The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French

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History

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The prize was created in 1926 by ten

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s awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the Prix Goncourt, it remains a complement to it: The Prix Renaudot laureate is announced at the same time and place as the Prix Goncourt, namely on the first Tuesday of November at the

Drouant ''Drouant'' is a well-known restaurant located in the Palais Garnier neighborhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. It was founded in 1880 by Charles Drouant. The restaurant has been receiving the jury of the Prix Goncourt every year ...

restaurant in Paris. The Renaudot jurors always pick an alternative laureate in case their first choice is awarded the Prix Goncourt. The prize is named after

Théophraste Renaudot Théophraste Renaudot (; December 158625 October 1653) was a French physician, philanthropist, and journalist. Born in Loudun, Renaudot received a doctorate of medicine from the University of Montpellier in 1606. He returned to Loudon where he ...

, who created the first French newspaper in 1631. In 2013, the Prix Redaudot ''essay'' revived the career of

Gabriel Matzneff Gabriel Michel Hippolyte Matzneff (born 12 August 1936) is a French writer. He was the winner of the Mottard and Amic awards from the Académie française in 1987 and 2009 respectively, the Prix Renaudot essay in 2013 and the Prix Cazes in 201 ...

, which collapsed in 2020 as his pedophilia – long known and defended by his literary peers, including the Renaudot jurors – became more widely known through a report of one of his victims,

Vanessa Springora Vanessa Springora (born 16 March 1972) is a French publisher, writer and film director. She is the author of the memoir ''Consent'', describing sexual abuse she experienced beginning at age 14 from author Gabriel Matzneff, then 49. The book becam ...

. In the view of ''The New York Times'', the episode illustrated "the self-perpetuating and impenetrable nature of many of France's elite institutions", including the Prix Renaudot, where "control often rests with a small, established group — overwhelmingly older, white men — that rewards like-minded friends", disregarding conflicts of interest. At the time, only one woman sat on the jury of the prize. French media also criticized the prize, and one judge, Jérôme Garcin, left the jury, but no changes took place.

Jury

As of 2021, the jury consists of: *

Christian Giudicelli Christian Giudicelli (27 June 1942 – 14 May 2022) was a French novelist and literary critic. His seventh novel, ''Station balnéaire'', was awarded the 1986 Prix Renaudot. Guidicelli was one of the eight jury members of the French literary aw ...

Dominique Bona Dominique Bona (born 29 July 1953 in Perpignan) is a French writer. Life She won the 2000 Bourse Goncourt for biography, and 1998 Prix Renaudot. She was literary critic for ''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Journal du dimanche ''Le Journal du diman ...

Franz-Olivier Giesbert Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter. Giesbert worked for ''Le Figaro'' from 1988 to 2000 and for '' Le Point'' starting in 2000. In 2013 ...

* Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud *

Jean-Noël Pancrazi Jean-Noël Pancrazi (born 28 April 1949 in Sétif, Algeria) is a French author. Biography Early years Jean-Noël Pancrazi spent the first ten years of his life in Algeria with his parents and his sister. His childhood years during the Algerian ...

* Patrick Besson *

Frédéric Beigbeder Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and television presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel ''Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman françai ...

* Stéphanie Janicot * Cécile Guilbert * J. M. G. Le Clezio

Laureates

* 1926: ''Nicolo Peccavi'',

Armand Lunel Armand Lunel (9 June 1892 – 3 November 1977) was a French writer and the last known speaker of Shuadit (Judeo-Provençal), a now-extinct Occitan language (in its written form based on the modified Hebrew alphabet; the language persists though i ...

( Éditions Gallimard) * 1927: ''Maïtena'', Bernard Nabonne (Grasset) * 1928: ''Le Joueur de triangle'',

André Obey André Obey (; 8 May 1892 at Douai, France – 11 April 1975 at Montsoreau, near the river Loire) was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s. He began as a novelist and produced an autobiographical novel abou ...

