Prix Goncourt
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The Prix Goncourt (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA"., "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 results in considerable recognition and book sales for the winning author. Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (first novel), prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle (short story), prix Goncourt de la Poésie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography). Of the "big six" French literary awards, the Prix Goncourt is the best known and most prestigious.[1] The other major literary prizes include the Script error: No such module "Lang"., the Prix Femina, the Script error: No such module "Lang"., the Prix Interallié and the Prix Médicis.[1]
History
Edmond de Goncourt, a successful author, critic, and publisher, bequeathed his estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie Goncourt.[2] In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (1830–1870), the académie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903.[2] The jury that determines the winner meets at the Drouant restaurant in November to make its decision.[3] Notable winners of the prize include Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time), Simone de Beauvoir (The Mandarins), André Malraux (Man's Fate) and Marguerite Duras (The Lover).[2]
The award was initially established to provide talented new authors with a monetary award that would allow them to write a second book.[4] Today, the Goncourt has a token prize amount (around 10 euros), about the same amount given in 1903, and so the prestige of the prize has been explained not because of the cash-value of the prize, but "in terms of the tremendous book sales it effects: the Goncourt winner becomes an instant millionaire."[5] Hervé Le Tellier's The Anomaly, which won the Goncourt in 2020, exceeded a million copies in less than a year after its publication.[6]
In 1987, the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was established, as a collaboration between the académie Goncourt, the French Ministry of Education, and Fnac, a book, music, and movie retailer.
The Script error: No such module "Lang". is announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt. It has become known as something of a second-place prize.[7]
Controversies
Within months of the first prize in 1903, it spawned a "hostile counter-prize" in the form of the Prix Femina to counter the all-male Jury of the Goncourt with an all-female jury on the Femina.[8]
Some choices have been controversial. One famous example was the awarding of the prize to Marcel Proust in 1919, which sparked public indignation since many believed that it should have gone to Roland Dorgelès for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War.[9][10] The prize was supposed to be awarded to promising young authors, whereas Proust was not considered "young" at 48 – however Proust was a beginning author which is the only eligibility requirement, age being unimportant.[9][10]
In 1921, Rene Maran won the Goncourt with Batouala, veritable roman negre, the first French novel to openly criticize European colonialism in Africa.[11] The novel caused "violent reactions" and was banned in all the French colonies.[11]
In 1932, the prize was controversial for passing up Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Voyage au bout de la nuit for Guy Mazeline's Les Loups.[12] The voting process became the basis of the 1992 book Goncourt 32 by Eugène Saccomano.[13]
Although the award may only be given to an author once, Romain Gary won it twice, in 1956 for Les racines du ciel and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi.[14] The Académie Goncourt awarded the prize to Ajar without knowing his real identity.[14] A period of literary intrigue followed. Gary's cousin's son Paul Pavlowitch posed as the author for a time. Gary later revealed the truth in his posthumous book Vie et mort d'Émile Ajar.[14]
In September 2021, the Goncourt attracted controversy after the jury decided, by a vote of 7 to 3, to include Les enfants de Cadillac by François Noudelmann on its 2021 list of finalists. Noudelmann is the partner of Camille Laurens, who is a member of the prize's jury. Laurens voted in favor of her partner's book.[15] In October 2021, the Académie Goncourt ultimately decided that it will no longer allow lovers and family members of the jury to be entered for consideration.[16]
Selection and voting process
The Prix Goncourt is divided into three selection stages. The first selection is typically composed of fifteen finalists. The second selection is typically composed of eight finalists, narrowed down from the previous fifteen. A third and final selection leaves four finalists.[17]
