The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of ''

Elle ''Elle'' (stylized ''ELLE'') is a worldwide women's magazine of French origin that offers a mix of fashion and beauty content, together with culture, society and lifestyle. The title means "she" or "her" in French. ''Elle'' is considered the w ...

'' magazine.

History

Unlike other literary prizes that have professionals for their juries and selection committees, the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a public award, convened and selected by readers of the magazine, and aimed at giving a voice to women who love to read. At its inception in 1969 by

Hélène Lazareff Helene or Hélène may refer to: People *Helene (given name), a Greek feminine given name * Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus and Leda *Helene, a figure in Greek mythology who was a friend of Aphrodite and helped her seduce Adonis *Helene (Am ...

, it was awarded solely to novels. From 1977, two categories were recognised -

literary fiction Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction or serious fiction is a label that, in the book trade, refers to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction); or, otherwise, refers to novels that are ch ...

and

non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...

. From 2002,

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

also came to be awarded. Until 1992, eight regional committees designated at the first instance books of the month. A national jury then took over to elect the two major prizewinners in the categories of novels and non-fiction. Currently, eight monthly juries of fifteen readers each form the grand jury of 120 readers. The

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...

of the Elle magazine makes an initial selection of books, emphasising first works or young authors or new publishers, and systematically eliminating the works that have already won major literary awards such as the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le 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 o ...

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...

or the

Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and . It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent." The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 19 ...

. After this, every month from September to April, the eight juries of fifteen readers of Elle magazine deliberate to select their finalists, which in turn will be read by all the juries to select the grand winner in May.

Novels (from 1970)

* 1970: Arlette Grebel, ''Ce soir, Tania...'' -

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 Ga ...

* 1971: Michèle Perrein, ''La Chineuse'' -

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, the ...

* 1972:

Elvire de Brissac Elvire de Brissac (born 19 January 1939) is a French novelist and biographer. Her awards include the Prix des Deux Magots, Grand prix des lectrices de Elle, Prix Contrepoint, Prix Goncourt, and the Prix Femina, Prix Femina Essai. Biography Elvir ...

, ''Un long mois de septembre'' -

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'', ...

* 1973:

Simone Schwarz-Bart Simone Schwarz-Bart (born Simone Brumant, 1938) is a French novelist and playwright of Guadeloupean origin. She is a recipient of the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle. Life Simone Brumant was born in 1938 at Saintes in the Charente-Maritime depa ...

, ''Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle'' -

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'' ...

* 1974:

Max Gallo Max Gallo (; 7 January 1932 – 18 July 2017) was a French writer, historian and politician. He wrote over one hundred books. The son of Italian immigrants (his father was of Piedmontese descent and his mother was from the region of Parma), Gall ...

, ''Un pas vers la mer'' -

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 ...

* 1975: Françoise Lefèvre, ''La Première Habitude'' -

Jean-Jacques Pauvert Jean-Jacques Pauvert (8 April 1926 – 27 September 2014) was a French publisher, notable for publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of the '' Story of O'' (1954) and the first edition of Kenneth A ...

* 1976: Roger Boussinot, ''Vie et mort de Jean Chalosse'' - Robert Laffont * 1977: Guyette Lyr, ''La Fuite en douce'' -

Mercure de France The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. The gazette was published f ...

* 1978:

Hortense Dufour Hortense Dufour (born 1946 in Saintes) is a French writer. She spent her childhood and youth in Marennes, Charente-Maritime. Biography Dufour is the daughter of a French magistrate and an Italian musician. She spent three years in Madagascar a ...

, ''La Marie-Marraine'' - Grasset * 1979:

Jeanne Bourin Jeanne Bourin or Jeanne Mondot (13 January 1922 – 19 March 2003) was a French writer known for her historical novels. Life Jeanne Mondot was born in Paris in 1922. She married the writer André Bourin in 1942. Catholic returned to the faith of ...

, ''La Chambre des dames'' - La Table Ronde * 1980:

Marie-Thérèse Humbert Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born July 17, 1940) is a Mauritian writer. She is a recipient of the Grand prix des lectrices de Elle. Biography She was born in Quatre Bornes and was educated at Cambridge University and the Sorbonne. She moved to France ...

