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

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 The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
. 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 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, who created the first French newspaper in 1631. In 2013, the Prix Redaudot ''essay'' revived the career of Gabriel Matzneff, which collapsed in 2020 as his
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– 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. 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 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� ...
, left the jury, but no changes took place.


Jury

As of 2021, the jury consists of: * Christian Giudicelli * Dominique Bona * Franz-Olivier Giesbert * Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud * Jean-Noël Pancrazi * 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 franç ...
* Stéphanie Janicot * Cécile Guilbert * J. M. G. Le Clezio


Laureates

* 1926: ''Nicolo Peccavi'', Armand Lunel (
Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by ...
) * 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 abo ...
(Grasset) * 1929: '' La Table aux crevés'',
Marcel Aymé Marcel Aymé (29 March 1902 – 14 October 1967) was a French novelist and playwright, who also wrote screenplays and works for children. Biography Marcel André Aymé was born in Joigny, in the Burgundy region of France, the youngest of ...
(Gallimard) * 1930: ''Piège'', Germaine Beaumont (Lemerre) * 1931: ''L'Innocent'', Philippe Hériat (Denoël) * 1932: '' Voyage au bout de la nuit'',
Louis-Ferdinand Céline Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel '' Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' ...
(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 ...
(Denoël) * 1937: ''Mervale'', Jean Rogissart (Denoël) * 1938: ''Léonie la bienheureuse'', Pierre Jean Launay (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 Fo ...
(Charlot) * 1941: ''Quand le temps travaillait pour nous'', Paul Mousset (Grasset) * 1942: ''Les Liens de chaîne'', Robert Gaillard (Colbert) * 1943: ''J'étais médecin avec les chars'', Dr. André Soubiran (Didier) * 1944: '' Les Amitiés particulières'', Roger Peyrefitte (La Table ronde) * 1945: ''Le Mas Théotime'',
Henri Bosco Henri Bosco (16 November 1888 – 4 May 1976) was a French writer. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Life Bosco was born in Avignon, Vaucluse into a family of Provençal, Ligurian and Piedmontese origin. Through ...
(Charlot) * 1946: ''L'Univers concentrationnaire'', David Rousset (Minuit) * 1947: ''Je vivrai l'amour des autres'', Jean Cayrol (Le Seuil) * 1948: ''Voyage aux horizons'', Pierre Fisson (Julliard) * 1949: ''Le Jeu de patience'', Louis Guilloux (Gallimard) * 1950: ''Les Orgues de l'enfer'', Pierre Molaine (Corréa) * 1951: ''Le Dieu nu'', Robert Margerit (Gallimard) * 1952: ''L'Amour de rien'', Jacques Perry (Julliard) * 1953: ''La Dernière Innocence'', Célia Bertin (Corréa) * 1954: ''Le Passage'', Jean Reverzy (Julliard) * 1955: ''Le Moissonneur d'épines'', Georges Govy (La Table ronde) * 1956: ''Le Père'', André Perrin (Julliard) * 1957: '' La Modification'', Michel Butor (Minuit) * 1958: ''La Lézarde'', Édouard Glissant (Le Seuil) * 1959: ''L'Expérience'', Albert Palle (Julliard) * 1960: ''Le Bonheur fragile'', Alfred Kern (Gallimard) * 1961: ''Les Blés'', Roger Bordier (Calmann-Lévy) * 1962: ''Le Veilleur de nuit'', Simone Jacquemard (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 Georges Perec (; 7 March 1936 – 3 March 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Hol ...
(Julliard) * 1966: ''La Bataille de Toulouse'', José Cabanis (Gallimard) * 1967: ''Le Monde tel qu'il est'', Salvat Etchart (Mercure de France) * 1968: ''Le Devoir de violence'', Yambo Ouologuem (Le Seuil) * 1969: ''Les Feux de la colère'', Max Olivier-Lacamp (Grasset) * 1970: ''Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison'', Jean Freustié (La Table ronde) * 1971: ''Le Sac du palais d'été'', Pierre-Jean Rémy (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 (Grasset) * 1975: ''L'Homme de sable'',
Jean Joubert Jean Joubert (27 February 1928 – 28 November 2015) was a French novelist, short story writer, and poet. He won the 1978 Prix Mallarmé for ''Poems: 1955–1975''. He won the 1975 Prix Renaudot for ''L'Homme de sable''. Life Joubert was born i ...
