The prix Sade is a French

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created in 2001, sometimes called the Sade Prize in English, as an homage to the

marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade ( ; ; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) was a French writer, libertine, political activist and nobleman best known for his libertine novels and imprisonment for sex crimes, blasphemy and pornography ...

History

Founded by Lionel Aracil and

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, it is awarded by a jury as a "meeting of authors, publishers and other artists for the celebration of contemporary

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," the Sade prize is awarded each year at the end of September in honor of the "singular author and honest man, according to the definition of his century. An authentic liberal who will have succeeded, beyond the vicissitudes of the Revolution and the hold of the moral order, to undo the shackles of literature as well as those of politics." The winner receives a work from a contemporary artist, including in recent years Éric Madeleine,

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Alberto Sorbelli Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

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, and

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Award winners

Sade Prize

* 2001 –

Catherine Millet Catherine Millet (; born 1 April 1948) is a French writer, art critic, curator, and founder and editor of the magazine ''Art Press'', which focuses on modern art and contemporary art. Biography Born in Bois-Colombes, France, she is best known ...

, '' The Sexual Life of Catherine M.'' * 2002 –

Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the ''Nouveau Roman'' () trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simo ...

, '' Gradiva (C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle)'' * 2003 –

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, ''Il entrerait dans la légende'' * 2005 – Jean Streff, ''Traité du fétichisme à l'usage des jeunes générations'' * 2006 – Shozo Numa, ''Yapou, bétail humain'' * 2007 –

Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the ''George Miles Cycle'', a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and describe ...

, '' The Sluts'' * 2008 –

Charles Robinson Charles, Charlie or Charley Robinson may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Charles Dorman Robinson (1847–1933), American painter *Charles Napier Robinson (1849–1936), English journalist and story writer *Charles M. Robinson (architect) (18 ...

, ''Génie du proxénétisme'' * 2009 –

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, ''Cadence'' * 2010 –

Jacques Chessex Jacques Chessex (Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter. Biography Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied at Collège Saint-Michel in Fribourg, before undertaking ...

, ''Le Dernier Crâne de M. de Sade'' * 2011 –

Thomas Hairmont Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

, ''Le Coprophile'' * 2012 –

Christine Angot Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Life Born Christine Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 no ...

, ''Une semaine de vacances'' – refused by the author * 2013 – Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, ''Pornographia'' * 2014 –

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, ''Now the Night Begins (Ici commence la nuit)'' * 2015 –

Jean-Noël Orengo Jean-Noël is a French given name, composed of Jean and Noël. It may refer to: Persons Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Noël Augert (born 1949), French alpine skier * Jean-Noël Bongrain, founder of French dairy products corpo ...

, ''La Fleur du Capital'', and

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, ''Les Sangs'' * 2016 –

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, ''Un désir d'humain, les Love Doll au Japon'' * 2017 –

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, ''The Voyeur's Motel'' * 2018 –

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 ...

, ''Une vieille histoire'' * 2019 –

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, ''Querelle de Roberval'' and

Christophe Siébert Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (name), list of people with this given name or surname * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), Frenc ...

, ''Métaphysique de la viande'' * 2020 –

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, ''Chienne'' * 2021 –

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, ''Manger Bambi''Thomas Faidherbe
"Le Prix Sade 2021 dévoile ses lauréats"
''Livres Hebdo'', October 4, 2021.

Sade Prize for First Novel

* 2001 :

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for ''Un prof bien sous tout rapport'', éd. Pétrelle * 2017 :

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for ''Pornarina : la-prostituée-à-tête-de-cheval'', éd. Denoël

Sade Prize for Non-Fiction

* 2004 :

Ruwen Ogien Ruwen Ogien (24 December, year unknown – 4 May 2017) was a Contemporary philosophy, contemporary France, French philosopher. He was a researcher (directeur de recherche) at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He focused on moral ...

for ''Penser la pornographie'', éd. PUF * 2011 : Paul B. Preciado for ''Pornotopia: An Essay on Playboy’s Architecture and Biopolitics'', éd. Climats

Sade Prize for Works of Art

* 2006 :

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and Jorge Amat for ''Obsessions nocturnes'', éditions Édite * 2018 : Mavado Charon for ''Dirty'', Mania Press * 2019 : ''Jean-Jacques Lequeu, bâtisseur de fantasmes'', Éditions Norma / Bibliothèque Nationale de France (catalogue d'exposition)

Sade Jury Prize

* 2009 :

Pierre Bourgeade Pierre Bourgeade (7 November 1927 – 12 March 2009) was a French man of letters, playwright, poet, writer, director, journalist, literary critic and photographer. A descendant of Jean Racine, he was also the brother-in-law of the writer Paule Co ...

pour ''Éloge des fétichistes'', éd. Tristram

Sade Prize for Memoirs

* 2012 :

Jean-Pierre Bourgeron Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

pour l'édition de trois textes de la collection « Eros singuliers » (éditions

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) : ''L'Aviateur fétichiste'' (2012), ''Marthe de Sainte-Anne'' (2011) et ''Le Curé travesti'' (2011) * 2015 : ''Trois milliards de pervers : grande encyclopédie des homosexualités'', réédition de l’édition saisie en 1973 ( éditions Acratie)

References

External links

Official site of the Prix Sade
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