, ''À l'autre bout de moi'' -

Stock In finance, stock (also capital stock) consists of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided.Longman Business English Dictionary: "stock - ''especially AmE'' one of the shares into which ownership of a company ...

* 1981:

José-André Lacour José-André Lacour (October 27, 1919 Gilly, Belgium - November 13, 2005 Paris) was a Belgian novelist, playwright, translator, screenwriter and director. Biography Of Belgian origin, José-André Lacour was born in Gilly, a suburb of Charleroi. ...

, ''Le Rire de Caïn'' - La Table Ronde * 1982:

Clarisse Nicoïdski Clarisse may refer to: People and characters * Clarisse (given name) * Eddy Clarisse (born 1972), a retired badminton player from Mauritius * Clarisse (''Percy Jackson''), a female character in the ''Percy Jackson & The Olympians'' book * Claris ...

, ''Couvre-Feux'' - Ramsay * 1983:

Paul Savatier Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, ''Le Photographe'' - Gallimard * 1984:

Michel Ragon Michel Ragon (24 June 1924 – 14 February 2020) was a French art and literature critic and writer. His primary focus was on anarchic and libertarian literature. Biography Ragon was born into a poor family on 24 June 1924 in Marseille, but spent ...

, ''Les Mouchoirs rouges de Cholet'' -

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 * Albin of ...

* 1985: Frédéric Rey, ''La Haute Saison'' -

Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion * Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...

* 1986:

François-Marie Banier François-Marie Banier () (born ) is a French novelist, playwright, artist, actor and photographer. He is particularly known for his photographs of celebrities and other public figures and for his friendships with members of high society. In a pr ...

, ''Balthazar, fils de famille'' - Gallimard * 1987: Jack-Alain Léger, ''Wanderweg'' - Gallimard * 1988: Kenizé Mourad, ''De la part de la princesse morte'' - Robert Laffont * 1989:

Charles Juliet Charles Juliet (born 30 September 1934) in Jujurieux in Ain, is a French poet, playwright and novelist. He won the 2013 Prix Goncourt de la Poésie. His works have been translated into German, Spanish, Italian, English, Polish, Japanese, Vietna ...

, ''L'Année de l'éveil'' - Éditions P.O.L. * 1990:

Yves Beauchemin Yves Beauchemin (born 26 June 1941) is a Quebec novelist. Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau a ...

, ''Juliette Pomerleau'' - Éditions de Fallois. * 1991: Claire Bonnafé, ''Le Guetteur immobile'' - Balland * 1992:

Nicolas Bréhal Nicolas Bréhal (Gérald Solnitzki) (6 December 1952 Paris – 31 May 1999 Levallois-Perret) was a French novelist and literary critic. He was literary director at the ''Mercure de France'' and literary critic at ''Le Monde'' and ''Le Figaro''. ...

, ''Sonate au clair de Lune'' - Mercure de France * 1993:

Bernard Werber Bernard Werber (born 1961 in Toulouse) is a French science fiction writer, active since the 1990s. He is chiefly recognized for having written the trilogy ''Les Fourmis'', the only one of his novels to have been published in English. This se ...

, ''Le Jour des fourmis'' - Albin Michel * 1994:

Gisèle Pineau Gisèle Pineau (born 18 May 1956) is a French novelist, writer and former psychiatric nurse. Although born in Paris, her origins are Guadeloupean and she has written several books on the difficulties and torments of her childhood as a Black person ...

, ''La Grande Drive des esprits'' - le Serpent à Plumes * 1995:

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more books ...

, ''L'Alchimiste'' (''

The Alchemist An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist or Alchemyst may also refer to: Books and stories * ''The Alchemist'' (novel), the translated title of a 1988 allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho * ''The Alchemist'' (play), a play by Ben ...

'') - Anne Carrière * 1996:

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 h ...

, ''Le Champ de personne'' - Flammarion * 1997:

Élisabeth Gille Élisabeth Gille (20 March 1937 in Paris – 30 September 1996) was a French translator and writer. She is the younger daughter of the French-Russian-Jewish writer Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) w ...

, ''Un paysage de cendres'' - Seuil * 1998:

Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista (born in Choisy-le-Roi on 1 September 1961) is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel ''Malavita'' (''Badfellas'' for 2010 English translation), which was later adapted into a film b ...