In the voting rounds, a maximum of fourteen rounds can be carried out. To begin the deliberation process, the names of the four finalists are placed in a champagne bucket. In turn, the names are taken out and each member of the jury votes aloud in favour of, or in opposition to, the writer. An absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—is required until the tenth round, then a simple majority is sufficient to designate a winner. If, after fourteen rounds, there is no winner, the president's vote counts as double to determine a majority vote. At 12:45Script error: No such module "String".p.m., the Secretary General, currently Philippe Claudel, appears in front of the crowd of journalists and announces the winner. The winner typically waits in a cafe near the Drouant so that they can arrive in time. The winner is interviewed by the media and is offered a symbolic check for ten euros.[18]
Winners
| Year | Author | French title | English title | Transl. year | Film title | Film year | Notes | Publisher (x time) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | File:John-Antoine Nau.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Force ennemie | Enemy Force | 2010 | — | — | La Plume | |
| 1904 | File:Léon Frapié.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Maternelle | — | — | La Maternelle | 1933 | Albin Michel | |
| 1905 | File:Claude Farrère 1923.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Civilisés | — | — | — | — | Paul Ollendorff | |
| 1906 | File:Jean et Jérôme Tharaud 1923.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Dingley, l'illustre écrivain | — | — | — | — | Édouard Pelletan | |
| 1907 | File:Emile Moselly-01.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Rouet d'ivoire and Jean des Brebis ou le livre de la misère | — | — | — | — | Template:Refn | Plon |
| 1908 | File:Francis de Miomandre.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Écrit sur de l'eau... | — | — | — | — | Édition du Feu, later Émile-Paul Frères | |
| 1909 | File:Touche à tout 1910 Ary et Marius Leblond par Henri Manuel.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | En France | — | — | — | — | Fasquelle | |
| 1910 | File:Louis Pergaud.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | De Goupil à Margot | — | — | — | — | Mercure de France | |
| 1911 | File:Chateaubriant, Alphonse.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Monsieur des Lourdines | The Keynote | 1912 | Monsieur des Lourdines | 1943 | Grasset | |
| 1912 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Filles de la pluie | — | — | — | — | Grasset (2) | ||
| 1913 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le peuple de la mer | — | — | — | — | Calmann-Lévy | ||
| 1914 | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Appel du Sol | The Call of the Soil | 1919 | — | — | Template:Refn | Calmann-Lévy (2) | |
| 1915 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Gaspard | Private Gaspard | 1916 | — | — | Fayard | ||
| 1916 | File:Henri-Barbusse.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Feu | Under Fire | 1917 | — | — | Template:Refn | Flammarion |
| 1917 | File:Henry Malherbe.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Flamme au poing | The Flame That Is France | 1918 | — | — | Albin Michel (2) | |
| 1918 | File:Georges Duhamel 1930.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Civilisation | Civilization | 1919 | — | — | Mercure de France (2) | |
| 1919 | File:Marcel Proust 1895.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs | Within a Budding Grove | 1920 | — | — | Template:Refn | Gallimard |
| 1920 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Nêne | Nêne | 1920 | Nène[20] | 1924 | Plon (2) | ||
| 1921 | File:René Maran-1930.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Batouala | Batouala | 1921 | — | — | Albin Michel (3) | |
| 1922 | File:Henri Béraud.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le vitriol de la lune and Le martyre de l'obèse | — | — | — | — | Albin Michel (4) | |
| 1923 | File:Fabre, Lucien (1889-1952) -- Portraits (cropped).JPEG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Rabevel ou Le mal des ardents | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (2) | |
| 1924 | File:Thierry Sandre, photographie agence Rol, 1924.png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Chèvrefeuille, le Purgatoire, le Chapitre XIII | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (3) | |
| 1925 | File:MG Portrait au trait.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Raboliot | — | — | Raboliot Raboliot[21] Raboliot[22] |
1946 1972 2008 |
Grasset (3) | |
| 1926 | File:Henri Deberly redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le supplice de Phèdre | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (4) | |
| 1927 | File:Maurice Bedel 1927.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Jérôme 60° latitude nord | Jerome: or, The Latitude of Love | 1928 | — | — | Gallimard (5) | |
| 1928 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Un Homme se penche sur son passé | A Man Scans His Past | 1929 | Un homme se penche sur son passé[23] Les amants de rivière rouge[24] |
1958 1996 |
Rieder | ||
| 1929 | File:Marcel Arland - 1929.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Ordre | — | — | L'Ordre[25] | 1985 | Gallimard (6) | |