(Grasset) * 1929: '' La Table aux crevés'', Marcel Aymé (Gallimard) * 1930: ''Piège'', Germaine Beaumont (Lemerre) * 1931: ''L'Innocent'', Philippe Hériat (Denoël) * 1932: '' Voyage au bout de la nuit'', Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Denoël) * 1933: ''Le roi dort'', Charles Braibant (Denoël) * 1934: ''Blanc'', Louis Francis (Gallimard) * 1935: ''Jours sans gloire'', François de Roux (Gallimard) * 1936: ''Les Beaux Quartiers'',

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He wa ...

(Denoël) * 1937: ''Mervale'', Jean Rogissart (Denoël) * 1938: ''Léonie la bienheureuse'',

Pierre Jean Launay Pierre Jean Launay (December 27, 1900 – April 23, 1982) was a French writer. He was born in Carrouges in the Lower Normandy region. His novel '' Léonie la bienheureuse'' met with notable success, winning both the Prix Renaudot and the Prix d ...

(Denoël) * 1939: ''Les Javanais'',

Jean Malaquais Jean Malaquais (1908 – December 22, 1998) was a French novelist. He was born as Wladimir Jan Pavel Malacki in Warsaw in 1908 of a non-religious Polish family of Jewish descent. In 1926, he left Poland, traveling in Eastern Europe and the Middl ...

(Denoël) * 1940: ''La Vallée heureuse'',

Jules Roy Jules Roy (22 October 1907 – 15 June 2000) was a French writer. "Prolific and polemical" Roy, born an Algerian pied noir and sent to a Roman Catholic seminary, used his experiences in the French colony and during his service in the Royal Air For ...

(Charlot) * 1941: ''Quand le temps travaillait pour nous'',

Paul Mousset Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(Grasset) * 1942: ''Les Liens de chaîne'', Robert Gaillard (Colbert) * 1943: ''J'étais médecin avec les chars'', Dr.

André Soubiran André Soubiran (29 July 1910 – 29 July 1999) was a French physician and novelist. Soubiran studied medicine in Toulouse and later in Paris, obtaining his doctorate in 1935. At the beginning of World War II, he took part in the Battle of Fran ...

(Didier) * 1944: '' Les Amitiés particulières'',

Roger Peyrefitte Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

(La Table ronde) * 1945: ''Le Mas Théotime'', Henri Bosco (Charlot) * 1946: ''L'Univers concentrationnaire'',

David Rousset David Rousset (18 January 1912 in Roanne, Loire – 13 December 1997) was a French writer and political activist, a recipient of Prix Renaudot, a French literary award. A survivor of the Neuengamme concentration camp and the Buchenwald Nazi ...

(Minuit) * 1947: ''Je vivrai l'amour des autres'',

Jean Cayrol Jean Cayrol (; 6 June 1911 – 10 February 2005) was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt born in Bordeaux. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, ''Night and Fog (195 ...

(Le Seuil) * 1948: ''Voyage aux horizons'', Pierre Fisson (Julliard) * 1949: ''Le Jeu de patience'',

Louis Guilloux Louis Guilloux (15 January 1899 – 14 October 1980) was a French writer born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where he lived throughout his life. He is known for his Social Realist novels describing working class life and political struggles in the mi ...

(Gallimard) * 1950: ''Les Orgues de l'enfer'', Pierre Molaine (Corréa) * 1951: ''Le Dieu nu'',

Robert Margerit Margerit Robert (25 January 1910 in Brive-la-Gaillarde – 27 June 1988 in Isle, Haute-Vienne) was a French journalist and writer. Biography He completed high school in Limoges; he was a journalist in Limoges in 1931. From 1948, he was edit ...

(Gallimard) * 1952: ''L'Amour de rien'',

Jacques Perry Jacques Perry (born 1921 Paris – 23 April 2016) was a French novelist. He won the 1952 Prix Renaudot for ''L'Amour de rien'', the 1966 Prix des Libraires for ''Vie d'un païen'', and the 1976 Prix du Livre Inter The Prix du Livre Inter is ...