, ''Saga'' - Gallimard * 1999:

Nancy Huston Nancy Louise Huston, OC (born September 16, 1953) is a Canadian-born novelist and essayist who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English. Biography Huston was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the city in which she l ...

, ''L'Empreinte de l'ange'' -

Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...

* 2000: Catherine Cusset, ''Le Problème avec Jane'' - Gallimard. * 2001:

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 28 March 1960) is a Franco–Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world. Life Early years Eric-Emmanuel S ...

, ''L'Évangile selon Pilate'' - Albin Michel. * 2002:

Isabelle Hausser Isabelle Hausser (born 14 November 1953, in Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse in the Drôme department) is a French novelist and translator. Biography She grew up in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Bordeaux. She graduated from the Institut d'études politiq ...

, ''La Table des enfants'' - de Fallois * 2003:

William Boyd William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to: Academics * William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster * William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator * William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), ...

, ''À livre ouvert'' (''

Any Human Heart ''Any Human Heart: The Intimate Journals of Logan Mountstuart'' is a 2002 novel by William Boyd, a British writer. It is written as a lifelong series of journals kept by the fictional character Mountstuart, a writer whose life (1906–1991 ...

'') - Seuil * 2004:

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 ...

, ''Les Âmes grises'' - Stock. * 2005: Philippe Grimbert, ''Un secret'' - Grasset * 2006:

Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini (;Pashto/Dari ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan Americans, Afghan-American novelist, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel ''The Kite Runner'' (2003) wa ...

, ''Les Cerfs-volants de Kaboul'' (''

The Kite Runner ''The Kite Runner'' is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. The story is se ...

'') - Belfond * 2007: Duong Thu Huong, ''Terre des oublis''. * 2008: Marie Sizun, ''La Femme de l'Allemand'' -

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 ...

. * 2009:

Claudie Gallay Claudie Gallay (born 1961) is a French writer. In parallel to her work as a writer, she works part-time as a teacher. Bibliography * 2001: ''L'Office des vivants'', , * 2002: ''Mon amour, ma vie'', Éditions du Rouergue, * 2004: ''Seule Veni ...

, ''Les Déferlantes'' - Éditions Rouergue. * 2010:

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), th ...

, ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' -

Éditions de l'Olivier The Éditions de l'Olivier are a French publishing house created by Olivier Cohen and located 96 Boulevard du Montparnasse, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Established in 1991, this company specializes in French and foreign literature. Ext ...

. * 2011:

Kathryn Stockett Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, ''The Help'', which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s. Career Stockett worked in magazine publis ...

, ''La Couleur des sentiments'' (''

The Help ''The Help'' is a historical fiction novel by American author Kathryn Stockett and published by Penguin Books in 2009. The story is about African Americans working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s. A ''USA To ...

'') - Éditions Jacqueline Chambon / Actes Sud. * 2012:

Delphine de Vigan Delphine de Vigan (born 1 March 1966) is a French novelist. Life and career De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, ''Jours sans faim'' (2001), was p ...

, ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'' -

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 2018. ...

. * 2013: Robert Goolrick, ''Arrive un vagabond'' (''Heading Out to Wonderful'') - Pocket. * 2014:

Laura Kasischke Laura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and poet. She is best known for writing the novels ''Suspicious River'', ''The Life Before Her Eyes'' and ''White Bird in a Blizzard'', all of which have been adapted to film. Life and work She was b ...

, ''Esprit d'hiver'' - Éditions Christian Bourgois. *2015:

Anthony Marra Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, ''A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,'' which was a The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' ...

for ''Une constellation de phénomènes vitaux'' -

*2016:

Jean-Luc Seigle Jean-Luc Seigle (1956 – 5 March 2020) was a French contemporary dramatist, screenwriter and writer. Biography In January 2015 is published his book ''Je vous écris dans le noir'' which is devoted to at the center of a criminal case of the 19 ...

for ''Je vous écris dans le noir'' - Flammarion *2017:

Leïla Slimani Leïla Slimani (born 3 October 1981) is a Franco-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the ''Organisation internationale de la Fran ...

for ''Chanson douce'' - Gallimard *2018:

Anna Hope Anna Hope (born 1974) is an English writer and actress from Manchester. She is perhaps best known for her '' Doctor Who'' role of Novice Hame, who first appeared in the webcast TARDISODE 1 - "New Earth" before appearing in the television epis ...

for ''La salle de bal'' - Gallimard *2019: (ex-aequo)

Adeline Dieudonné Adeline Dieudonné is a Belgians, Belgian writer. She is best known for her debut novel ''Real Life'' (2018), which won numerous literary prizes in the Francophone world, among them: * Prix du Roman FNAC * Prix Rossel * Prix Renaudot des lycéens ...

for ''La vraie vie'' - éditions L’Iconoclaste *2019: (ex-aequo)

Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward (born April 1, 1977) is an American novelist and a Professor of English at Tulane University, where she holds the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel ...

for ''Le Chant des revenants'' - éditions Belfond *2020:

Claire Berest Claire Berest (born 14 July 1982 in Paris) is a French writer. Her partner is lawyer and writer, Abel Quentin. Biography Before publishing her first novel, Berest worked as a teacher and completed a maîtrise at the University of Paris (post-1970) ...

for ''Rien n'est noir'' -

*2021:

Colum McCann Colum McCann is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and now lives in New York. He is a Thomas Hunter Writer in Residence at Hunter College, New York. McCann's work has been published in over 40 languages, and ...

for ''Apeirogon'' - Belfond

Non-fiction (from 1977)

* 1992: Anne Borrel,

Alain Senderens Alain Senderens (, 2 December 1939 – 25 June 2017) was a leading French chef and practitioner of ''Nouvelle Cuisine''. ''Le Figaro'' credited him as the inventor of food and wine pairings. Biography Senderens was born in Hyères, Var, France ...

and Jean-Bernard Naudin: ''Proust, la cuisine retrouvée'' - Le Chêne * 1993: Catherine Audard, ''Le Respect, de l'estime à la déférence: une question de limite'' - Autrement * 1994: Alexandra Lapierre, ''Fanny Stevenson'' - Robert Laffont * 1995:

Henriette Walter Henriette Walter (b. Henriette Saada, 5 March 1929 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a French linguist, emeritus professor of French at the University of Rennes 2, and director of the Phonology Laboratory at the École pratique des hautes études at the Sorbo ...

, ''L'Aventure des langues en Occident'' - Robert Laffont * 1996:

Shusha Guppy Shushā Guppy ( fa, شوشا گوپی; née Shamsi Assār ( fa, شمسی عصار; 24 December 1935 – 21 March 2008) was a writer, editor and a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. She lived in London from the early 1960s, until her death ...

, ''Un jardin à Téhéran'' -

Éditions Phébus The éditions Phébus is a French publishing house established in 1976 by Jean-Pierre Sicre and taken over in 2003 by the . Catalogue Phébus publishes a catalog of French and foreign literature that is both contemporary ( Julie Otsuka, Elif Sh ...

* 1997: Serge Toubiana and Antoine de Baecque: ''François Truffaut'' - Gallimard * 1998: Evelyne Bloch-Dano: ''Madame Zola'' - Grasset * 1999: Laurent Greilsamer: ''Le Prince foudroyé, la vie de Nicolas de Staël'' - Fayard * 2000: Sabine Melchior-Bonnetand, Aude de Tocqueville: ''Histoire de l'adultère'' - La Martinère * 2001:

François Bizot François Bizot (born 8 February 1940) is a French anthropologist, the only Westerner to have survived imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge. Arrival in Cambodia Bizot arrived in Cambodia in 1965 to study Buddhism practised in the countryside. He t ...

: ''Le Portail'' - La table Ronde. * 2002: Wladyslaw Szpilman: ''Le Pianiste'' ('' The Pianist'') - Robert Laffont. * 2003: Jean-Pierre Perrin, ''Jours de poussière - Choses vues en Afghanistan'' - La Table ronde * 2004:

Fabienne Verdier Fabienne Verdier (born 1962) is a French painter who works in France after years of studies in China. She was the first non-Chinese woman to be awarded a post-graduate diploma in fine arts by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, China. ...

