The Prix Marcel Pollitzer, formally the Prix des écrivains combattants Fondation Marcel Pollitzer, 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. Ma ...

created in 1953 by the Association des écrivains combattants. Named for writer

Marcel Pollitzer Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian s ...

, it is awarded every year to "a work of history and, preferably, to a biography".Prix Littéraires
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*1972 - Claude Michelet *1973 -

Gabriel de Broglie Gabriel-Marie-Joseph-Anselme de Broglie-Revel (born 21 April 1931) is a French historian and politician. Broglie-Revel was elected to the Académie française in 2001, replacing Alain Peyrefitte. He is a Knight Commander of the Légion d'honneu ...

*1974 - Micheline Dupuy *1975 - Françoise de Bernardy *1976 -

Philippe Ragueneau Philippe Ragueneau (19 November 1917 – 22 October 2003) was a French journalist and writer. He was born in Orléans (Loiret) and died in Gordes (Vaucluse). Ragueneau was a resistance and then military fighter during World War II, and friend of ...

*1977 - Roger Glachant *1978 - Pierre Levergeois *1979 - Bernardine Melchior-Bonnet *1980 - Paul Guth *1981 - Arnaud d'Antin de Vaillac *1982 - Danièle Decure *1983 - Marc Audry *1984 -

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*1985 - Hervé Le Boterf *1986 - Christian Pennera *1987 -

Micheline Dupray Micheline Andree Dupray (née Legros, 12 March 1927 – 17 May 2019) was a French poet. Dupray was born in Marsainvilliers, Loiret on 12 March 1927, and died in Paris on 17 May 2019, at the age of 92. Works ;Poetry *1975: ''Merci la vie'', des ...

*1988 - Bernard Pierre *1989 - Gaston Palewski *1990 - Michel Herubel *1991 -

Philippe Séguin Philippe Séguin (21 April 1943 – 7 January 2010) was a French political figure who was President of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1997 and President of the Cour des Comptes of France from 2004 to 2010. He entered the Court of Financi ...

, ''Napoléon le Grand'' (

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) *1992 - Arthur Conte *1993 - Pierre Pellissier *1994 - Jacques Hubert *1995 -

François Bayrou François René Jean Lucien Bayrou (; born 25 May 1951) is a French politician who has presided over the Democratic Movement (MoDem) since he founded it in 2007. A centrist, he was a candidate in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 presidential elections. ...

*1996 -

Hélie de Saint Marc Hélie Denoix de Saint Marc or Hélie de Saint Marc, (11 February 1922 – 26 August 2013) was a senior member of the French resistance and a senior active officer of the French Army, having served in the French Foreign Legion, in particular at t ...

*1997 - Claude Guy, ''En écoutant de Gaulle'' (Grasset) *1998 - Guillemette de Sairigne, ''Mon illustre inconnu'' (

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) *1999 -

Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz (25 October 1920 – 14 February 2002) was a member of the French Resistance and served as president of ATD Quart Monde. Her uncle was General Charles de Gaulle. French Resistance Geneviève de Gaulle joined ...

, ''La Traversée de la nuit'' ( Éditions du Seuil) *2000 - André Sellier *2001 - Geneviève Salkin *2002 -

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*2003 - Jean-Christophe Notin *2004 -

Philippe Doumenc Philippe Doumenc (born 21 April 1934) is a French novelist. His first novel, ''Les Comptoirs du Sud'' won the 1989 Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in ...

, ''Les amants de Tonnegrange'' (Seuil) *2005 - Georges Longeret,

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and Cyril Bondroit, ''Les combats de la RC4'' (Indo Éd.) *2006 - Amaury Lorin, ''Paul Doumer'' ( L'Harmattan) *2007 -

André Turcat Major André Édouard Turcat (23 October 1921 – 4 January 2016) was a French Air Force pilot and test pilot celebrated for flying the first prototype of Concorde for its maiden flight. Turcat was born on 23 October 1921 in Marseille (Bouches-du ...

*2008 -

Francis Huré Francis Huré (5 October 1916 – 4 November 2021) was a French resistant, diplomat and writer. Biography Huré was born in Abbeville in October 1916. During the Second World War, he joined Free France and the 2nd Armored Division (France). He ...

, ''Portrait de Pechkoff'' ( Éditions de Fallois) *2009 - Dominique Paladhile, ''Le Grand Condé'' (Pygmalion) *2010 - Charles Zorgbibe, ''Metternich, le séducteur diplomate'' (de Fallois) *2011 - Henri Bogdan, ''Les Hohenzollern'' (Perrin) *2012 - Jean Casterède, ''Louis XIII et Richelieu'' (France-Empire) *2013 - Pierre Milza, ''Garibaldi'' (Robert Laffont) *2014 -

Catherine Decours Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

, ''Juliette Récamier'' (Perrin) *2015 - Jean-Christian Petitfils, ''Louis XV'' (Perrin)

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