| 1930 | File:Henri Fauconnier redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Malaisie | The Soul of Malaya or Malaisie | 1931 | — | — | Stock | |
| 1931 | File:Jean Fayard redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mal d'amour | Desire | 1931 | — | — | Fayard (2) | |
| 1932 | File:Guy Mazeline 1932.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Loups | The Wolves | 1935 | — | — | Gallimard (7) | |
| 1933 | File:André Malraux redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Condition humaine | Man's Fate | 1934 | — | — | Gallimard (8) | |
| 1934 | File:Roger Vercel 1934.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Capitaine Conan | Captain Conan | 1935 | Capitaine Conan | 1996 | Albin Michel (5) | |
| 1935 | File:Joseph Peyré 1935.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Sang et Lumières | — | — | — | — | Grasset (4) | |
| 1936 | File:Maxence Van der Meersch 1936.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Empreinte de Dieu | Hath Not the Potter | 1937 | — | — | Albin Michel (6) | |
| 1937 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Faux passeports | — | — | — | — | Template:Refn | Corrêa | |
| 1938 | File:Troyat Harcourt 1943.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Araigne | — | — | — | — | Plon (3) | |
| 1939 | File:Philippe Heriat redux.JPG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les enfants gâtés | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (9) | |
| 1940 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les grandes vacances | The Long Holiday | 1948 | — | — | Template:Refn | Nouvelle France | |
| 1941 | File:Henri Pourrat, le Vernet, 1954.png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Vent de Mars | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (10) | |
| 1942 | File:Marc Bernard 1934.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Pareil à des enfants | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (11) | |
| 1943 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Passage de l'Homme | When the Man Passed By | 1962 | — | — | Gallimard (12) | ||
| 1944 | File:Elsa-triolet-1925.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le premier accroc coûte 200 Francs | A Fine of Two Hundred Francs | 1947 | — | — | Denoël | |
| 1945 | File:Jean-Louis Bory redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Mon village à l'heure allemande | — | — | — | — | Flammarion (2) | |
| 1946 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Histoire d'un Fait divers | — | — | — | — | Julliard | ||
| 1947 | File:Curtis Harcourt 1947 2.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Forêts de la Nuit | The Forests of the Night | 1950 | — | — | Julliard (2) | |
| 1948 | File:Maurice Druon redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les grandes familles | The Rise of Simon Lachaume | 1952 | The Possessors Les grandes familles[26] |
1958 1989 |
Julliard (3) | |
| 1949 | File:Robert Merle (1964).JPG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Week-end at Zuydcoote | 1950 | Weekend at Dunkirk | 1964 | Gallimard (13) | |
| 1950 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les jeux sauvages | Savage Play | 1953 | — | — | Gallimard (14) | ||
| 1951 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Rivage des Syrtes | The Opposing Shore | 1986 | — | — | Template:Refn | José Corti | |
| 1952 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Léon Morin, prêtre | The Priest (UK), The Passionate Heart (US) | 1953 | Léon Morin, Priest Léon Morin, prêtre[27] |
1961 1991 |
Gallimard (15) | ||
| 1953 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Bêtes | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (16) | ||
| 1954 | File:Simone de Beauvoir2.png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Mandarins | The Mandarins | 1957 | — | — | Gallimard (17) | |
| 1955 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les eaux mêlées | — | — | Les eaux mêlées[28] | 1969 | Albin Michel (7) | ||
| 1956 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les racines du ciel | The Roots of Heaven | 1957 | The Roots of Heaven | 1958 | Gallimard (18) | ||
| 1957 | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Loi | The Law | 1958 | The Law | 1959 | Gallimard (19) | ||
| 1958 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Saint-Germain ou la négociation | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (20) | ||
| 1959 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le dernier des Justes | The Last of the Just | 1960 | — | — | Seuil | ||
| 1960 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Dieu est né en exil | God Was Born in Exile | 1961 | — | — | Fayard (3) | ||
| 1961 | Script error: No such module "sort". | La pitié de Dieu | The Mercy of God | 1963 | — | — | Gallimard (21) | ||
| 1962 | File:Anna Langfus.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les bagages de sable | The Lost Shore | 1964 | — | — | Gallimard (22) | |
| 1963 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Quand la mer se retire | — | — | Quand la mer se retire[29] | 1963 | Julliard (4) | ||