, ''Passagère du silence'' - Albin Michel * 2004:

Anna Politkovskaya Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (;, ; uk, Ганна Степанівна Політковська , 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist, who reported on political events in Russia, in partic ...

, ''Tchétchénie, le déshonneur russe'' (''A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya'') - Buchet/Chastel. * 2005:

Azar Nafisi , birth_date = , birth_place = Tehran, Iran , death_date = , death_place = , resting_place = , occupation = Writer, professor , language = English , nationality = , citizenship = American , education = , ...

, ''Lire Lolita à Téhéran'' (''

Reading Lolita in Tehran ''Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books'' is a book by Iranian author and professor Azar Nafisi. Published in 2003, it was on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list for over one hundred weeks and has been translated into 32 languages. Plo ...

'') - Plon * 2006:

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 ...

, ''Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française'' - Grasset. * 2007:

Dominique Bona Dominique Bona (born 29 July 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer. Life She won the 2000 Bourse Goncourt for biography, and 1998 Prix Renaudot. She was literary critic for ''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Journal du dimanche ''Le Journal du diman ...

, ''Camille et Paul, la passion Claudel'' - Grasset. * 2008:

Wangari Maathai Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (; 1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and a political activist and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. As a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlift, she studied in the Un ...

, ''Celle qui plante les arbres'' - Héloïse d'Ormesson. * 2009:

Jean-Paul Mari Jean-Paul Mari (born 1950) is a French author and journalist. He was born in 1950 in Algiers, leaving his birthplace at the age of 11. He studied psychology and worked as a physiotherapist at a hospital in Toulouse. He has since done stints as a ...

, ''Sans blessures apparentes'' - Robert Laffont * 2010:

Éric Fottorino Éric Fottorino (born 26 August 1960, in Nice), is a French journalist and writer. He is the winner of the Prix Femina, 2007, for ''Baisers de cinéma''. After having been a reporter for the daily newspaper ''Le Monde'', then becoming editor-in-c ...

, ''L'Homme qui m'aimait tout bas'' - Gallimard. * 2011: Ex-aequo :

Benjamin Stora Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 1950) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family that left the country following its War of ...

with Tramor Quémeneur, ''Algérie 1954-1962'' - Éditions Les Arènes / Anne-Marie Revol, ''Nos étoiles ont filé'' - Éditions Stock * 2012:

Helene Cooper Helene Cooper (born April 22, 1966) is a Liberian-born American journalist who is a Pentagon correspondent for ''The New York Times''. Before that, she was the paper's White House correspondent in Washington, D.C. She joined the ''Times'' in 2004 ...

, ''La Maison de Sugar Beach'' (''The House at Sugar Beach'') - . * 2013:

Rithy Panh Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. R ...

, ''L’Élimination''. * 2014:

Emmanuèle Bernheim Emmanuèle Bernheim (December 1955 – 10 May 2017) was a French writer. She was the daughter of art collector André Bernheim and sculptress Claude de Soria. In 1993 she won the Prix Médicis with her book ''Sa femme''. She wrote the screenp ...

, ''Tout s’est bien passé'', Gallimard. * 2015: Pauline Guéna and Guillaume Binet, ''L'Amérique des écrivains'',

* 2016:

Marceline Loridan-Ivens Marceline Loridan-Ivens (née Rozenberg; 19 March 1928 – 18 September 2018) was a French writer and film director. Her memoir ''But You Did Not Come Back'' details her time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was married to Joris Ivens. Biography Marc ...

for ''Et tu n’es pas revenu'' - Grasset * 2017: Mathias Malzieu for ''Journal d'un vampire en pyjama'' -

Editions Albin Michel Edition may refer to: * Edition (book), a bibliographical term for a substantially similar set of copies * Edition (printmaking), a publishing term for a set print run * Edition (textual criticism), a particular version of a text * Edition Records ...

* 2018:

Delphine Minoui Delphine Minoui (born 1974) is a French journalist specializing in the Iranian world. Life She majored in journalism at the CELSA Paris in 1997, then graduated from the EHESS in 1999. Delphine Minoui moved to Iran to practice her profession. ...

for ''Les passeurs de livres de Daraya'' - Seuil * 2019: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich for ''L’empreinte'' - éditions Sonatine * 2020: Vanessa Springora for ''Consentement'' - Grasset * 2021: David L. Carlson and Landis Blair for ''L'accident de chasse'' - éditions Sonatine

Crime fiction (from 2002)

* 2002:

Fred Vargas Fred Vargas is the pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (born 7 June 1957), a French historian, archaeologist and novelist. As a historian and archeologist, she is known for her work on the Black Death. Her crime fiction ''policiers'' ( ...

