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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 The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). History Founder In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of '' À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, ''Du côté de chez Swann'', ...

* 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 . History In 1945, from the end of the Second World War, the Éditions France-Empire began their activity by publishing works concerning the period 1939-1945 then the ...

* 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'',

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. In ...

for '' La Place de l'étoile'', Gallimard * 1969:

Michel Doury Michel Doury (1931–2007) was a French writer and translator (in particular Thomas Pynchon, Raymond Chandler, Richard Brautigan and Leonard Cohen). In 1969, he won the Roger Nimier Prize with his work ''L'indo''. In 1988 he was awarded thPrix Mot ...

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, th ...

* 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 Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium. It is considered one of the most ...

* 1973: Inès Cagnati for ''Le jour de congé'', Denoël * 1974:

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 ...

for ''Le Pitre'', Gallimard * 1975: Frédéric Musso for ''La Déesse'', La Table Ronde * 1976:

Alexandre Astruc Alexandre Astruc (; 13 July 1923 – 19 May 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 ...

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 aphorisms. ...

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 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'' ...

* 1979: Pascal Sevran for ''Le Passé supplémentaire'', * 1980: Gérard Pussey for ''L'Homme d'intérieur'', Denoël * 1981:

Bernard Frank Bernard Frank (11 October 1929, in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 3 November 2006, in Paris) was a French journalist and writer. Early life Bernard Frank was raised in a comfortable family, where his father was a bank manager. After his baccalauréat ...

for ''Solde'', Flammarion * 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 201 ...

* 1983:

Denis Tillinac Denis Tillinac (26 May 1947 – 26 September 2020) was a French writer and journalist.

for ''L'Été anglais'', Robert Laffont * 1984:

Didier Van Cauwelaert Didier Van Cauwelaert (born 29 July 1960) is a French author of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel '' Un Aller simple'' won the Prix Goncourt. In 1997 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française. ...

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 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 wit ...

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 * Alb ...

* 1991: Stéphane Hoffmann 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 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 Jean-Paul Kauffmann (8 August 1944, Saint-Pierre-la-Cour, Mayenne) is a French journalist and writer, a former student of the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille (40th class). Biography His great-grandfather Michel Kauffmann left Alsace ...

for ''La Chambre noire de Longwood: le voyage à Sainte-Hélène'', La Table ronde * 1998:

Jérôme Garcin Jérôme Garcin (born 4 October 1956) is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the '' Nouvel Observateur'', produces and hosts the radio program ' on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Com� ...

for ''La Chute de cheval'', Gallimard * 1999:

Marc Dugain Marc Dugain (born 1957) is a French novelist and film director, best known for ''La Chambre des Officiers'' (English, '' The Officers' Ward'') (1999), a novel set in World War I. Dugain was born in Senegal and studied at the Institut d'études po ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

for ''Les liens défaits'', Stock * 2007: Jean-Marc Parisis for ''Avant, pendant, après'', Stock * 2008:

Yannick Haenel Yannick Haenel (born 1967, Rennes) is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine '. Biography The son of a soldier, Yannick Haenel studied at the Prytanée National Militaire at La Flèche. From 1997, he codirected the magazine ''L ...

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 Françoise Dorner (born 17 June 1949, Paris) is a French actress, screenwriter, author of plays and novels. Biography Actress Dorner appeared for the first time in the cinema thanks to Éric Le Hung who entrusted her in 1975 one of the main ro ...

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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