| 1964 | File:Georges conchon.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Etat sauvage | — | — | The Savage State | 1978 | Albin Michel (8) | |
| 1965 | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Adoration | The Bond | 1968 | — | — | Gallimard (23) | ||
| 1966 | File:Edmonde Charles-Roux redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Oublier Palerme | To Forget Palermo | 1968 | Dimenticare Palermo | 1990 | Grasset (5) | |
| 1967 | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Marge | The Margin | 1970 | The Margin | 1976 | Gallimard (24) | ||
| 1968 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les fruits de l'hiver | The Fruits of Winter | 1969 | — | — | Robert Laffont | ||
| 1969 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Creezy | Creezy | 1970 | Creezy | 1974 | Gallimard (25) | ||
| 1970 | File:Michel Tournier cropped.JPG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Roi des Aulnes | The Erl-King (UK) or The Ogre (US) | 1972 | The Ogre | 1996 | Gallimard (26) | |
| 1971 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Bêtises | — | — | — | — | Grasset (6) | ||
| 1972 | File:Jean Carriere.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Epervier de Maheux | — | — | — | — | Pauvert | |
| 1973 | File:Jacques Chessex.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Ogre | A Father's Love (1975) or The Tyrant (2012) | 1975 | — | — | Template:Refn | Grasset (7) |
| 1974 | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Dentellière | A Web of Lace (1976) or The Lacemaker (2008)[30] | 1976 | The Lacemaker | 1977 | Gallimard (27) | ||
| 1975 | Script error: No such module "sort". (Romain Gary) | La vie devant soi | Momo (1978) or The Life Before Us (1986) | 1978 | Madame Rosa The Life Ahead |
1977 2020 |
Template:Refn | Mercure de France (3) | |
| 1976 | File:Patrick Grainville01.JPG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Flamboyants | — | — | — | — | Seuil (2) | |
| 1977 | File:Réception de Patrice Franceschi comme Écrivain de Marine le 10 février 2014 à l'Hôtel de la Marine à Paris - 20.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | John l'enfer | — | — | — | — | Seuil (3) | |
| 1978 | File:Patrick Modiano 6 dec 2014 - 23.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Rue des boutiques obscures | Missing Person | 1980 | — | — | Gallimard (28) | |
| 1979 | File:Antonine Maillet redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Pélagie-la-Charrette | Pélagie: The Return to Acadie | 1982 | — | — | Grasset (8) | |
| 1980 | File:Yves Navarre redux.png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Jardin d'acclimatation | Cronus' Children | 1986 | — | — | Flammarion (3) | |
| 1981 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Anne-Marie | — | — | — | — | Grasset (9) | ||
| 1982 | File:Dominique Fernandez redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Dans la main de l'Ange | — | — | — | — | Grasset (10) | |
| 1983 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les égarés | The Lost Ones | 1991 | — | — | Balland | ||
| 1984 | File:Marguerite Duras 1993.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Amant | The Lover | 1986 | The Lover | 1992 | Minuit | |
| 1985 | File:Yann Queféllec 2013 a.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Noces barbares | The Wedding | 1987 | The Cruel Embrace | 1987 | Gallimard (29) | |
| 1986 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Valet de nuit | — | — | — | — | Grasset (11) | ||
| 1987 | File:Tahar Ben Jelloun redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La nuit sacrée | The Sacred Night | 1989 | La Nuit sacrée[31] | 1993 | Seuil (4) | |
| 1988 | File:Cohen-Solal Mutualite 2008 03 03 n3.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Exposition coloniale | Love and Empire | 1991 | — | — | Seuil (5) | |
| 1989 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Un grand pas vers le Bon Dieu | — | — | — | — | Grasset (12) | ||
| 1990 | File:Jean Rouaud (2015).png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Champs d'honneur | Fields of Glory | 1992 | — | — | Minuit (2) | |
| 1991 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Filles du Calvaire | — | — | — | — | Grasset (13) | ||
| 1992 | File:Patrick Chamoiseau redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Texaco | Texaco | 1998 | — | — | Gallimard (30) | |
| 1993 | File:Amin Maalouf par Claude Truong-Ngoc novembre 2013.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Rocher de Tanios | The Rock of Tanios | 1994 | — | — | Grasset (14) | |
| 1994 | File:Paris - Salon du livre 2013 - Didier Van Cauwelaert - 001.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Un Aller simple | One-Way | 2003 | One Way Ticket[32] | 2001 | Albin Michel (9) | |
| 1995 | File:Andrei Makine.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Testament français | Dreams of My Russian Summers | 1998 | — | — | Mercure de France (4) | |
| 1996 | File:Pascale Roze (2014).png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Chasseur Zéro | — | — | — | — | Albin Michel (10) | |
