The Grand prix Jean Giono () is a French literary prize. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of

Michel Albert Michel Albert (; 25 February 1930 – 19 March 2015) was a French economist. He was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée and was the Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques since 1 January 2005. Biography Michel Al ...

, to honour the writer Jean Giono. 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 for ''Gardien des ruines'' ( Éditions Grasset) * 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) * 1994:

Jacques Laurent Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (6 January 1919 – 28 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs. Laurent was elect ...

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 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 for '' Poisson d'or'' (Gallimard) * 1998: Sylvie Germain for ''Tobie des marais'' (Gallimard) * 1999: Jean d'Ormesson 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 for '' Adíos, tierra delfuego'' ( Albin Michel) * 2002:

Serge Rezvani Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is a French painter, engraver, writer (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary") He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak. Life Bo ...

for ''L'Amour en face'' ( Actes Sud) * 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 for ''Coup d'État'' (Gallimard) * 2005:

Danièle Sallenave Danièle Sallenave (born 28 October 1940) is a French novelist and journalist. In April 2011, she became a member of the Académie française. In 1980 Sallenave received the Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () ...

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 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 ''The Prince's Act'' (french: Le Fait du prince) is the 17th novel by Belgian writer Amélie Nothomb. It appeared on 20 August 2008 published by Éditions Albin Michel Éditions Albin Michel is a French publisher. In January 2022, the new dire ...

'' (''Le Fait du prince'') (Albin Michel) * 2009:

Dominique Fernandez Dominique Fernandez (born 25 August 1929) is a French writer of novels, essays and travel books. Much of his writing explores homosexual experience and creativity. In 1982 he won the Prix Goncourt for his novel about Pier Paolo Pasolini; and in ...

for ''Ramon'' (Grasset * 2010:

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 ...

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 François Garde (born 1959 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French writer and high-ranking official Administrative career * Graduated in 1984 of the ENA (class Louise Michel), * Deputy Secretary-General of New Caledonia from 1991 to 1993 * ...

for ', Gallimard * 2013:

Pierre Jourde Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

for ''La Première Pierre'', Gallimard * 2014:

Fouad Laroui Fouad Laroui (born 12 August 1958) is a Moroccan economist and writer, born in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies at the Lycée Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), where he stu ...

for ''Les Tribulations du dernier Sijilmassi'' (

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 ...

) * 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 Alain Blottière (born 1954 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French writer Works *1980: ''Saad'', novel, Éditions Gallimard, coll. « Le Chemin », Paris, . Prix littéraire de la vocation. *1985: ''Le Point d'eau'', novel, Gallimard, *1990: ''Int ...

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 Paul Greveillac, sometimes spelled Gréveillac, (born 1981) is a French novelist and author of short stories. Paul Greveillac was awarded the prix Roger Nimier as well as the "Bourse de la Découverte de la Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco" for ...

for '' '' Gallimard * 2019:

Jean-Luc Coatalem Jean-Luc Coatalem (18 September 1959, Paris) is a French journalist and writer. Biography In the wake of a family of officers, Jean-Luc Coatalem spent his childhood in Polynesia and his adolescence in Madagascar. The incessant removals gave him ...

for ''La Part du fils''

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* 2020: for ''Buveurs de vent'' Albin Michel

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:

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for ''L'Anniversaire'' (de Fallois) * 1994: Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud for ''Le Château de verre'' (Julliard) * 1995:

for ''

The Stranger Next Door ''The Stranger Next Door'' (french: Les Catilinaires) is a Belgian novel by Amélie Nothomb Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (; born 13 August 1967),''État présent de la noblesse belge'', éditio ...

'' (''Les Catilinaires'') (Albin Michel) * 1996:

Laurence Cossé Laurence Cossé (born 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French writer, who published mainly novels. She was first a journalist in the French newspaper ''Le Quotidien de Paris'' and then at the French public radio France Culture. Most o ...

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 image:Dominique Muller.jpg, Dominique Muller in 2010 Dominique Muller, real name Dominique Muller-Wakhevitch, (9 August 1949, Strasbourg) is a French journalist and novelist, author of several historical mystery, historical mysteries. Biograp ...

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 Daniel Arsand (born 9 July 1950 in Avignon) is a French writer as well as a publisher specializing in foreign literature. Biography After spending most of his childhood and adolescence at Roanne, Daniel Arsand practiced in Paris various profe ...

for ''En silence'' (Phébus) * 2001:

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 ...

for ''La Table des enfants'' (de Fallois) * 2002: Stéphane Héaume for ''Le Clos Lothar'' (Zulma) * 2003: Yasmina Reza 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 Armel Job (born 24 June 1948 in Heyd, Durbuy) is a Belgian writer of French language, former Director of the Institut Notre Dame Séminaire of Bastogne (INDSé). Youth Armel was the third in a family of four boys. His father was a mattress-ma ...

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'' (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 Jean-Marie is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Marie Abgrall (born 1950), a French psychiatrist, criminologist, specialist in forensic medicine, cult expert, and graduate in criminal law * Jean-Marie Ch ...

for ' () * 2009:

Brigitte Giraud Brigitte Giraud (born 1960, Sidi-Bel-Abbès in Algeria) is a French writer, author of novels and short stories. Early life Born in 1960, Brigitte Giraud grew up in Rillieux-la-Pape before settling in Lyon. She studied English, German and Arabic. ...

for ''Une année étrangère'' (

) * 2010:

Jean-Baptiste Harang Jean-Baptiste Harang in 2002. Jean-Baptiste Harang (born 4 April 1949 in Chaulgnes, Nièvre) is a French writer and journalist. Life Jean-Baptiste Harang started working as a journalist at '' Libération'' in 1978 before he held the literary ...

for ''Nos cœurs vaillants'' (éditions Grasset)

References

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