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The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French
literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ...
created in 1967, ten years after writer
Valery Larbaud Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet. Life He was born in Vichy, the only child of a pharmacist. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner ...
's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have loved". It is always awarded in
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on the last weekend in May.


Prize winners

Winners: * 1967 – Michel Dard, ''Mélusine'' * 1968 – Robert Levesque, ''Les Bains d'Estramadure'' * 1969 – Claude Roy, ''Le verbe Aimer et autres essais'' * 1970 – Henri Thomas, ''La Relique'' * 1971 – Guy Rohou, ''Le Bateau des Iles'' * 1972 – J.M.G. Le Clézio and Frida Weissman for all their works * 1973 –
Georges Perros Georges Perros (23 August 1923, Paris – 24 January 1978, Douarnenez Douarnenez (, ; meaning ''douar'' (land) ''an enez'' (the island) or land of the island), is a commune in the French department of Finistère, region of Brittany, northwest ...
, ''Papiers collés I, II'' * 1974 – Pierre Leyris, for translations of
William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...
's works * 1975 – Muriel Cerf, ''Le Diable vert'' * 1976 –
Marcel Thiry Marcel Thiry (13 March 1897 – 5 September 1977) was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1976 for '' Toi qui ...
, ''Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver'' * 1977 –
Jean Blot Alexandre Blokh (russian: Александр Арнольдович Блок), called Jean Blot, (31 March 1923, Moscow – 23 December 2019, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne)) was a French writer, translator, and senior civil servant of Russian ...
, ''Les Cosmopolites'' and Françoise Lioure * 1978 –
Philippe Jaccottet Philippe Jaccottet (; 30 June 1925 – 24 February 2021) was a Swiss Francophone poet and translator. Life and work After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived for several years in Paris. In 1953, he moved to the town of Grignan in ...
for all his works * 1979 – Georges Piroué, ''Feux et lieux'' * 1980 –
Paule Constant Paule Constant (born 25 January 1944 in Gan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is a French novelist. She graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University, with a Ph.D. Awards * 1998 Prix Goncourt for '' Confidence pour confidence''. * 1989 Grand prize for the no ...
, ''Ouregano'' * 1981 –
Noël Devaulx René Forgeot (9 December 1905 in Brest – 9 June 1995 in Saint-Romain-de-Lerps) known in literature under the pseudonym Noël Devaulx, was a French novelist and short-story writer. Life After having had to give up his maritime career for healt ...
for all his works * 1982 –
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 ...
, ''Une affaire de famille'' * 1983 –
Jacques Réda Jacques Réda (born 24 January 1929 in Lunéville) is a French poet, jazz critic, and ''flâneur''. He was awarded the Prix Valery Larbaud in 1983, and was chief editor of the ''Nouvelle Revue Française ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' (; "The ...
for all his works * 1984 –
Hubert Nyssen Hubert Nyssen (born 11 April 1925 – 12 November 2011) was a Belgian-French writer, publisher and founder of the Éditions Actes Sud. Biography Hubert Nyssen grew up in Boitsfort (today a commune in Brussels) and settled in Provence in 1968. ...
for all his works * 1985 –
Jean Lescure Jean Lescure (14 September 1912 – 17 October 2005) was a French poet. Biography Lescure was born in Asnières-sur-Seine. In 1938, he published his first plaquette of poems, "Le voyage immobile", and launched the review "Messages" (two issue ...
and Bernard Delvaille * 1986 – René de Ceccatty, ''L'Or et la Poussière'' * 1987 –
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 ...
, ''Le Détroit de Behring'' * 1988 – Jean-Marie Laclavetine, ''Donnafugata'' * 1989 – Jean Rolin, ''La ligne de front'' * 1990 –
Frédéric Jacques Temple Frédéric Jacques Temple (18 August 1921 – 5 August 2020) was a French poet and writer. His work includes poems (collected in 1989 in a "Personal Anthology"), novels, travel stories and essays. He also realised translations of English, Thomas ...
, ''Anthologie Personnelles'' * 1991 – Frédéric Vitoux, ''Sérénissime'' * 1992 –
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''. ...