| 1997 | File:Patrick Rambaud 2010 a.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Bataille | The Battle | 2000 | — | — | Grasset (15) | |
| 1998 | File:Paule Constant par Claude Truong-Ngoc sept 2013.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Confidence pour confidence | Trading Secrets | 2001 | — | — | Gallimard (31) | |
| 1999 | File:Jean Echenoz (2016).png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Je m'en vais | I'm Gone (US) or I'm Off (UK) | 2001 | — | — | Minuit (3) | |
| 2000 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Ingrid Caven | Ingrid Caven | 2004 | — | — | Gallimard (32) | ||
| 2001 | File:Jean-Christophe Rufin par Claude Truong-Ngoc octobre 2013.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Rouge Brésil | Brazil Red | 2004 | — | — | Gallimard (33) | |
| 2002 | File:Pascal Quignard le 5 avril 2013.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Ombres errantes | The Roving Shadows | 2011 | — | — | Grasset (16) | |
| 2003 | Script error: No such module "sort". | La maîtresse de Brecht | Brecht's Lover (US) or Brecht's Mistress (UK) | 2005 | — | — | Albin Michel (11) | ||
| 2004 | File:Laurent Gaudé redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Soleil des Scorta | The House of Scorta (US 2006) The Scortas' Sun (UK 2007) | 2006 | — | — | Actes Sud | |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Trois jours chez ma mère | — | — | — | — | Grasset (17) | ||
| 2006 | File:Jonathan Littell redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Les Bienveillantes | The Kindly Ones | 2009 | — | — | Gallimard (34) | |
| 2007 | File:Gilles Leroy redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Alabama Song | — | — | — | — | Mercure de France (5) | |
| 2008 | File:Atiq Rahimi 2010 a.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Syngué Sabour: La pierre de patience | Stone of Patience (UK) or The Patience Stone (US) | 2010 | The Patience Stone | 2012 | P.O.L | |
| 2009 | File:Gutenbergpresse Marie-NDiaye 07-Portrait.JPG | Script error: No such module "sort". | Trois femmes puissantes | Three Strong Women | 2012 | — | — | Gallimard (35) | |
| 2010 | File:Michel Houellebecq no Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2016 (30895029365) (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | La Carte et le territoire | The Map and the Territory | 2012 | — | — | Flammarion (4) | |
| 2011 | File:Alexis Jenni redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Art français de la guerre | The French Art of War | 2017 | — | — | Gallimard (36) | |
| 2012 | File:Jérôme Ferrari 2010 (crop).jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome | The Sermon on the Fall of Rome | 2014 | — | — | Actes Sud (2) | |
| 2013 | File:Pierre Lemaitre — Salon du livre de Paris - 23 mars 2014 recadrée.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Au revoir là-haut | The Great Swindle | 2015 | See You Up There | 2017 | Albin Michel (12) | |
| 2014 | File:Lydie Salvayre redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Pas pleurer | Cry, Mother Spain | 2016 | — | — | Seuil (6) | |
| 2015 | File:Paris - Salon du livre 2013 - Mathias Énard - 005.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Boussole | Compass | 2017 | — | — | Actes Sud (3) | |
| 2016 | File:Leïla Slimani no Fronteiras do Pensamento São Paulo 2018 (42891129632).jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Chanson douce | Lullaby (UK) The Perfect Nanny (USA) |
2018 | Perfect Nanny | 2019 | Gallimard (37) | |
| 2017 | File:VUILLARD-J16-bertini-1002405.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Ordre du jour | The Order of the Day | 2018 | — | — | Actes Sud (4) | |
| 2018 | File:Nicolas Mathieu redux.jpg | Script error: No such module "sort". | Leurs enfants après eux | And Their Children After Them | 2019 | And Their Children After Them | 2024 | Actes Sud (5) | |
| 2019 | File:Jean-Paul Dubois (2016) - 2.png | Script error: No such module "sort". | Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon | Not Everybody Lives the Same Way | 2022 | — | — | L'Olivier | |
| 2020 | File:Hervé Le Tellier (2021).png | Script error: No such module "sort". | L'Anomalie | The Anomaly | 2021 | — | — | Gallimard (38) | |
| 2021 | File:Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (2021).png | Script error: No such module "sort". | La plus secrète mémoire des hommes | The Most Secret Memory of Men | 2023 | — | — | Template:Refn | Philippe Rey / Jimsaan |
| 2022 | File:Brigitte Giraud (2017).png | Brigitte Giraud | Vivre Vite | Live Fast | 2025 | — | — | Flammarion (5) | |
| 2023 | File:Fnac Forum 2017 (37284503615).jpg | Jean-Baptiste Andrea | Veiller sur elle | Watching Over Her | 2025 | — | — | L'Iconoclaste (1) | |
| 2024 | File:Kamel Daoud par Claude Truong-Ngoc février 2015.jpg | Kamel Daoud | Houris | — | — | — | — | Gallimard (39) | |
| 2025 | File:FIG 2014 - Laurent Mauvignier 02.jpg | Laurent Mauvignier | La Maison vide | — | — | — | — | Minuit (4) |
Other awards
In addition to the Prix Goncourt for a novel, the Academy awards four other awards, for first novel, short story, biography and poetry.