, ''Pars vite et reviens tard'' - Viviane Hamy. * 2003:

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple twists. Among his novels a ...

, ''Ne le dis à personne'' (''

Tell No One ''Tell No One'' (french: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the ...

'') - Belfond * 2004:

Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including ''A Drink Before the War''. Of these, four were adapted a ...

, ''Shutter Island'' - Rivages * 2005: Dominique Sylvain, ''Passage du désir'' - Viviane Hamy * 2006:

Mo Hayder Beatrice Clare Dunkel (born Clare Damaris Bastin; pen names, Mo Hayder and Theo Clare; 2 January 1962 – 27 July 2021) was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis. She went on to wr ...

, ''Tokyo'' - Presses de la cité. * 2007:

Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur. Biography Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of ...

, ''La Femme en vert'' - Graforþögn. * 2008:

Marcus Malte Marcus Malte (born 1967) is a French author. He received the Prix Femina for ''Le Garçon'' in 2016. This book was later translated to English by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge, then published as ''The Boy (Malte novel), The Boy.'' References

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, ''Garden of Love'' - Zulma. * 2009:

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, ''Zulu'' - Gallimard * 2010:

Jesse Kellerman Jesse Oren Kellerman (born September 1, 1978) is an American novelist and playwright. He is the author of the novels ''Sunstroke'' (2006), ''Trouble'' (2007), ''The Genius'' (2008), ''The Executor'' (2010), ''Potboiler'' (2012), and has co-author ...

: ''Les Visages'' - Sonatine Éditions. * 2011:

Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner (born 1972) is a #1 ''New York Times'' bestselling American novelist. She is the author of more than 20 suspense novels, published in more than 30 countries. She began her career writing romantic suspense under the pseudonym Alicia S ...

, ''La Maison d'à côté'' - Sonatine Éditions * 2012:

Jussi Adler-Olsen Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen (born 2 August 1950) is a Denmark, Danish crime fiction writer, a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur, best known for his ''Department Q'' series. He made his debut as a nonfiction writer in 1984, and as a ...

, ''Miséricorde'' - Albin Michel. * 2013:

Gillian Flynn Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for writing the thriller and mystery novels, '' Sharp Objects'' (2006), '' Dark Places'' (2009), and '' Gone Girl'' (2012), which ar ...

, ''Les Apparences'' ('' Gone Girl'') - Sonatine. * 2014: Ian Manook, ''Yeruldelgger'' - Albin Michel. * 2015:

Mechtild Borrmann Mechtild Borrmann (born 1960 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German writer, author of several detective novels. Biography Borrmann trained in therapy through dance and theater, then worked in restoration. In 2006, she published her first novel ...

, ''Le Violoniste'' - Éditions du Masque * 2016: Jax Miller, ''Les Infâmes'' - Éditions Ombres noires * 2017:

Olivier Norek Olivier Norek is a French writer of crime fiction. Biography He was born in Toulouse in 1975. He served as an aid worker in Guyana and the former Yugoslavia. He became a policeman, serving for 18 years and eventually rising to the rank of cap ...

, ''Surtensions'' - Michel Lafon * 2018: Eva Dolan, ''Les chemins de la haine'' - Éditions Liana Levi * 2019: Franck Bouysse, ''Né d’aucune femme'' - Éditions La Manufacture des livres * 2020: Tess Sharpe, ''Mon Territoire'' - Sonatine Éditions * 2021:

Dolores Redondo Dolores Redondo Meira (born 1 February 1969) is a Spanish writer of noir novels, author of the ''Baztán Trilogy'', and winner of the 2016 Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. Biography Dolores Redondo began studying for her law degree a ...

, ''La Face nord du cœur'' - Gallimard

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History

Novels (from 1970)

Non-fiction (from 1977)

Crime fiction (from 2002)

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See also