(Grasset) * 1976: ''L'Amour les yeux fermés'', Michel Henry (Gallimard) * 1977: ''Les Combattants du petit bonheur'', Alphonse Boudard (La Table ronde) * 1978: '' L'Herbe à brûler'', Conrad Detrez (Calmann-Lévy) * 1979: ''Affaires étrangères'', Jean-Marc Roberts (Le Seuil) * 1980: ''Les Portes de Gubbio'', Danièle Sallenave (Le Seuil) * 1981: ''La Nuit du décret'', Michel Del Castillo (Le Seuil) * 1982: ''La Faculté des songes'', Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (Grasset) * 1983: ''Avant-Guerre'', Jean-Marie Rouart (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'', Christian Giudicelli (Gallimard) * 1987: ''L'Enfant halluciné'', René-Jean Clot (Grasset) * 1988: '' Hadriana dans tous mes rêves'', René Depestre (Gallimard) * 1989: ''Les Comptoirs du Sud'', Philippe Doumenc (Le Seuil) * 1990: ''Les Frères Romance'', Jean Colombier (Calmann-Lévy) * 1991: ''La Séparation'', Dan Franck (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 Académi ...
(Gallimard) * 1993: ''Les Corps célestes'', Nicolas Bréhal * 1994: ''Comme ton père'', Guillaume Le Touze (L'Olivier) * 1995: ''Les Braban'', Patrick Besson * 1996: ''Un silence d'environ une demi-heure'', Boris Schreiber * 1997: '' Les Voleurs de beauté'',
Pascal Bruckner Pascal Bruckner (; born 15 December 1948, in Paris) is a French writer, one of the " New Philosophers" who came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Much of his work has been devoted to critiques of French society and culture. Biography Bruckne ...
(Grasset) * 1998: ''Le Manuscrit de Port-Ebène'', Dominique Bona (Gallimard) * 1999: ''L'Enfant léopard'', Daniel Picouly (Grasset) * 2000: ''Allah n'est pas obligé'', Ahmadou Kourouma (Le Seuil) * 2001: ''Céleste'', Martine Le Coz (Editions du Rocher) * 2002: ''Assam'', Gérard de Cortanze (Albin Michel) * 2003: '' Les Âmes grises'',
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 direct ...
(Stock) * 2004: '' Suite française'', Irène Némirovsky (Denoël) * 2005: ''Mes mauvaises pensées'', Nina Bouraoui (Stock) * 2006: ''Mémoires de porc-épic'', Alain Mabanckou (Le Seuil) * 2007: ''Chagrin d'école'', Daniel Pennac ( Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Roi de Kahel'' ('' The King of Kahel''), Tierno Monénembo (Le Seuil) * 2009: ''Un roman français'',
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 franç ...
(Grasset) * 2010: ''Apocalypse bébé'', Virginie Despentes (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 insurance e ...
(P.O.L.) * 2012: ''Notre-Dame du Nil'', Scholastique Mukasonga (Gallimard/Continents Noirs) * 2013: ''Naissance'',
Yann Moix Yann Moix (, ; born 31 March 1968) is a French author, film director and television presenter. He is the author of ten novels and the recipient of several literary prizes. He has directed three films. He was a columnist on '' On n'est pas couch ...
(Grasset) * 2014: ''Charlotte'', David Foenkinos (Gallimard) * 2015: ''D'après une histoire vraie'', Delphine de Vigan (Lattès) * 2016: ''Babylone'',
Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays '' 'Art and '' God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. The 2011 bl ...
(Flammarion) * 2017: '' La disparition de Josef Mengele'', Olivier Guez (Grasset) * 2018: ''Le Sillon'', Valérie Manteau (Le Tripode) * 2019: ''La Panthère des neiges'', Sylvain Tesson (Gallimard) * 2020: ''Histoire du fils'', Marie-Hélène Lafon ( Buchet/Chastel) * 2021: ''Premier Sang'', Amélie Nothomb (Albin Michel) * 2022: ''Performance'', Simon Liberati (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 Australi ...
(Gallimard) * 2002: ''Le Silence de Delphes'', Claude-Michel Cluny (La Différence) * 2003: ''Dictionnaire amoureux de l'Amérique'', Yves Berger (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 (Le Rocher) * 2008: ''Autobiographie d'un épouvantail'',
Boris Cyrulnik Boris Cyrulnik (birth 26 July 1937 in Bordeaux) is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist. As a Jewish child during World War II, he was entrusted to a foster family for his own protection. In 1943 he was taken with adults i ...
(Odile Jacob) * 2009: ''Alias Caracalla'', Daniel Cordier (Gallimard) * 2010: ''L'affaire de l'esclave Furcy'', Mohammed Aïssaoui (Gallimard) * 2011: ''Fontenoy ne reviendra plus'', Gérard Guégan (Stock) * 2012: ''Le Dernier Modèle'', Frank Maubert (Fayard) * 2013: ''Séraphin c'est la fin!'', Gabriel Matzneff (La Table ronde) * 2014: ''De chez nous'', Christian Authier (Stock) * 2015: ''Leïlah Mahi 1932'', Didier Blonde (Gallimard) * 2016: ''Le Monde libre'', Aude Lancelin (Les Liens qui libèrent) * 2017: ''De l'ardeur'', Justine Augier (Actes Sud) * 2018: ''Avec toutes mes sympathies'', Olivia de Lamberterie (Stock) * 2019: ''(Très) cher cinéma français'', Éric Neuhoff (Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Les Villes de papier : Une vie d'Emily Dickinson'', Dominique Fortier (Alto, Grasset) * 2021: ''Dans ma rue y avait trois boutiques'' Anthony Palou (Presses de la Cité) * 2022: ''Déjeunons sur l'herbe'',
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 o ...
(Bouquins)


