The Grand prix Jean Giono () is a French

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer

Jean Giono Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. First period Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent a ...

. Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize (Grand prix Jean Giono) and the Jury Prize (Prix du Jury). The winner of the Grand prix Jean Giono receives 10,000 euros.

Grand prix Jean Giono

Given to a French-language author who has "defended or illustrated the novel's case". * 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 ...

for ''Juliette Permerleau'' (de Fallois) * 1991:

Michel Calonne Michel Calonne (28 March 1927, Grenoble - 4 March 2019) was a French writer. Works *1958: ''Le Plus Jeune fils de l'écureuil'' (short stories), éditions Robert Laffont *1960: ''Une folie au bord de la mer'' (novel), ed. Robert Laffont *1981: ' ...

for ''Les Enfances'' () * 1992:

François Nourissier François Nourissier (Paris, 18 May 1927–Paris, 15 February 2011) was a French journalist and writer. Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review ''La Parisienne'' (1955–1958), and an adviser ...

for ''Gardien des ruines'' (

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'' ...

) * 1993:

Félicien Marceau Félicien Marceau (16 September 1913 – 7 March 2012) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. His real name was Louis Carette. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, which in turn was close t ...

for ''La Terrasse de Lucrezia'' (

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 ...

) * 1994: Jacques Laurent for ''L'Inconnu du temps qui passe'' (Grasset) * 1995:

Vladimir Volkoff Vladimir Volkoff (7 November 1932 – 14 September 2005) was a French writer of Russian extraction. He produced both literary works for adults and spy novels for young readers under the pseudonym Lieutenant X. His works are characterised by theme ...

for ''Le Grand Tsar blanc'' (de Fallois) * 1996:

Michel Déon Michel Déon (; 4 August 1919 – 28 December 2016) was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, '' Les Poneys sauvages'' (Th ...

for ''

The Great and the Good ''The Great and the Good'' () is a 1996 novel by the French writer Michel Déon. It tells the story of a Frenchman who is born to a poor widow, moves to the United States in the 1950s and becomes a wealthy stockbroker, before he returns to France. ...

'' (''La Cour des grands'') (Gallimard) * 1997:

J. M. G. Le Clézio Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel '' Le ...

for '' Poisson d'or'' (Gallimard) * 1998:

Sylvie Germain Sylvie Germain (born 1954 Châteauroux, Indre) is a French author. Early life and education During her childhood, with her three brothers and sisters, she moved from city to city, depending on the assignments her sub-prefect father received. In ...

for ''Tobie des marais'' (Gallimard) * 1999:

Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of '' Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...

for ''Le Rapport Gabriel'' (Gallimard) * 2000:

Ahmadou Kourouma Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Life The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursue ...

for ' (

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'' ...

) * 2001:

Jean Raspail Jean Raspail (, 5 July 1925 – 13 June 2020) was a French author, traveler, and explorer. Many of his books are about historical figures, exploration and indigenous peoples. He was a recipient of the prestigious French literary awards Grand Pri ...

for '' Adíos, tierra delfuego'' (

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 ...

) * 2002: Serge Rezvani for ''L'Amour en face'' (

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. H ...

) * 2003:

Robert Merle Robert Merle (; 28 August 1908 – 27 March 2004) was a French novelist. Early life Merle was born in 1908 in Tébessa, French Algeria. His father Félix, who was an interpreter "with a perfect knowledge of literary and spoken Arabic", was kille ...

for ' (de Fallois) * 2004:

Pierre Moinot Pierre Moinot (29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982. Bibliography *''Armes et Bagages, roman'' (1952) *''La Chasse royale, r ...

for ''Coup d'État'' (Gallimard) * 2005: Danièle Sallenave for ''La Fraga'' (Gallimard) * 2006:

Pascal Quignard Pascal Quignard (; born 23 April 1948) is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 2002 his novel ''Les Ombres errantes'' won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize. ''Terrasse à Rome'' (Terrasse in Rome), received the Fren ...

for '' Villa Amalia'', Gallimard * 2007:

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 ...

for ' ,(Grasset * 2008:

Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditions of 1979, 1995 and 2010. Her birth is announced in n° 87, aout 1967, p. 340 of the ''Bull ...

for '' The Prince's Act'' (''Le Fait du prince'') (Albin Michel) * 2009: Dominique Fernandez for ''Ramon'' (Grasset * 2010: Charles Dantzig for ', Grasset * 2011:

