Prix Femina Des Lycéens
The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male or female writers, and is announced on the first Wednesday of November each year. Four categories of prizes are awarded: ''Prix Femina'', ''Prix Femina essai'', ''Prix Femina étranger'' (foreign novels), and ''Prix Femina des lycéens''. A ''Prix Femina spécial'' is occasionally awarded. History The Prix Femina was created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine ''La Vie heureuse'', which later merged into the magazine ''Femina (France), Femina'', which ceased publication in 1954. After the Great War, in 1919 Hachette (publisher), Librairie Hachette proposed to the Allies of World War I, allied countries to create a similar prize. Great Britain accepted, and the first meeting of its jury was held on 20 June 1920. The prize was called t ...
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