, ''Sonate au Clair de Lune'' * 1993 – Olivier Germain-Thomas, ''Au cœur de l'enfance'' * 1994 – Jean-Noël Pancrazi, ''Le Silence des Passions'' * 1995 – Alain Blottière, ''L'Enchantement'' * 1996 – François Bott, ''Radiguet'' * 1997 – Jean-Paul Enthoven, ''Les enfants de Saturne'' * 1998 – Gérard Macé, ''Colportage I et II'' * 1999 – Gilles Leroy, ''Machines à sous'' * 2000 –
Guy Goffette Guy Gofete (born 18 April 1947) is a Belgian-born poet and writer. Gofete published his first book of poems in 1969. Since then he has worked as an editor at the publishing company Gallimard. Gofete's poetry has been compared to Verlaine (of wh ...
, ''Partance et autres lieux'' * 2002 –
Jean-Claude Pirotte Jean-Claude Pirotte (20 October 1939 – 24 May 2014) was a Belgian writer, poet and painter. A French language writer, his 2006 novel, ''Une adolescence en Gueldre'', won the Prix des Deux Magots. Life Early years Jean-Claude Pirotte was born ...
, ''Ange Vincent'' * 2003 – Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud, ''Au fond du Paradis'' * 2004 –
Jean-Bertrand Pontalis Jean-Bertrand Pontalis ibé(15 January 1924 – 15 January 2013) was a French philosopher, writer, editor and psychoanalyst. Career A student of Jean-Paul Sartre, Pontalis became a professor of philosophy in the forties, before undergoing an an ...
, ''La Traversée des ombres'' * 2005 – Christine Jordis, ''Une passion excentrique : visites anglaises'' * 2006 – Pierre Jourde, ''Festins secrets'' * 2007 – Vincent Delecroix, ''Ce qui est perdu'' * 2008 -
Thomas B. Reverdy Thomas B. Reverdy (born in 1974) is a French novelist. Biography During his studies of letters at the university, he worked on Antonin Artaud, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Henri Michaux. He also participated in the journal ', where he directed ...
, ''Les derniers feux'' * 2009 - Éditions Michel Lafon, ''Une vie de Pierre Ménard'' * 2010 - Cloé Korman, ''Les Hommes-couleurs'' (Le Seuil) * 2011 -
Jérôme Ferrari Jérôme Ferrari is a French writer and translator born in 1968 in Paris. He won the 2012 Prix Goncourt for his novel ''The Sermon on the Fall of Rome, Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome'' ("The Sermon on the Fall of Rome"). Ferrari has lived in Cors ...
, ''Où j'ai laissé mon âme'' (Actes Sud) * 2012 -
Shumona Sinha Shumona Sinha, also spelled ''Sumana Sinha''; (Bengali: সুমনা সিনহা, Calcutta, 27 June 1973), is a naturalised French writer born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, who lives in France. In her interviews for the French media, ...
, ''Assommons les pauvres!'' (L'Olivier) * 2013 -
Éric Vuillard Éric Vuillard (4 May 1968, Lyon) is a French writer and film director. He has made two films, ''L'homme qui marche'' and ''Mateo Falcone'', the latter based on a story by Prosper Merimee. He is the author of ''Conquistadors'' (2009) which won th ...
, ''Congo'' et ''La Bataille d'Occident'' (Actes Sud) * 2014 - Frédéric Verger, ', Gallimard * 2015 -
Luba Jurgenson Luba Jurgenson et, Ljuba Jürgenson, russian: Люба (ou Любовь) Юргенсон (born 1 July 1958) is a French-speaking woman of letters. She is also a translator, a maître de conférences and codirector (with Anne Coldefy-Faucard) of t ...
, ''Au lieu du péril'', Verdier * 2016 -
Hédi Kaddour Hédi Kaddour (born July 1st, 1945 in Tunis) is a French poet and novelist. Biography Hédi Kaddour was born of a Tunisian father and a French mother. Received 1st at the aggregation of modern letters, he is a translator of English, German an ...
, ', Gallimard.. * 2017 –
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo Jean-Baptiste Garcia (born 25 November 1981), known by the pen name Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, is a French writer. He was born in Toulouse. Selected works * ''Ne rien faire et autres nouvelles'' (2006). * ''Une éducation libertine'' (2008). ''A Libe ...
, ''Règne animal'', Gallimard * 2018 – Maud Simonnot, ''La Nuit pour adresse'', Gallimard * 2019 – Anton Beraber, ''La Grande Idée'', Gallimard * 2020 –
Jacques Drillon Jacques Drillon (25 June 1954 – 25 December 2021) was a French journalist and writer. He studied literature and cinema in Nancy and Metz and earned a doctorate in linguistics in 1993 with the thesis ''La loi formelle et son influence sur la cr ...
, ''Cadence'', Gallimard


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Valery Larbaud Valery Larbaud (29 August 1881 – 2 February 1957) was a French writer and poet. Life He was born in Vichy, the only child of a pharmacist. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner ...
Awards established in 1967 1967 establishments in France