(Julliard) * 1953: ''La Dernière Innocence'', Célia Bertin (Corréa) * 1954: ''Le Passage'',

Jean Reverzy Jean Reverzy (Balan, Ain, Balan, April 10, 1914–Lyon, July 9, 1959) is a French medical doctor from Lyon who won the Prix Renaudot in 1954 for ''Le Passage (novel), Le Passage'' ("The Passage"), his first novel. It described the slow anguish ...

(Julliard) * 1955: ''Le Moissonneur d'épines'', Georges Govy (La Table ronde) * 1956: ''Le Père'', André Perrin (Julliard) * 1957: ''

La Modification ''Second Thoughts'' () is a novel by Michel Butor first published in French in 1957. It is the author's most famous work. It was translated into English by Jean Stewart, with the title ''Second Thoughts'' (Faber and Faber, 1958) as well as under ...

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Michel Butor Michel Butor (; 14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Life and work Michel Marie François Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille, the third of seven childre ...

(Minuit) * 1958: ''La Lézarde'', Édouard Glissant (Le Seuil) * 1959: ''L'Expérience'',

Albert Palle Albert Palle (14 September 1916 Le Havre ( Seine-Maritime) - 8 March 2007 Paris) was a French writer, and winner of the 1959 Prix Renaudot. Life He was a friend of Raymond Aron, and student of Jean-Paul Sartre. He fought in the resistance and was ...

(Julliard) * 1960: ''Le Bonheur fragile'', Alfred Kern (Gallimard) * 1961: ''Les Blés'', Roger Bordier (Calmann-Lévy) * 1962: ''Le Veilleur de nuit'',

Simone Jacquemard Simonne Jacquemard (1924 – 16 December 2009) was a French writer and winner of the 1962 Prix Renaudot. She married writer and ecologist . Works *''La famille Borgia: Roman'', R. Laffont, 1957; La Thune du Guay, 1960 * ''Le Veilleur de nuit'', ...

(Le Seuil) * 1963: ''Le Procès-verbal'', J. M. G. Le Clézio (Gallimard) * 1964: ''L'Écluse'', Jean-Pierre Faye (Le Seuil) * 1965: ''Les Choses'', Georges Perec (Julliard) * 1966: ''La Bataille de Toulouse'',

José Cabanis José Cabanis (2 March 1922 – 6 October 2000) was a French novelist, essayist, historian and magistrate. He was elected mainteneur of the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1965 and a member of the Académie française in 1990. Works *''La Piti� ...

(Gallimard) * 1967: ''Le Monde tel qu'il est'',

Salvat Etchart Salvat Etchart (1924 - 1985 Bordeaux) was a French writer, winner of the 1967 Prix Renaudot. Biography He moved to Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas depa ...

(Mercure de France) * 1968: ''Le Devoir de violence'',

Yambo Ouologuem Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, ''Le devoir de violence'' (English: ''Bound to Violence'', 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published ''Lettre à la France nègre'' (1969), and '' ...

(Le Seuil) * 1969: ''Les Feux de la colère'',

Max Olivier-Lacamp Max Olivier-Lacamp (March 2, 1914 Le Havre – June 17, 1983 Meudon) is a French journalist and writer, winner of the Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was creat ...

(Grasset) * 1970: ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison'',

Jean Freustié Jean Freustié, also known as Jean Pierre Teurlay (October 3, 1914 – June 5, 1983) was a French writer and literary critic. He won the 1969 Prix du roman de la société des gens de lettres, and 1970 Prix Renaudot, for ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-sa ...

(La Table ronde) * 1971: ''Le Sac du palais d'été'',

Pierre-Jean Rémy Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy (21 March 1937 – 28 April 2010) who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Ac ...

(Gallimard) * 1972: ''La Nuit américaine'', Christopher Frank (Le Seuil) * 1973: ''La Terrasse des Bernardini'', Suzanne Prou (Calmann-Lévy) * 1974: ''Voyage à l'étranger'',

Georges Borgeaud Georges Borgeaud (27 July 1914, in Lausanne – 6 December 1998, in Paris) was a Swiss writer and publisher. Education Georges Borgeaud studied at Collège d'Aubonne and Collège de Saint-Maurice, where he met Maurice Chappaz and Jean Cuttat. H ...

