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

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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 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 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

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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 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 Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud (born 1947 in Paris) is a French novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1982 for the novel ''La Faculté des songes'' and the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle in 2005 for ''Singe savant ta ...

* Jean-Noël Pancrazi *

Patrick Besson Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Life Besson was born of a half Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, ''Early Mornings of Love'', in 1974, aged 17. A Communist sympathizer, 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 Cécile Guilbert (born 1963) is a French writer and literary critic. She studied at Sciences-Po Paris. She has written a number of books on writers who are ''esprits libres'' or "free spirits": Saint Simon, Guy Debord, Laurence Sterne and Andy Wa ...

* 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 ...

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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 Ga ...

) * 1927: ''Maïtena'',

Bernard Nabonne Bernard Nabonne (1897-1951) was a French writer of Bearnaise origin. He is best known for his novels written in the 1920s, for example, ''La Butte aux Cailles'' (1925) and ''Maitena'' (1927). The latter won the Prix Renaudot. Other notable works i ...

(Grasset) * 1928: ''Le Joueur de triangle'', André Obey (Grasset) * 1929: ''

La Table aux crevés ''The Hollow Field'' () is a 1929 novel by the French writer Marcel Aymé. It tells the story of the rivalry between two farming villages, Cantagrel and Cessigney, which is triggered after a failed attempt at tobacco smuggling. An English translat ...

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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 si ...

(Gallimard) * 1930: ''Piège'',

Germaine Beaumont Germaine Beaumont (1890-1983) was a French journalist and writer. Her real name was Germaine Battendier. She was born in the Petit-Couronne and died in Montfort-l'Amaury at the age of 92. The author of more than a dozen books, she is best known f ...

(Lemerre) * 1931: ''L'Innocent'',

Philippe Hériat Philippe Hériat (15 September 1898 in Paris – 10 October 1971) was a multi-talented French novelist, playwright and actor. Biography Born Raymond Gérard Payelle, he studied with film director René Clair and in 1920 made his debut in silent ...

(Denoël) * 1932: ''

Voyage au bout de la nuit ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (french: Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932) is the first novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work follows the adventures of Ferdinand Bardamu in the World War I, colonial Africa, the Un ...

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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 ''Pri ...

(Denoël) * 1933: ''Le roi dort'',

Charles Braibant Charles Braibant (31 March 1889, in Villemomble – 23 April 1976, in Paris) was a French archivist, author and novelist. After qualifying as an archivist from the École Nationale des Chartes in 1914, he served as Head of the archive and librar ...

(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 (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 (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 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 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''. H ...

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

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 Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary a ...

(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 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel '' Le ...

(Gallimard) * 1964: ''L'Écluse'',

Jean-Pierre Faye Jean-Pierre Faye (born 19 July 1925) is a French philosopher and writer of fiction and prose poetry. Life and career Faye was born in Paris. He was member of the editing committee of the avant-garde literary review ''Tel Quel ''Tel Quel'' (t ...

(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 Holoc ...

(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 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 (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 Christopher Frank (5 December 1942, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK – 19 November 1993, Paris, France) was a British-born French writer, screenwriter, and film director. He won the 1972 Prix Renaudot for his novel ''La Nuit américaine'' th ...

(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 in ...

(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'',

(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'',

(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 ma ...

(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 (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 Acadé ...

(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'',

* 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 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 (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 directe ...

(Stock) * 2004: '' Suite française'',

Irène Némirovsky Irène Némirovsky (; 11 February 1903 – 17 August 1942) was a novelist of Russian Jewish origin who was born in Kyiv, the Russian Empire. She lived more than half her life in France, and wrote in French, but was denied French citizenship. Arr ...

(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, Ama ...

''),

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 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 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 (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 bla ...

(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 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 (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 in ...

(Odile Jacob) * 2009: ''Alias Caracalla'',

Daniel Cordier Daniel Cordier (10 August 1920 – 20 November 2020) was a French Resistance fighter, historian and art dealer. As a member of the Camelots du Roi, he engaged with Free France in June 1940. He was secretary to Jean Moulin from 1942 to 1943, and ...

(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 liv ...

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

(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 (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 Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937 in Bsharri, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese poet and writer. Early life Venus Khoury-Ghata was born into a Maronite family, the daughter of a soldier that spoke French and a mother that was a peasant. She is the old ...

(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, (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 Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966), and went on to appear in several ...

, (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 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'',

, (Buchet Chastel) * 2002: ''La Métaphysique du chien'', , (Buchet Chastel) * 2003: ''Silence, on ment'', , (Grasset) * 2004: ''La Dernière Leçon'',

Noëlle Châtelet Noëlle Châtelet (); born 16 October 1944 as Noëlle Jospin) is a French writer and lecturer at the Paris Descartes University in the humanities. She is the author of essays, collections of short stories and novels translated into several lan ...

, (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, (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 Agnès Desarthe ( Naouri; born 3 May 1966) is a French novelist, children's writer and translator. Biography Desarthe was born 3 May 1966 in Paris. She is the daughter of the pediatrician and writer Aldo Naouri. She is married to filmmaker , so ...

, (L'Olivier) * 2011: ''Rien ne s'oppose à la nuit'', Delphine de Vigan, (Jean-Claude Lattès) * 2012: ''L'Hiver des hommes'',

Lionel Duroy Lionel Duroy de Suduiraut (born 1 October 1949) is a French writer and journalist born in Bizerte (Tunisia) into an impoverished family of aristocratic origin who long shared extreme right-wing ideas. His youth in this environment left a profoun ...

, (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 Kaouther Adimi, (born 1986 Algiers) is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009. Life Kaouther Adimi was born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1986. From the ag ...

, (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 ...