The prix Françoise Sagan is a French literary award established in 2010 by , the son of

Françoise Sagan Françoise Sagan (born Françoise Delphine Quoirez; 21 June 1935 – 24 September 2004) was a French playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Sagan was known for works with strong romantic themes involving wealthy and disillusioned bourgeois chara ...

The Prize

Awarded at the beginning of June, the Prix Françoise Sagan rewards "an author never yet rewarded, not even selected in recent months. It distinguishes a work in French and is meant to be innovative and focused on a work in progress "thus privileging" a revelation to a talent already confirmed." The selection of the titles in competition is established by the jurors, each proposing one or Two books that can compete.

Jurys

The jury of the prize, chaired by Denis Westhoff for the first edition, is composed in a moving way according to the years. In addition, the winner automatically joins the jury of the following year and becomes its president. * 2010:

Patrick Besson Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Life Besson was born of a half Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, ''Early Mornings of Love'', in 1974, aged 17. A Communist sympathizer, Besson ...

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 ...

Jérôme Garcin Jérôme Garcin (born 4 October 1956) is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the ''Nouvel Observateur'', produces and hosts the radio program ' on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Com� ...

, Annick Geille, François Gibault, Olivia de Lamberterie,

Justine Lévy Justine-Juliette Lévy (born 27 September 1974) is a French book editor and author. Life and career Lévy is the eldest daughter of Isabelle Doutreluigne and French philosopher, writer, and media personality, Bernard-Henri Lévy. Her 1995 deb ...

, Françoise-Marie Santucci, Delphine de Vigan,

Florian Zeller Florian Zeller (; born 28 June 1979) is a French novelist, playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, and film director. He won the Prix Interallié for his 2004 novel ''The Fascination of Evil'' and several awards for his plays. He wrote and ...

and Denis Westhoff (with

Frédéric Mitterrand Frédéric Mitterrand (born 21 August 1947) is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture and Communication of France from 2009 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. Throughout his career, he has been an actor, screenwriter, tele ...

, ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, as member of honour). * 2011: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre (laureate 2010),

Guillaume Durand Guillaume Durand, or William Durand (c. 1230 – 1 November 1296), also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, from the Italian form of Durandi filius, as he sometimes signed himself, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop ...

, Jean-Louis Ezine, Olivia de Lamberterie, Jean-Claude Lamy, Macha Makeieff,

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (PPDA; né Patrick Jean Marcel Poivre, ; born 20 September 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of televis ...

, Yves Simon, Delphine de Vigan, Caroline Wassermann and Denis Westhoff. * 2012:

François Angelier François Angelier (born 22 August 1958) is a French journalist, presenter, essayist, biographer and author of fantasy novels. Biography Angelier's early discovery of Owen, Claude Seignolle, Michel de Ghelderode, Kubin, Meyrink and especially J ...

, Arnaud Cathrine, Fabienne Berthaud (laureate 2011), Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, Kathleen Evin, Xavier Houssin, Olivia de Lamberterie, Philippe Lefait, Véronique Ovaldé, Delphine Peras and Denis Westhoff. * 2013: Alexandre Fillon,

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 ...

, Célia Houdart (laureate 2012), Olivier Mony, Anne Plantagenet, Colombe Schneck,

Amanda Sthers Amanda Queffélec-Maruani (born 18 April 1978), known professionally as Amanda Sthers, is a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. Biography Sthers is of Tunisian Sefardi and Breton origins. She has written ten novels which ha ...

, Augustin Trapenard. *2014: ** permanent members: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, Olivia de Lamberterie, Denis Westhoff ** Jury 2014: Annabelle Mouloudji, Bernard Lehut, Hélène Gaultier, Olivier Bouillère (laureate 2013), Philippe Delaroche, Simonetta Greggio,

Éric Naulleau Éric Naulleau (born 11 March 1961) is a French literary critic, editor, essayist and columnist. He is best known for his appearances on television shows such as '' On n'est pas couché'' (2007–2011), hosted by Laurent Ruquier on Saturdays at 11 ...

, Arielle Dombasle, Marianne Payot * 2015: ** permanent members: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, Olivia de Lamberterie, Denis Westhoff ** Jury 2015: Virginie Carton, Blandine de Caunes, Céline Hromadova, Stéphanie des Horts, Valérie Gans, Julia Kerninon (laureate 2014), Patricia Martin, Karine Tuil, Frédéric Brun, Benoît Graffin, Frank Maubert. * 2016: ** permanent members: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, Olivia de Lamberterie, Denis Westhoff ** Jury 2016: Vincent Almendros (laureate 2015), Danielle Cillien-Sabatier, Loïc Ducroquet, Émilie Frèche, Mathieu Garrigou-Lagrange, Arnaud Le Guern, Louise Mailloux, Valérie Mirarchi

Laureates

* 2010: ''Fourrure'' by Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre ( Stock) * 2011: ''Un jardin sur le ventre'' by Fabienne Berthaud (JBZ et Cie) * 2012: ''Carrare'' by Célia Houdart () * 2013: ''Le Poivre'' by Olivier Bouillère (P.O.L) * 2014: ''Buvard'' by Julia Kerninon () * 2015: ''Un été'' by Vincent Almendros (

Les Éditions de Minuit Les Éditions de Minuit (, ''Midnight Press'') is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1941, during the French Resistance of World War II, and is still publishing books today. History Les Éditions de Minuit was founded by writer and i ...

) * 2016: ''Un beau début'' by Éric Laurrent (Les Éditions de Minuit) * 2017: ''Fils du feu'' by Guy Boley ( Grasset) * 2018: ''Fugitive parce que reine'' by Violaine Huisman ( Gallimard) * 2019: ''Le sort tomba sur le plus jeune'' by Sophie Blandinières ( Flammarion) * 2020: ''La dissonante'' by Clément Rossi ( Gallimard)

External links

Official site of the
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