(Grasset) * 1975: ''L'Homme de sable'', Jean Joubert (Grasset) * 1976: ''L'Amour les yeux fermés'',

Michel Henry Michel Henry (; 10 January 1922 – 3 July 2002) was a French philosopher, phenomenologist and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States, and Japa ...

(Gallimard) * 1977: ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur'',

Alphonse Boudard Alphonse Boudard (17 December 1925 – 14 January 2000) was a French novelist and playwright. He won the 1977 Prix Renaudot for ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur''. Boudard's 1995 novel ''Dying childhood '' was awarded and recognised by the ...

(La Table ronde) * 1978: '' L'Herbe à brûler'', Conrad Detrez (Calmann-Lévy) * 1979: ''Affaires étrangères'',

Jean-Marc Roberts Jean-Marc Roberts (3 May 195425 March 2013) was a French editor, novelist, and screenwriter. Life He started writing in the early 1970s. He was awarded the 1973 Fénéon Prize for ''Samedi, dimanche et fêtes'' (English: ''Saturday, Sunday and hol ...

(Le Seuil) * 1980: ''Les Portes de Gubbio'',

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 () ...

(Le Seuil) * 1981: ''La Nuit du décret'',

Michel Del Castillo Michel del Castillo (a.k.a. Michel Janicot del Castillo) born in 1933 in Madrid is a French writer. Biography Michel del Castillo was born in Madrid. His father, Michel Janicot, was French and his mother, Cándida Isabel del Castillo, Spanish. I ...

(Le Seuil) * 1982: ''La Faculté des songes'', Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (Grasset) * 1983: ''Avant-Guerre'',

Jean-Marie Rouart Jean-Marie Rouart (born 8 April 1943 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French novelist, essayist and journalist. He was elected to the Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institutio ...

(Grasset) * 1984: ''La Place'',

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize ...

(Gallimard) * 1985: ''Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours'', Raphaëlle Billetdoux (Grasset) * 1986: ''Station balnéaire'',

(Gallimard) * 1987: ''L'Enfant halluciné'',

René-Jean Clot René-Jean Clot (19 January 1913, Algiers – 4 November 1997, Clermont-Ferrand) was a French painter, and novelist. His novel, '' L'Enfant halluciné'', won the 1987 Prix Renaudot. He corresponded with Albert Camus. Works * ''L’Annonciation à ...

(Grasset) * 1988: '' Hadriana dans tous mes rêves'',

René Depestre René Depestre (born 29 August 1926, Jacmel, Haiti) is a Haitian poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many ...

(Gallimard) * 1989: ''Les Comptoirs du Sud'',

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 ...

(Le Seuil) * 1990: ''Les Frères Romance'',

Jean Colombier Jean Colombier (born 25 December 1945 in Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe) is a French writer, laureate of the 1990 edition of the Prix Renaudot. Work ;Novels * ''Les Matins céladon'' (1988) * ''Les Frères Romance'' (1990), Calmann-Lévy Calmann-Lé ...

(Calmann-Lévy) * 1991: ''La Séparation'',

Dan Franck Dan Franck (born 17 October 1952 in Paris) is a French novelist and screenwriter. His novel ''La Séparation'' won the 1991 Prix Renaudot, and was made into a movie, ''La Séparation''. Works *''Apolline'', Seuil, 1997, *''Bohèmes'' Calmann ...

(Le Seuil) * 1992: ''La Démence du boxeur'',

François Weyergans François Weyergans (; 2 August 1941 – 27 May 2019) was a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France. François Weyergans was elected to the Académie ...

(Gallimard) * 1993: ''Les Corps célestes'',

Nicolas Bréhal Nicolas Bréhal (Gérald Solnitzki) (6 December 1952 Paris – 31 May 1999 Levallois-Perret) was a French novelist and literary critic. He was literary director at the ''Mercure de France'' and literary critic at ''Le Monde'' and ''Le Figaro''. ...

