportès, (Grasset) * 2007: ' Carole Martinez, (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), t ...

, (L'Olivier) * 2010: ''Dans la nuit brune''

Agnès Desarthe Agnès Desarthe ( Naouri; born 3 May 1966) is a French novelist, children's writer and translator. Biography Desarthe was born on 3 May 1966 in Paris. She is the daughter of the pediatrician and writer Aldo Naouri. She is married to filmmaker , ...

, (L'Olivier) * 2011: ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'',

, (Jean-Claude Lattès) * 2012: ''L'Hiver des hommes'', Lionel Duroy, (Julliard) * 2013: ''Plonger'', , (Gallimard) * 2014: '' L'Amour et les Forêts'',

Éric Reinhardt Éric Reinhardt (born 2 April 1965) is a French writer and publisher currently living in Paris. Early life Reinhardt grew up in a middle-class family approximately 30 kilometres from Paris in Corbeil-Essonnes. He attended preparatory classes in ...

, (Gallimard) * 2015: ''Juste avant l'oubli'', Alice Zeniter * 2016: '' Giboulées de soleil'', Lenka Hornakova-Civade, (Alma) * 2017: '' Nos richesses'',

Kaouther Adimi Kaouther Adimi (born 1986) is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009. Life Kaouther Adimi was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1986. From the age of four to ...

, (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 Jean-René Van der Plaetsen (born 9 August 1962) is a French journalist and writer. He is Deputy Managing Editor of ''Le Figaro Magazine''. He has also been a member of the jury of the Prix de Flore since its creation in 1994. Life Born in Lubu ...

(Grasset) * 2021: ''La carte postale,'' Anne Berest (Grasset) * 2022: ''On était des loups'', Sandrine Collette * 2023: ''Panorama'',

Lilia Hassaine Lilia (Latin plural, meaning "lilies" in English; singular, ''lilium'') are pit traps arranged in a quincunx pattern dug by the Roman armies in front of their defences. Frequently they had sharpened stakes set inside them as an extra obstacle to ...

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