The Prix Émile Augier is a literary prize bestowed by the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, with a silver medal from the Academy. It is an annual award that was first given sporadically from the late 19th century until 1961. It was reestablished in 1994 as a collaboration with the foundations ''

Émile Augier Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (; 17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the on 31 March 1857. Biography Augier was born at Valence, Drôme, the grandson of Pigault Lebrun, an ...

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Eugène Brieux Eugène Brieux (; 19 January 18586 December 1932) was a French dramatist. Biography Brieux grew up as the son of a carpenter in modest circumstances in the Temple District of Paris (3rd Arrondissement). His schooling was limited to attending th ...

'', ''

Paul Hervieu Paul Hervieu (2 September 185725 October 1915) was a French novelist and playwright. Early years He was born Paul-Ernest Hervieu in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Hervieu was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family. He studied law, but soug ...

'' and ''de Soussay''. The prize is intended to reward a work relating to

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

Laureates

* 1895:

François Coppée François Edouard Joachim Coppée (; 26 January 1842 – 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist. Biography Coppée was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war and wo ...

, ''Pour la Couronne'' * 1899:

Jean Richepin Jean Richepin (; 4 February 1849 – 12 December 1926) was a French poet, novelist and dramatist. Biography Born on 4 February 1849 at Médéa, French Algeria, Jean Richepin was the son of an army doctor. At school and at the École Normale ...

, ''Le Chemineau'' * 1902: , ''Pour l’Amour'' * 1905: **

Henry Bataille Félix-Henri "Henry" Bataille (4 April 1872, in Nîmes – 2 March 1922, in Rueil-Malmaison) was a French dramatist and poet. His works were popular between 1900 and the start of World War I. Bataille's parents died when he was young. He attend ...

, ''Résurrection'' **

Émile Fabre Émile Fabre (24 March 1869 in Metz, France – 25 September 1955 in Paris) was a French playwright and general administrator of the ''Comédie-Française'' from 1915 to 1936.:227 He was greatly influenced by Balzac as a young man, and most ...

, ''La Rabouilleuse'' ** Georges Mitchell, ''L’Absent'' * 1908: ** Alfred Bouchinet, ''Son père'' ** Émile Fabre, ''Les ventres dorés'' ** Albert Guinon, ''Son père'' **

Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès (; 22 May 1841 – 8 February 1909) was a French poet and man of letters. Early life and career Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, Mendès was born in Bordeaux. After childhood and adolescence in Toulouse, he arrived in Paris in 1 ...

, ''Glatigny'' * 1911: , ''L’Alibi'' * 1914: Marie Lenéru, ''Les Affranchies'' * 1917: Gaston Devore, ''L’Envolée'' * 1920: Miguel Zamacoïs, ''M. Césarin écrivain public'' * 1923: Paul Raynal, ''Le maître de son cœur'' * 1926: Lucien Besnard, ''L’homme qui n’est plus de ce monde'' * 1929: André Boussac de Saint-Marc, ''Moloch'' * 1932: , ''La Double passion'' * 1938:

François Mauriac François Charles Mauriac (; ; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the'' Académie française'' (from 1933), and laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Pr ...

, collected works * 1941: , ''Fabienne'' * 1951: Jean Sylvain, ''Le père Damien'' * 1961: , ''La Fin du monde'' * 1996: , ''Mon mot à dire'' and all his work (Nizet) * 2001:

Pierre Barillet Pierre Barillet (24 August 1923 – 8 January 2019) was a French playwright. Biography Barillet was born in Paris, France. Passionate about theatre since childhood, he wrote his first play, ''Les Héritiers'', in 1945 after being a law student. ...

, ''Quatre années sans relâche'' (Bernard de Fallois) * 2004: , ''Agnès Belladone'' (Avant-Scène Théâtre) * 2005: , ''S'opposer à l'orage'' (Arche-Éditeur) * 2007:

Françoise Dorner Françoise Dorner (born 17 June 1949, Paris) is a French actress, screenwriter, playwright and novelist. Biography Actress Dorner made her cinema debut in 1975 thanks to Éric Le Hung, who cast her in one of the main roles in '' Raging Fists'' ...

, ''La Douceur assassine'' (

Albin Michel Albin may refer to: Places * Albin, Wyoming, US * Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US * Albin, Virginia, US People * Albin (given name), origin of the name and people with the first name "Albin" * Albin (surname) ;Mononyms * Albin of ...

) * 2009:

Patrick Cauvin Claude Klotz (6 October 1932 – 13 August 2010), better known by his pen name Patrick Cauvin, was a former teacher turned French writer. He was born in Marseille and died in Paris. His novel ''E=mc² Mon Amour'' was adapted into the Oscar winn ...

, ''Héloïse'' (Albin Michel) * 2010: , ''Et l'enfant sur le loup'' and ''Les couteaux dans le dos'' (Avant-Scène Théâtre) * 2012: Michel Bernardy, ''Le Jeu Verbal, Oralité de la langue française'' (L'Âge d'Homme) * 2015:

Pascal Rambert Pascal Rambert is a French literature, French writer, choreography, choreographer, and director for the stage and screen. He was born in 1962. Biography From 2007 to 2017, he served as the Director of T2G, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, which he ...

, ''Répétition'' (Les Solitaires intempestifs) * 2016: Laurent Mauvignier, ''Retour à Berratham'' (éditions de Minuit) * 2018: Nathalie Boisvert, ''Antigone au Printemps'' (Léméac éditions) * 2020:

Christine Montalbetti Christine Montalbetti is a French novelist, playwright and professor of literature at the University of Paris. In her writing, Montalbetti practices what Warren Motte calls "intrusive narration," or a narrative style that engages the reader dire ...

, ''La Conférence des objets''

External links

Prix Émile Augier
on the site of the Académie française

on Prix Littéraires.net
Prix Emile Augier
on Livres Hebdo {{Portal bar, , theatre, France} French theatre awards Awards established in 1994 1994 establishments in France