As of March 2009, the académie changed the award name by dropping "bourses" ("scholarship") from the title.[33][34] The prefix "prix" can be included or not, such as "Prix Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt prize for Poetry) or "Goncourt de la Poésie" (Goncourt of Poetry). For example: "Claude Vigée was awarded a Goncourt de la Poésie in 2008". Or, "Claude Vigée won the 2008 prix Goncourt de la Poésie".
The award titles are:
| Pre-2009 award name | Post-2009 award name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Bourse Goncourt de la Biographie | Prix Goncourt de la Biographie | Biography |
| Bourse Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle | Short story |
| Bourse Goncourt du Premier Roman | Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman | Debut novel |
| Bourse Goncourt de la Poésie | Prix Goncourt de la Poésie | Poetry |
| Bourse Goncourt Jeunesse | discontinued | Juvenile |
The winners are listed below.[35]
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Goncourt Prize for biography. Awarded in partnership with the city of Nancy. The prize was renamed officially in 2017 the Prix Goncourt de la Biographie Edmonde Charles-Roux, after a former president of the Goncourt Academy.
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- 1980 – Jean Lacouture, François Mauriac
- 1981 – Hubert Juin, Victor Hugo
- 1982 – Pierre Sipriot, René Depestre
- 1983 – Ghislain de Diesbach, Madame de Staël
- 1984 – Jeanne Champion, Suzanne Valadon
- 1985 – Georges Poisson, Laclos ou l'Obstination
- 1986 – Jean Canavaggio, Cervantes
- 1987 – Michel Surya, Georges Bataille, la mort à l'œuvre
- 1988 – Frédéric Vitoux, La Vie de Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 1989 – Joanna Richardson, Judith Gautier
- 1990 – Pierre Citron, Giono
- 1991 – Odette Joyeux, Le Troisième œil, la vie de Nicéphore Niepce
- 1992 – Philippe Beaussant, Lully
- 1993 – Jean Bothorel, Louise de Vilmorin
- 1994 – David Bellos, Georges Perec
- 1995 – Henry Gidel, Les Deux Guitry
- 1996 – Anka Muhlstein, Astolphe de Custine
- 1997 – Jean-Claude Lamy, Prévert, les frères
- 1998 – Christian Liger, Le Roman de Rossel
- 1999 – Claude Pichois and Alain Brunet, Colette
- 2000 – Dominique Bona, Berthe Morisot
- 2001 – Laure Murat, La maison du docteur Blanche
- 2002 – Jean-Paul Goujon, Une Vie Secrète (1870–1925); Mille lettres de Pierre Louÿs à Georges Louis (1890–1917)
- 2003 – Pierre Billard, Louis Malle
- 2004 – Claude Dufresne, Appelez-moi George Sand
- 2005 – Thibaut d'Anthonay, Jean Lorrain
- 2006 – Angie David, Dominique Aury
- 2007 – Patrice Locmant, Huysmans, le forçat de la vie
- 2008 – Jennifer Lesieur, Jack London
- 2009 – Viviane Forrester, Virginia Woolf
- 2010 – Michel Winock, Madame de Stael
- 2011 – Maurizio Serra, Malaparte, vies et légendes
- 2012 – David Haziot, Le Roman des Rouart
- 2013 – Pascal Mérigeau, Jean Renoir
- 2014 – Jean Lebrun, Notre Chanel[36]
- 2015 – Jean-Christophe Attias, Moïse fragile[37]
- 2016 – Philippe Forest, Aragon
- 2017 – Marianne and Claude Schopp, Dumas fils ou l'Anti-Œdipe
- 2018 – Denis Demonpion, Salinger intime
- 2019 – Frédéric Pajak, Manifeste incertain, volume 7: Emily Dickinson, Marina Tsvetaïeva, l'immense poésie
- 2021 – Pauline Dreyfous, Paul Morand
- 2022 – Jean-Pierre Langellier, Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 2023 – Claude Burgelin, Georges Perec
- 2024 – Geneviève Haroche-Bouzinac, Madame de Sévigné
Script error: No such module "anchor". Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle
Goncourt Prize for short stories. Begun in 1974 in the form of scholarships. Awarded in partnership with the city of Strasbourg since 2001.