* 1994: ''Comme ton père'', Guillaume Le Touze (L'Olivier) * 1995: ''Les Braban'', Patrick Besson * 1996: ''Un silence d'environ une demi-heure'',

Boris Schreiber Boris Schreiber (28 May 1923 – 11 February 2008) was a French writer. Biography Boris Schreiber was born on 28 May 1923 in Berlin, where his parents, Wladimir Schreiber and Eugénie Markowitch, lived as refugees of the Russian Revolution. ...

* 1997: '' Les Voleurs de beauté'', Pascal Bruckner (Grasset) * 1998: ''Le Manuscrit de Port-Ebène'',

(Gallimard) * 1999: ''L'Enfant léopard'',

Daniel Picouly Daniel Picouly (born 21 October 1948 in Villemomble) is a French writer. Picouly was reared in a family of 13 children. His parents were born in the French overseas territory of Martinique. He became a professor of economics in Paris. In 1992 h ...

(Grasset) * 2000: ''Allah n'est pas obligé'',

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 ...

(Le Seuil) * 2001: ''Céleste'', Martine Le Coz (Editions du Rocher) * 2002: ''Assam'',

Gérard de Cortanze Gérard de Cortanze (born 22 July 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel ''Assam''. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2009.http://www. ...

(Albin Michel) * 2003: ''

Les Âmes grises ''Les Âmes grises'' is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in Fran ...

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Philippe Claudel Philippe Claudel (born 2 February 1962) is a French writer and film director. Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy. He directe ...

(Stock) * 2004: '' Suite française'', Irène Némirovsky (Denoël) * 2005: ''Mes mauvaises pensées'',

Nina Bouraoui Yasmina "Nina" Bouraoui (Arabicنينا بو راوي, born 1967) is a French novelist and songwriter born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine to an Algerian father from the town of Jijel and a French mother. She spent the first fourteen years of he ...

(Stock) * 2006: ''Mémoires de porc-épic'',

Alain Mabanckou Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing d ...

(Le Seuil) * 2007: ''Chagrin d'école'',

Daniel Pennac Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni, born 1 December 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay '' Chagrin d'école''. Daniel Pennacchioni is the fourth and last son of a Cors ...

( Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Roi de Kahel'' (''

The King of Kahel ''The King of Kahel'' (French: ''Le Roi de Kahel'') is a 2008 French-language novel by Guinean author Tierno Monénembo. It won the 2008 prix Renaudot. It was translated in 2010 to English by Nicholas Elliott and published by AmazonCrossing, Amazo ...

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Tierno Monénembo Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo (born 1947 in Porédaka), is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight b ...

(Le Seuil) * 2009: ''Un roman français'',

(Grasset) * 2010: ''Apocalypse bébé'',

Virginie Despentes Virginie Despentes (; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker. She is known for her work exploring gender, sexuality, and people who live in poverty or other marginalised conditions. Work Despentes' work is an inventory of ...

(Grasset) * 2011: '' Limonov'',

Emmanuel Carrère Emmanuel Carrère (born 9 December 1957) is a French author, screenwriter and film director. Life Family Carrère was born into a wealthy family in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. His father, Louis Carrère d'Encausse, is a retired insuranc ...

(P.O.L.) * 2012: ''Notre-Dame du Nil'',

Scholastique Mukasonga Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956) is a French- Rwandan author born in the former Gikongoro province of Rwanda. In 2012, She won the prix Renaudot and the prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for her book '' Our Lady of the Nile.'' In addition to being a fi ...

(Gallimard/Continents Noirs) * 2013: ''Naissance'', Yann Moix (Grasset) * 2014: ''Charlotte'',

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 ...

(Gallimard) * 2015: ''D'après une histoire vraie'',

Delphine de Vigan Delphine de Vigan (born 1 March 1966) is a French novelist. Life and career De Vigan wrote her first four novels by night while working at a public opinion firm in Alfortville by day. Her first published work, ''Jours sans faim'' (2001), was p ...

(Lattès) * 2016: ''Babylone'', Yasmina Reza (Flammarion) * 2017: '' La disparition de Josef Mengele'', Olivier Guez (Grasset) * 2018: ''Le Sillon'', Valérie Manteau (Le Tripode) * 2019: ''La Panthère des neiges'',

Sylvain Tesson Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are '' The Consolations of the F ...

