Prix Emmanuel Roblès
The Prix Emmanuel Roblès, readers's prize of Blois, is a French literary award established in 1990 whose aim is to reward an author of first novel. It is baptized as a tribute to writer Emmanuel Robles. High school students, students, librarians, booksellers, members of associations, detainees in prisons or all passionate about books, come together to work on this selection, in France and abroad. The winner of the prize is awarded a 5000 € scholarship (as of 2014) which allows him to start or continue a writing project. Laureates of the Prix Emmanuel Roblès * 1991: Nina Bouraoui, La Voyeuse interdite, Éditions Gallimard * 1992: Patrice Orcel, ''Un dilettante à la campagne'', Gallimard * 1993: Bernard Chambaz, ''L'Arbre de vies'', * 1994: Tobie Nathan, ''Saraka Bô'', * 1995: Maïté Pinero, ''Le Trouble des eaux'', éditions Julliard. * 1996: Christian Le Guillochet, ''L'Oiseau éventail'', Lucien Souny * 1997: Dominique Sigaud, ''L'Hypothèse du désert'', Gallimard * ...
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Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours. With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region. Historically, the city was the capital of the county of Blois, created on 832 until its integration into the Royal domain in 1498, when Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France. During the Renaissance, Blois was the official residence of t