Metin Arditi Metin Arditi, born 2 February 1945 in Ankara, is a French-speaking Swiss writer of Turkish Sephardi origin. Biography Metin Arditi left Turkey at the age of seven. After spending eleven years in a Swiss boarding school in Lausanne, he studied at ...

for ', Actes Sud * 2012: François Garde for ', Gallimard * 2013: Pierre Jourde for ''La Première Pierre'', Gallimard * 2014: Fouad Laroui for ''Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi'' ( éditions Julliard) * 2015:

Charif Majdalani Charif Majdalani is a French-Lebanese writer. Born in Beirut in 1960, he is a novelist and professor at Saint Joseph University, where he was head of the Department of French Literature from 1999 to 2008. A member of the editorial board of L'Ori ...

for ''Villa des femmes'', Seuil * 2016: Alain Blottière for ''Comment Baptiste est mort'', Gallimard * 2017:

Jean-René Van der Plaetsen Jean-René Van der Plaetsen (born 9 August 1962) is a French journalist and writer. He is Deputy Managing Editor of ''Le Figaro Magazine''. He has also been a member of the jury of the Prix de Flore since its creation in 1994. Life Born in Lubum ...

for ' Grasset * 2018: Paul Greveillac for '' '' Gallimard * 2019: Jean-Luc Coatalem for ''La Part du fils'' Stock * 2020: for ''Buveurs de vent''

Jury Prize

Given for a French-language work of literature of any type, with focus on imagination and storytelling in the spirit of Jean Giono. * 1992: François Bontempelli for ''L'Arbre du voyageur'' * 1993: Marc Bressant for ''L'Anniversaire'' (de Fallois) * 1994:

Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (born 1947 in Paris) is a French novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1982 for the novel ''La Faculté des songes'' and the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle in 2005 for ''Singe savant ta ...

for ''Le Château de verre'' (Julliard) * 1995:

for '' The Stranger Next Door'' (''Les Catilinaires'') (Albin Michel) * 1996: Laurence Cossé for ' (Gallimard) * 1997:

Jean-Pierre Milovanoff Jean-Pierre Milovanoff (born 1940, in Nîmes) is a French writer, laureate of several literary prizes Milovanoff's father was born in Russia and left his country in 1919; His mother is of Provencal origin. He studied letters at Montpellier and a ...

for ''Le Maître des paons'' (Julliard) * 1998: Dominique Muller for ''Les Caresses et les Baisers'' (Seuil) * 1999:

Michèle Desbordes Michèle Desbordes (4 August 1940, Saint-Cyr-en-Val (Loiret) – 24 January 2006, Baule (Loiret), aged 65) was a French writer. A curator of university libraries, she received several awards for her story ''La Demande'' devoted to Leonardo da Vin ...

for ''La Demande'' () * 2000: Daniel Arsand for ''En silence'' (Phébus) * 2001: Isabelle Hausser for ''La Table des enfants'' (de Fallois) * 2002: Stéphane Héaume for ''Le Clos Lothar'' (Zulma) * 2003:

Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 blac ...

for ''Adam Haberberg'' (Albin Michel) * 2004:

Laurent Gaudé Laurent Gaudé (born demain, 6 July 1972) is a French writer. He studied theater and has written many dramatic works, among them ''Onysos le furieux, Cendres sur les mains, Médée Kali,'' and ''Le Tigre bleu de l'Euphrate''. Life Gaudé was b ...

for '' The Scortas' Sun'' (''Le Soleil des Scorta'') (Actes Sud) * 2005: Armel Job for ''Les Fausses Innocences'' (Robert Laffont) * 2006:

François Vallejo François Vallejo (1960, Le Mans) is a French professor of literature and a writer. Passionate about Claudel, then by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, François Vallejo studied letters. He became a professor of classical literature at Le Havre and bega ...

for ''

Ouest Ouest (French for west) may refer to: *Ouest (department), Haiti *Ouest Department (Ivory Coast), defunct administrative subdivision of Ivory Coast * Ouest Province, Cameroon * Ouest Province, Rwanda *Ouest-France, a French newspaper * West France ...

'' (Viviane Hamy) * 2007:

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 ' (Gallimard) * 2008: Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès for ' () * 2009: Brigitte Giraud for ''Une année étrangère'' ( Stock) * 2010: Jean-Baptiste Harang for ''Nos cœurs vaillants'' (éditions Grasset)

References

{{Reflist Awards established in 1990 French literary awards Jean Giono * 1990 establishments in France