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- 1974 – Daniel Boulanger, Fouette, cocher !
- 1975 – S. Corinna Bille, La Demoiselle sauvage
- 1976 – Antoine Blondin, Quat'saisons
- 1977 – Henri Gougaud, Départements et territoires d'outre-mort
- 1978 – Christiane Baroche, Chambres, avec vue sur le passé
- 1979 – Andrée Chedid, Le Corps et le Temps
- 1980 – Guy Lagorce, Les Héroïques
- 1981 – Annie Saumont, Quelquefois dans les cérémonies
- 1982 – René Depestre, Alléluia pour une femme-jardin
- 1983 – Raymond Jean, Un fantasme de Bella B.
- 1984 – Alain Gerber, Les Jours de vin et de roses
- 1985 – Pierrette Fleutiaux, Métamorphoses de la reine
- 1986 – Jean Vautrin, Baby-boom
- 1987 – Noëlle Châtelet, Histoires de bouche
- 1988 – Jean-Louis Hue, Dernières Nouvelles du Père Noël
- 1989 – Paul Fournel, Les Athlètes dans leur tête
- 1990 – Jacques Bens, Nouvelles désenchantées
- 1991 – Rafaël Pividal, Le Goût de la catastrophe
- 1992 – Catherine Lépront, Trois gardiennes
- 1993 – Mariette Condroyer, Un après-midi plutôt gai
- 1994 – Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris, Les Lettres du baron
- 1996 – Ludovic Janvier, En mémoire du lit
- 1997 – François Sureau, Le Sphinx de Darwin
- 1999 – Elvire de Brissac, Les anges d'en bas
- 2000 – Catherine Paysan, Les Désarmés
- 2001 – Stéphane Denis, Elle a maigri pour le festival
- 2002 – Sébastien Lapaque, Mythologie Française
- 2003 – Philippe Claudel, Les petites mécaniques
- 2004 – Olivier Adam, Passer l'hiver
- 2005 – Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, Singe savant tabassé par deux clowns
- 2006 – Franz Bartelt, Le Bar des habitudes
- 2007 – Brigitte Giraud, L'Amour est très surestimé
- 2008 – Jean-Yves Masson, Ultimes vérités sur la mort du nageur
- 2009 – Sylvain Tesson, Une vie à coucher dehors
- 2010 – Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange
- 2011 – Bernard Comment, Tout passe
- 2012 – Didier Daeninckx, L'Espoir en contrebande
- 2013 – Fouad Laroui, L'Étrange Affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine
- 2014 – Nicolas Cavaillès, Vie de monsieur Leguat[38]
- 2015 – Patrice Franceschi, Première personne du singulier[39]
- 2016 – Marie-Hélène Lafon, Histoires
- 2017 – Raphaël Haroche, Retourner à la mer
- 2018 – Régis Jauffret, Microfictions 2018
- 2019 – Caroline Lamarche, Nous sommes à la lisière
- 2020 – Anne Serre, Au cœur d'un été tout en or
- 2021 – Shmuel T. Meyer, Et la guerre est finie...
- 2022 – Antoine Wauters, Le museé des contradictions
- 2023 – David Thomas, Partout les autres
- 2024 – Véronique Ovaldé, À nos vies imparfaites
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Goncourt Prize for debut novel. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Paris.