(Gallimard) * 2020: ''Histoire du fils'',

Marie-Hélène Lafon Marie-Hélène Lafon (born 1962) is a French educator and award-winning writer. She was born in Aurillac in the Cantal department and grew up on the family farm there. She was educated at a religious boarding school in Saint-Flour and, after m ...

( Buchet/Chastel) * 2021: ''Premier Sang'',

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 ...

(Albin Michel) * 2022: ''Performance'',

Simon Liberati Simon Liberati (born 12 May 1960) is a French writer and journalist. For his novels, he has received the Prix de Flore (2009), Prix Femina (2011) and Prix Renaudot (2022). Biography Liberati was born in Paris. After studying Latin grammar at ...

(Grasset)

Other awards

Prix Renaudot de l'essai

* 2001: ''Protée et autres essais'',

Simon Leys Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Austral ...

(Gallimard) * 2002: ''Le Silence de Delphes'', Claude-Michel Cluny (La Différence) * 2003: ''Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Amérique'',

Yves Berger Yves Berger (14 January 1931 – 16 November 2004) was a French writer and editor. From 1960 to 2000, he was the literary director of Éditions Grasset, and published several novels in which he expressed his attachment to the United States. Bio ...

(Plon) * 2004: ''Madame Proust'', Évelyne Bloch-Dano (Grasset) * 2005: ''Le Roman de Constantinople'', Gilles Martin-Chauffier (Le Rocher) * 2006: ''Jean-François Revel : un esprit libre'', Pierre Boncenne (Plon) * 2007: ''Le Benarès-Kyôto'',

Olivier Germain-Thomas Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...

(Le Rocher) * 2008: ''Autobiographie d'un épouvantail'', Boris Cyrulnik (Odile Jacob) * 2009: ''Alias Caracalla'', Daniel Cordier (Gallimard) * 2010: ''L'affaire de l'esclave Furcy'',

Mohammed Aïssaoui Mohammed Aïssaoui at Rheims, 2021. Mohammed Aïssaoui (born 1964, Algiers) is a French writer and journalist. He is currently working for ''Le Figaro littéraire''. Works *2006: . *2010: . ** Prix Renaudot de l'essai 2010. ** Prix RFO du livr ...

(Gallimard) * 2011: ''Fontenoy ne reviendra plus'', Gérard Guégan (Stock) * 2012: ''Le Dernier Modèle'',

Frank Maubert Franck Maubert (born in 1955) is a French novelist and essayist. Maubert is the author of three novels and several works devoted to painting and song. He was a juror in the 2015 prix Françoise Sagan. Works * 1985: ''La Peinture moderne'', éd. ...

(Fayard) * 2013: ''Séraphin c'est la fin!'',

(La Table ronde) * 2014: ''De chez nous'',

Christian Authier Christian Authier, born 1969 in Toulouse, is a French writer and journalist. He has a master's degree in history from the University of Toulouse II and a degree from the Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse. His second novel, ''Les Liens déf ...

(Stock) * 2015: ''Leïlah Mahi 1932'',

Didier Blonde __NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it h ...

(Gallimard) * 2016: ''Le Monde libre'',

Aude Lancelin Aude Lancelin (; born 1973 in Tours) is a French journalist. She was previously deputy editor-in-chief at two prominent French weekly magazines: ''Marianne'' from 2011 to 2014 and ''L'Obs'' from 2014 to 2016. She joined Le Média in 2017 and becam ...

(Les Liens qui libèrent) * 2017: ''De l'ardeur'',

Justine Augier Justine Augier (born 1978) is a French writer, laureate of the 2011 edition of the Prix Fénéon with her novel ''En règle avec la nuit''. Selected works *2008: ''Son absence'', Paris, Stock 169 p. *2010: ''En règle avec la nuit'', Stock, 21 ...

(Actes Sud) * 2018: ''Avec toutes mes sympathies'', Olivia de Lamberterie (Stock) * 2019: ''(Très) cher cinéma français'',

Éric Neuhoff Éric Neuhoff (born 4 July 1956) is a French novelist and journalist. He debuted in 1982 a journalist at '' Le Quotidien de Paris'' and used a style nicknamed "néo-hussard", after the Hussards movement of the 1950s. He thus became associated wi ...

(Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Les Villes de papier : Une vie d'Emily Dickinson'',

Dominique Fortier Dominique Fortier (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist and translator from Quebec, who won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for her novel ''Au péril de la mer''.

(Alto, Grasset) * 2021: ''Dans ma rue y avait trois boutiques''

Anthony Palou Anthony Palou (born 1965, Quimper) is a French writer. From 1991 to 1997, Anthony Palou was Jean-Edern Hallier's private secretary. As of 2016, he is a journalist for ''Le Figaro''. Bibliography * *: - Prix Décembre 2000. * * *:- Prix Terre ...

(Presses de la Cité) * 2022: ''Déjeunons sur l'herbe'', Guillaume Durand (Bouquins)

Prix Renaudot du livre de poche

* 2009: ''Palestine'',

Hubert Haddad Hubert Haddad is a Tunisian poet, playwright, short story writer and novelist. He was born in Tunis in 1947. His debut collection of poems ''Le Charnier déductif'' appeared in 1967, and his first novel ''Un rêve de glace'' was published in 1974 ...

(Le Livre de Poche/Zulma) * 2010: ''L'origine de la violence'', Fabrice Humbert (Le Livre de poche) * 2011: ''A l'enfant que je n'aurai pas'',

Linda Lê Linda Lê (1963 – 9 May 2022) was a French writer. She was a recipient of the Fénéon Prize, the Prix Wepler, the Prix Renaudot du livre de poche, and the Prince Pierre de Monaco literary prize. Biography Lê was born in 1963 in Da Lat to ...

(NiL) * 2012: ''Les Vieilles'', Pascale Gautier (Folio/Gallimard) * 2013: ''Le Pérégrin émerveillé'', Jean-Louis Gouraud (Babel/Actes Sud) * 2014: ''Le Garçon incassable'',

Florence Seyvos Florence Seyvos (born 1967 in Lyon) is a French novelist, and screenwriter. Her films have been successful in French and in English. Life Seyvos was born in Lyon in 1967 and lived in northern France. Seyvos published her first book for children ...

(Points) * 2015: ''La fiancée était à dos d'âne'', Vénus Khoury-Ghata (Folio/Gallimard) * 2016: ''La mémoire du monde'', Stéphanie Janicot (Le Livre de poche) * 2017: ''Les méduses ont-elles sommeil ?'', (Folio/Gallimard) * 2018: ''Dieu, Allah, moi et les autres'',

Salim Bachi Salim Bachi (born 1971, Algiers) is an Algerian novelist who grew up in Annaba, eastern Algeria. After a one-year stay in Paris in 1995, he returned there in 1997 to study literature. A pensioner at the French Academy in Rome in 2005, he now lives ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2019: ''Une vieille histoire. Nouvelle version'',

Jonathan Littell Jonathan Littell (born October 10, 1967) is a writer living in Barcelona. He grew up in France and the United States and is a citizen of both countries. After acquiring his bachelor's degree he worked for a humanitarian organisation for nine year ...

(Folio/Gallimard) * 2020: ''Charles de Gaulle'', (Tempus/Perrin) * 2021: ''Louis Jouvet'', Olivier Rony * 2022: ''Vivre avec nos morts'',

Delphine Horvilleur Delphine Horvilleur (born 8 November 1974) is France's third female rabbi, and (as of 2012) editorial director of the quarterly Jewish magazine ''Revue de pensée(s) juive(s) Tenou'a''. She leads a congregation in Paris, and is currently co-lea ...

Prix Renaudot des lycéens

* 1992: ''Aden'',

Anne-Marie Garat Anne-Marie Garat (9 October 1946 – 26 July 2022) was a French novelist. She won the Prix Femina for her novel ''Aden'' in 1992 and the for her novel ''Les mal famées''. Studying literature in Bordeaux, she then obtained a DEA in cinema at ...

