Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French

literary award 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. M ...

, created in 1914, and given each year by the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...

. Along with 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 ...

, the award is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in France. The Académie française gives out over 60 literary awards each year, and the Grand Prix du roman is the most senior for an individual novel.

List of laureates of the Grand prix du roman

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix du roman de l'Academie francaise * Awards established in 1918 Académie Française awards French fiction awards