The ''Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine'' (American Literature Grand Prize) is a French
literary award
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
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given each year to an American novel translated into French and published in that year. The first award was in 2015. The award was created by the bookseller and publisher .
The jury consists of nine members: three literary critics, three publishers, and three booksellers.
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Honorees
Blue ribbon () = winner. Book titles are of the original American publication, not the French title or its translation.
2015
The winner was announced November 8, 2015.[
* ]Laird Hunt
Laird Hunt (born April 3, 1968) is a Singapore-born American writer, translator, and academic.
Early life and education
Laird Hunt was born on April 3, 1968, in Singapore. His father was an American banker who moved along with his family in vari ...
, ''Neverhome''
2016
The winner was announced November 8, 2016.
* Eddie Joyce, ''Small Mercies''
* Atticus Lish, '' Preparation for the Next Life''
* Molly Prentiss, ''Tuesday Nights in 1980''
2017
The winner was announced November 13, 2017.Richard Russo
Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel '' Empire Falls''. Several of his works have been adapted into televisi ...
, '' Everybody's Fool''
2018
The winner was announced November 12, 2018.
* Dan Chaon, ''Ill Will''
* Rachel Kushner, '' The Mars Room''
* Richard Powers
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel ''The Echo Maker'' won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.[The Overstory
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2019
The winner was announced November 13, 2019.
* Valeria Luiselli, '' Lost Children Archive''
*Tommy Orange
Tommy Orange (born January 19, 1982) is an American novelist and writer from Oakland, California. His first book, '' There There'' (2018), was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and received the 2019 American Book Award.
Orange ...
, '' There There''
* Kevin Powers, ''A Shout in the Ruins''
2020
The winner was announced on November 18, 2020.
*Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include '' The Poisonwood Bible'', the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and '' Animal, Vegetable, Mira ...
, '' Unsheltered''
* Stephen Markley, ''Ohio''
* Elizabeth Wetmore, ''Valentine''
2021
The winner was announced November 9, 2021.
* Robert Jones, Jr., ''The Prophets''
* Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard (born November 5, 1953) is an American novelist and journalist. She began her career in journalism in the 1970s, writing for several publications, most notably '' Seventeen'' magazine and ''The New York Times''. Maynard contributed ...
, ''Count the Ways''
*Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver; May 18, 1957) is an American author and journalist. Her novel '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005.
Early life and education
Shriver was born Margaret Ann Shriver, ...
, ''Should We Stay or Should We Go''
*Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates ( ; born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at ''The Atlantic'', where he wrote about cultural, social, and political is ...
, ''The Water Dancer
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2022
The winner was announced November 8, 2022.
* Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel '' All the Light We Cannot See'', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Early life and education
Doerr grew up in Cleveland ...
, ''Cloud Cuckoo Land
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* Nathan Harris, '' The Sweetness of Water''
* Coco Mellors, ''Cleopatra and Frankenstein''
* Leila Mottley, '' Nightcrawling''
2023
The winner was announced November 10, 2023.Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian- American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus P ...
, ''The World and All That It Holds''
*Emma Cline
Emma Cline is an American writer and novelist from California. She published her first novel, ''The Girls (2016 novel), The Girls'', in 2016, to positive reviews. The book was shortlisted for the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics ...
, ''The Guest''
* Maggie Shipstead, ''Great Circle
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References
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Awards established in 2015
2015 establishments in France
French fiction awards