Prix Renaudot du livre de poche

* 2009: ''Palestine'', Hubert Haddad (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 (NiL) * 2012: ''Les Vieilles'', Pascale Gautier (Folio/Gallimard) * 2013: ''Le Pérégrin émerveillé'', Jean-Louis Gouraud (Babel/Actes Sud) * 2014: ''Le Garçon incassable'', Florence Seyvos (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 (Folio/Gallimard) * 2019: ''Une vieille histoire. Nouvelle version'', Jonathan Littell (Folio/Gallimard) * 2020: ''Charles de Gaulle'', (Tempus/Perrin) * 2021: ''Louis Jouvet'', Olivier Rony * 2022: ''Vivre avec nos morts'', Delphine Horvilleur


Prix Renaudot des lycéens

* 1992: ''Aden'', Anne-Marie Garat, (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, (Gallimard) * 1998: ''Une poignée de gens'', Anne Wiazemsky, (Gallimard) * 1999: ''Foraine'', Paul Fournel, (Seuil) * 2000: ''Dans ces bras-là'',
Camille Laurens Laurence Ruel (born 6 November 1957), known by her pen name Camille Laurens, is a French writer and winner of the 2000 Prix Femina for ''Dans ces bras-là''. Laurens is a member of the Académie Goncourt. Career A graduate of humanities, Camil ...
, (POL) * 2001: ''Le Soir du chien'', Marie-Hélène Lafon, (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, (Grasset) * 2007: ' Carole Martinez, (Gallimard) * 2008: ''Le Voyage du fils,'' , (Grasset) * 2009: ''Ce que je sais de Vera Candida'', Véronique Ovaldé, (L'Olivier) * 2010: ''Dans la nuit brune'' Agnès Desarthe, (L'Olivier) * 2011: ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'', Delphine de Vigan, (Jean-Claude Lattès) * 2012: ''L'Hiver des hommes'', Lionel Duroy, (Julliard) * 2013: ''Plonger'', , (Gallimard) * 2014: ''L'Amour et les Forêts'', Éric Reinhardt, (Gallimard) * 2015: ''Juste avant l'oubli'', Alice Zeniter * 2016: '' Giboulées de soleil'', Lenka Hornakova-Civade, (Alma) * 2017: '' Nos richesses'', Kaouther Adimi, (Le Seuil) * 2018: ''La Vraie vie'', Adeline Dieudonné (L'Iconoclaste) * 2019: ''Le Bal des folles'', (Albin Michel) * 2020: ''Le Métier de Mourir'', Jean-René Van der Plaetsen (Grasset) * 2021: ''La carte postale,'' Anne Berest (Grasset)


Further reading


Prix Renaudot : histoire d'un prix littéraire anti-Goncourt
(originally published on lireka.com)


References

{{Authority control Awards established in 1926 French fiction awards Non-fiction literary awards 1926 establishments in France