, (Seuil) * 1993: ''Jacob Jacobi'', , (Julliard) * 1994: ''Une mort de théâtre'', , (Julliard) * 1995: ''Le Jeu du roman'', Louise Lambrichs (Seuil) * 1996: ''L'Ode à la reine'', (Calmann-Lévy) * 1997: ''L'Homme du cinquième jour'',

Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod (born 18 September 1958) is a French novelist. He is known for the series ''Enquête au collège'' and the ''Une famille aux petits oignons'' stories. Personal life He was second among six boys in the family. Career Whi ...

, (Gallimard) * 1998: ''Une poignée de gens'', Anne Wiazemsky, (Gallimard) * 1999: ''Foraine'',

Paul Fournel Paul Fournel (born 20 May 1947 in Saint-Étienne) is a French writer, poet, publisher, and cultural ambassador. He was educated at the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud (1968–1972). Fournel wrote his master's thesis on Raymond Queneau a ...

, (Seuil) * 2000: ''Dans ces bras-là'', Camille Laurens, (POL) * 2001: ''Le Soir du chien'',

, (Buchet Chastel) * 2002: ''La Métaphysique du chien'', , (Buchet Chastel) * 2003: ''Silence, on ment'', , (Grasset) * 2004: ''La Dernière Leçon'', Noëlle Châtelet, (Seuil) * 2005: ''Festins secrets'', , (L'Esprit des péninsules) * 2006: ''Maos'',

Morgan Sportès Morgan Sportès is a French writer. He was born in Algiers in 1947. The author of more than 20 books, he has won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2006) for ''Maos'', and the Prix Interallié (2011) and the Globes de Cristal (2012) for his novel ...

, (Grasset) * 2007: '

Carole Martinez Carole Martinez (10 November 1966 in Créhange) is a French contemporary novelist. Biography She was at a time tempted by theater and created her troupe at age 20. She is a teacher of French. Her first novel, ', released discreetly in Febru ...

, (Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Voyage du fils,'' , (Grasset) * 2009: ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'',

Véronique Ovaldé Véronique Ovaldé (born 1972) is a French novelist. Her fifth novel ''Et mon cœur transparent'' won the Prix France Culture/Télérama in 2008. Her seventh novel ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'' won the Prix Renaudot des lycéens (2009), th ...

, (L'Olivier) * 2010: ''Dans la nuit brune'' Agnès Desarthe, (L'Olivier) * 2011: ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'',

, (Jean-Claude Lattès) * 2012: ''L'Hiver des hommes'', Lionel Duroy, (Julliard) * 2013: ''Plonger'', , (Gallimard) * 2014: ''L'Amour et les Forêts'',

Éric Reinhardt Éric Reinhardt (born 2 April 1965) is a French writer and publisher currently living in Paris. Early life Reinhardt grew up in a middle-class family approximately 30 kilometres from Paris in Corbeil-Essonnes. He attended preparatory classes in P ...

, (Gallimard) * 2015: ''Juste avant l'oubli'',

Alice Zeniter Alice Zeniter (born 1986) is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter, dramatist and director. She has won a Prix Renaudot young adult award for her third novel, ''Juste avant l'Oubli'', and a Prix Goncourt young adult for her fourth novel, ...

* 2016: '' Giboulées de soleil'', Lenka Hornakova-Civade, (Alma) * 2017: '' Nos richesses'', Kaouther Adimi, (Le Seuil) * 2018: ''La Vraie vie'',

Adeline Dieudonné Adeline Dieudonné is a Belgians, Belgian writer. She is best known for her debut novel ''Real Life'' (2018), which won numerous literary prizes in the Francophone world, among them: * Prix du Roman FNAC * Prix Rossel * Prix Renaudot des lycéens ...

(L'Iconoclaste) * 2019: ''Le Bal des folles'', (Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Le Métier de Mourir'',

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 ...

(Grasset) * 2021: ''La carte postale,''

Anne Berest Anne Berest (born September 15, 1979) is a French writer and actress. Biography In 2008 she adapted Patrick Modiano's short autobiography ''Un Pedigree'' for the theatre with Edouard Baer. , son of Françoise Sagan asked Berest to write about ...