The prix Breizh is a French
literary award
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bestowed under this name since 2001, on the initiative of
Gwenn-Aël Bolloré. On that date, it succeeded the "Prix Bretagne" created in 1961. It crowns each year an author of Breton origin or friend of
Brittany.
History
The prix Breizh-prix Bretagne was founded in 1961 by Bretons of Paris, around Pascal Pondaven and
Charles Le Quintrec
Charles Le Quintrec (14 March 1926 – 14 November 2008) was a French poet. He was born in Plescop and died in Lorient in Brittany.
Le Quintrec was a literary critic for ''Ouest-France ''.
Awards
* Chevalier des Arts et Lettres
* Officer of th ...
, director and editor-in-chief of the weekly ''La Bretagne à Paris''.
The Prix Bretagne today
The Prix Bretagne, now under the patronage of
Vincent Bolloré, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. On this occasion, a monograph ''Prix Bretagne Prix Breizh 50 ans'' traced its history (list of laureates from 1961 to 2010, texts of the 12 members of the jury).
The spirit that presides over the awarding of the Prix Bretagne could be summed up by the introduction to his thanks by
Kenneth White, the 2006 winner:
"I must also say at once that I attach great importance to this prize. In awarding it, here at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, to an extravagant Scotsman of my species, a Frenchman of adoption, a European of wit, the jury of the Brittany Prize clearly shows in my eyes his intention to remove Brittany from all the confinements with which it has suffered, and to extricate Celtic culture from all the ignoble or malicious caricatures of which it has been the victim."
In 2013, the Prix Bretagne was awarded a sum of 6100 €.
Jury
In its early days, the Prix Breizh-Prix Bretagne included writers such as
Roger Nimier,
Hervé Bazin,
Paul Guimard,
Henri Queffélec
Henri Queffélec (29 January 1910 – 13 January 1992) was a French writer and screenwriter.
Biography
He studied at the lycée Louis-le-Grand and then the École normale supérieure. He obtained the "agrégation de lettres" in 1934.
He is cons ...
,
Jean Marin
Jean Marin, real name Yves Morvan (24 February 1909 – 3 March 1995) was a French journalist and resistant. He was the president of Agence France-Presse from 1957 to 1975.
Marin joined Free France from June 1940 when he was a correspondent ...
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Composition of the 2012 jury:
* President,
Philippe Le Guillou
Philippe Le Guillou is a French writer. He was born in Finistère in 1959. A prolific writer, he has published around 40 books, including fiction and non-fiction. He won the Prix Médicis for ''Les Sept Noms du peintre'' and the Prix Mediterra ...
* General secretary,
Jean Bothorel
* Members :
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,
Stéphanie Janicot,
Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud,
Jean-François Coatmeur
Jean-François Coatmeur (26 July 1925 – 11 December 2017) was a French crime fiction writer.
He was born in Pouldavid, near Douarnenez in 1925, and later moved to Brest. In 1976, he won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for ''Les Sir ...
, Georges Guitton, Sébastien Le Fol,
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People
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,
Gilles Martin-Chauffier,
Jean Picollec,
Patrick Poivre d’Arvor
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Laureates
References
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Breizh
Awards established in 1961
1961 establishments in France