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- 1990 – Hélène de Monferrand, Les amies d'Héloïse
- 1991 – Armande Gobry-Valle, Iblis ou la défroque du serpent
- 1992 – Nita Rousseau, Les iris bleus
- 1993 – Bernard Chambaz, L'arbre de vies
- 1994 – Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Vétérinaires
- 1995 – Florence Seyvos, Les apparitions
- 1996 – Yann Moix, Jubilations vers le ciel
- 1997 – Jean-Christophe Rufin, L'abyssin
- 1998 – Shan Sa, Porte de la paix céleste
- 1999 – Nicolas Michel, Un revenant
- 2000 – Benjamin Berton, Sauvageons
- 2001 – Salim Bachi, Le chien d'Ulysse
- 2002 – Soazig Aaron, Le non-de Klara
- 2003 – Claire Delannoy, La guerre, l'Amérique
- 2004 – Françoise Dorner, La fille du rang derrière
- 2005 – Alain Jaubert, Val Paradis
- 2006 – Hédi Kaddour, Waltenberg
- 2007 – Frédéric Brun, Perla
- 2008 – Jakuta Alikavazovic, Corps volatils
- 2009 – Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Une éducation libertine
- 2010 – Laurent Binet, HHhH
- 2011 – Michel Rostain, Le Fils
- 2012 – François Garde, Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc
- 2013 – Alexandre Postel, Un homme effacé
- 2014 – Frédéric Verger, Arden[40]
- 2015 – Kamel Daoud, The Meursault Investigation[41]
- 2016 – Joseph Andras, Template:Ill. Author declined the prize.[42]
- 2017 – Maryam Madjidi, Marx et la poupée[43]
- 2018 – Mahir Guven, Grand frère
- 2019 – Marie Gauthier, Court vêtue
- 2020 – Maylis Besserie, Le Tiers Temps
- 2021 – Émilienne Malfatto, Que sur toi se lamente le Tigre
- 2022 – Étienne Kern, Les envolés
- 2023 – Pauline Peyarde, L'âge de détruire
- 2024 – Eve Guerra, Rapatriement
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Script error: No such module "Sidebar". Goncourt Prize for poetry. Established through the bequest of Adrien Bertrand (Prix Goncourt in 1914). The award is for the poet's entire career work. The prize was officially renamed in 2012 the Prix Goncourt de la Poésie Robert Sabatier, after the poet.
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- 1985 – Claude Roy
- 1986 – postponed to 1987[44]
- 1987 – Yves Bonnefoy
- 1988 – Eugène Guillevic
- 1989 – Alain Bosquet
- 1990 – Charles Le Quintrec
- 1991 – Jean-Claude Renard
- 1992 – Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
- 1993 – not awarded[44]
- 1994 – not awarded[44]
- 1995 – Lionel Ray
- 1996 – André Velter
- 1997 – Maurice Chappaz
- 1998 – Lorand Gaspar
- 1999 – Jacques Réda
- 2000 – Liliane Wouters
- 2001 – Claude Esteban
- 2002 – Andrée Chedid
- 2003 – Philippe Jaccottet
- 2004 – Jacques Chessex
- 2005 – Charles Dobzynski
- 2006 – Alain Jouffroy
- 2007 – Marc Alyn
- 2008 – Claude Vigée
- 2009 – Abdellatif Laabi
- 2010 – Guy Goffette
- 2011 – Vénus Khoury-Ghata
- 2012 – Jean-Claude Pirotte
- 2013 – Charles Juliet
- 2014 – not awarded
- 2015 – William Cliff[45]
- 2016 – Le Printemps des Poètes
- 2017 – Franck Venaille
- 2018 – Anise Koltz
- 2019 – Yvon Le Men
- 2020 – Michel Deguy
- 2021 – Jacques Roubaud[46]
- 2022 – Jean-Michel Maulpoix
- 2023 – Laura Vazquez
- 2023 – Christian Bobin (special prize awarded posthumously)
- 2024 – Louis-Philippe Dalembert
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Goncrout Prize for children's literature. Awarded in partnership with the municipality of Fontvieille. Discontinued after 2007.
- 1999 – Claude Guillot and Fabienne Burckel, Le fantôme de Shanghai
- 2000 – Eric Battut, Rouge Matou
- 2002 – Fred Bernard and François Roca, Jeanne and le Mokélé and Jesus Betz
- 2003 – Yvan Pommaux, Avant la Télé
- 2004 – Jean Chalon and Martine Delerm, Un arbre dans la lune
- 2005 – Natali Fortier, Lili Plume
- 2006 – Bernard du Boucheron and Nicole Claveloux, Un roi, une princesse and une pieuvre
- 2007 – Véronique Ovaldé and Joëlle Jolivet, La très petite Zébuline
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
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Prix Goncourt des détenus
Translated as the "Inmate's Goncourt Prize", the jury are composed of prison inmates, over 500 in total participate. It is backed and promoted by the French government and is an initiative of the Centre national du livre ("National Book Center"), an official institution that supports France's book industry. The Goncourt Academy joined the project.[47][48]
- 2022: Sarah Jollien-Fardel, Sa préférée.[49]
- 2023: Mokhtar Amoudi, Les Conditions idéales.[50]
- 2024: Sandrine Collette, Madelaine avant l’aube
See also
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- Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
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- List of French literary awards
Notes and references
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