The ''Prix Décembre'', originally known as the ''Prix Novembre'', is one of

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's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name ''Prix Novembre'' in 1989 by Philippe Dennery (Michel Dennery, according to other sources). In 1998, the founder resigned after he disapproved awarding of the prize to

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's novel ''

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''. The prize then got a new patron –

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– and a new name: ''Prix Decembre''. Winners: * ''Prix Novembre'': **1989 – Guy Dupré, ''Les Manoeuvres d'automne'' **1990 –

François Maspero François Maspero (19 January 1932, in Paris – 11 April 2015, in Paris) was a French author and journalist, best known as a publisher of leftist books in the 1970s. He also worked as a translator, translating the works of Joseph Conrad, Mehdi B ...

, ''Les Passagers du Roissy-Express'' **1991 –

Raphaël Confiant Raphaël Confiant (born January 25, 1951) is a Martinican writer known for his literary commitment towards Creole literature. Life and career Raphaël Confiant was born in Le Lorrain, Martinique. He studied English and political science at the ...

, ''Eau de café'' **1992 – Henri Thomas, ''La Chasse au trésor'' and

Roger Grenier Roger Grenier (19 September 1919 – 8 November 2017) was a French writer, journalist and radio animator. He was Regent of the Collège de ’Pataphysique. Biography As a youth, Grenier lived in Pau, where Andrélie opened a shop selling gla ...

, ''Regardez la neige qui tombe'' **1993 – René de Obaldia. ''Exobiographie'' **1994 –

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, ''L'Air de guerre'' and Éric Holder, ''La Belle Jardinière'' **1995 – Jean Échenoz, ''Les Grandes Blondes'' **1996 –

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, ''Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation politique'' **1997 – Lydie Salvayre, ''La Compagnie des spectres'' **1998 –

, '' Les Particules élémentaires'' * ''Prix Decembre'': **1999 –

Claude Askolovitch Claude Askolovitch (born 18 December 1962) is a French journalist and author. Early life Claude Askolovitch was born on 18 December 1962 in Paris. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Paris Dauphine University and a postgraduate degree ...

, ''Voyage au bout de la France: Le

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tel qu'il est'' **2000 – Anthony Palou, ''Camille'' **2001 –

Chloé Delaume Chloé Delaume (born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. Biography Born in Paris, Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983, at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mot ...

, ''Le Cri du sablier'' **2002 –

Pierre Michon Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945, Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, ''Small lives'' (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for ''Small ...

, ''Abbés'' and ''Corps du Roi'' **2003 – Régis Jauffret, ''Univers, univers'' **2004 – Philippe Forest, ''Sarinagara'' **2005 – Charles Dantzig, ''Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française'' **2006 –

Pierre Guyotat Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 – 7 February 2020) was a French writer. Early life Pierre Guyotat was born on 9 January 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire. Literary career 1960s–1970s Guyotat wrote his first novel, '' Sur un cheval'', in 1960. ...

, ''Coma'' **2007 –

Yannick Haenel Yannick Haenel (born 1967, Rennes) is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine '. Biography The son of a soldier, Yannick Haenel studied at the Prytanée National Militaire at La Flèche. From 1997, he codirected the magazine ' ...

, ''Cercle'' **2008 –

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, ''Zone'' **2009 –

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, ''La Vérité sur Marie'' **2010 – Frédéric Schiffter, ''Philosophie sentimentale'' **2011 –

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, ''Le Dépaysement. Voyages en France'' & Olivier Frébourg, ''Gaston et Gustave'' **2012 – Mathieu Riboulet, ''Les Œuvres de miséricorde'' **2013 – Maël Renouard, ''La Réforme de l'opéra de Pékin'' **2014 - Elisabeth Roudinesco, ''Sigmund Freud, en son temps et dans le nôtre'' **2015 -

Christine Angot Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Life Born Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel ''L'I ...

, ''Un amour impossible'' **2016 - Alain Blottière, ''Comment Baptiste est mort'', Gallimard **2017 -

Grégoire Bouillier Grégoire Bouillier (born June 22, 1960 in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria) is the French memoirist who wrote ''Rapport sur moi'' (''Report on Myself'') and ''L'invité mystère'' (''The Mystery Guest''). ''Rapport sur moi'' won the Prix de Flore in 2002. Bou ...

, ''Le Dossier M'', Flammarion **2018 - Michael Ferrier, ''François, portrait d’un absent'', Gallimard **2019 - , ''Les Grands Cerfs'', Grasset **2020 - Grégory Le Floch, ''Parcourir le monde et d'y rôder'', Christian Bourgois **2021 - , ''Le Poulailler métaphysique'', Le Pommier

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