The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic

Félix Fénéon Félix Fénéon (; 22 June 1861 – 29 February 1944) was a French art critic, gallery director, writer and anarchist during the late 19th century and early 20th century. He coined the term ''Neo-Impressionism'' in 1886 to identify a group of a ...

. She bequeathed the proceeds from the sale of his art collection to the

University of Paris The University of Paris (french: link=no, Université de Paris), Metonymy, metonymically known as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception between 1793 and 1806 under the French Revo ...

, whose Vice Chancellor chairs the award jury.

Recipients

Art

*1950: Mireille Miailhe *1951:

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for ''Buste de Louis Werschürr'', Paul Rebeyrolle and Paul Collomb *1952: Jack Ottaviano & Marcel Fiorini *1953:

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, Jean Fusaro and

Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in '' Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He ...

*1954:

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René Laubies René Laubies (1917–2006) was a Colonial French painter, translator, traveler and writer associated with the Lyrical Abstraction, Arte Informale and Tachism movements though particularly linked to the Nuagisme (Cloudism) painters.

and Roger-Edgar Gillet *1955: Huguette Arthur Bertrand *1957:

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Pierre Parsus Pierre Parsus (6 June 1921 – 1 January 2022) was a French painter and illustrator. Biography Parsus studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art and learned under the sculptors Charles Malfray, Jacques ...

and

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*1962: Jean Revol *1963: Bernard Le Quellec *1964: Jean Parsy *1966: Michel Moy *1968: Paul-Henri Friquet *1969: Pierre Gaste *1972: Henri Reiter *1973:

Jean-Luc Parant Jean-Luc may refer to: In politics: * Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician * Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), a French politician * Jean-Luc ...

*1976: Bernard Gabriel Lafabrie *1977:

Jean-Pierre Vieren Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

*1978: Vincent Rougier *1979: Jean-Jacques Dournon *1981: Mathias Pérez *1983: Marie Morel *1987: Paul Pagk *1994: Pál Breznay *1998:

Florent Chopin Florent Chopin (born 1958, Caen) is a French painter. Since 1994, he has been living and working in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis. Florent Chopin studied social sciences then fine arts in Caen. He began to draw in 1984 and devoted himself t ...

*2002: Xavier Escriba *2003: Xavier Drong *2007: Thilleli Rahmoun *2008: Étienne Fouchet *2010: Marion Verboom *2011: Franck Masanell *2012: Anne-Charlotte Yver *2013: Félix Pinquier *2014: Claire Chesnier *2015: Julia Gault *2016: Alice Louradour *2017: Raphaëlle Peria *2018: Salomé Fauc *2019: Maxime Biou *2020: Quentin Guichard and Hui Liu

Literature

*1949:

Michel Cournot Michel Cournot (1 May 1922 – 8 February 2007) was a French journalist, screenwriter and film director. As a writer he was awarded the Fénéon Prize in 1949 for ''Martinique''. His only film as a director, ''Les Gauloises bleues'', was d ...

for ''Martinique'' *1950: Alfred Kern for ''Le jardin perdu'' and Celou Arasco for ''La Cote des malfaisants'' *1951: Claude Roy for ''Le poète mineur'', Béatrix Beck for ''Une mort irrégulière'' and Micheline Peyrebonne for ''Leur sale pitié''. *1952:

Michel Vinaver Michel Vinaver (born Michel Grinberg; 13 January 1927 – 1 May 2022) was a French writer and dramatist. He was born in Paris to parents who had emigrated from Russia. He was the manager of Gillette. He is the father of actress Anouk Grinberg. ...

for ''L'Objecteur'' *1953:

Mohamed Dib Mohammed Dib ( ar, محمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. He is probably Algeria's most prolific ...

for ''La Grande Maison'',

Francis Jeanson Francis Jeanson (7 July 1922 – 1 August 2009) was a French political activist known for his commitment to the FLN during the Algerian war. Life Although his father's name was Henri, Francis Jeanson was not related to the Henri Jeanson ...

for ''Montaigne peint par lui-même'' and Claude Levy for ''Une histoire vraie'' *1954:

Jean-Luc Déjean Jean-Luc Déjean (10 May 1921, Montpellier – 12 September 2006) was a French professor of classical literature, a producer of television programs (documentaries and youth programs) and writer. Works ;Novels ;Biographies * ''Clément Marot' ...

for ''Les Voleurs de pauvres'',

Albert Memmi Albert Memmi ( ar, ألبير ممّي; 15 December 1920 – 22 May 2020) was a French-Tunisian writer and essayist of Tunisian-Jewish origins. Biography Memmi was born in Tunis, French Tunisia in December 1920, to a Tunisian Jewish Berbe ...

for ''La Statue de sel'' and

Alain Robbe-Grillet Alain Robbe-Grillet (; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the '' Nouveau Roman'' (new novel) trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and ...

for ''Les Gommes'' *1955: Jean David for ''Les Passes du silence'', Marcel Allemann for ''Les Exploits du Grand Zapata'', Robert Droguet for ''Féminaire'' and Pierre Oster for ''Le Champ de mai'' *1956: Dominique Vazeilles for ''La Route vers la mer'', François Clément for ''Le Fils désobéissant'' and Georges Conchon for ''Les Honneurs de la guerre'' *1957:

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 ...

for '' L'Emploi du temps'', Michel Breitman for ''L'Homme aux mouettes'', Jacques Bens for ''Chanson vécue'' and Laurent La Praye for ''La Trompette des anges'' *1958:

Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European prop ...

for ''Pourquoi les philosophes ?'',

Philippe Sollers Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936) is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the ''avant garde'' literary journal '' Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was published by Le ...

for ''Le Défi'' and Jacques Cousseau for ''Le Chien gris'' *1959:

Armand Gatti Armand Gatti (; 26 January 1924 – 6 April 2017) was a French playwright, poet, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker and World War II resistance fighter.Banham (1998, 413). His debut film ''Enclosure'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow Internatio ...

for ''Le Poisson noir'', Jean Forton for ''La Cendre aux yeux'',

Robert Vigneau Robert Vigneau (born 26 August 1933, in Nice) is a poet of French expression. He has published nine collections of poems, in major publishing houses (Gallimard, Seghers ...). His most famous poems are those he wrote for the youth (''The Whale''... t ...

for ''Planches d'anatomie'' and

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for ''Archipels'' *1960: Dominique Daguet for ''Soleil et Lune'', Suzanne Martin for ''Rue des vivants'' and Yves Velan for ''Je'' *1961:

Jean Thibaudeau Jean Thibaudeau (7 March 1935 – 18 December 2013) was a French writer and translator. A novelist, essayist, playwright and translator, he was a member of the editorial board of the literary magazine ''Tel Quel''. He translated into French w ...

for ''Cérémonie royale'', Jean Laugier for ''Les Bogues'' and

Michel Deguy Michel Deguy (23 May 1930 – 16 February 2022) was a French poet and translator. Biography Deguy was born in Paris on 23 May 1930. He taught French literature at the Universite de Paris VIII (Saint-Denis) for many years. He also served as di ...

for ''Fragments du cadastre'' *1962:

Jacques Serguine Jacques Serguine (born 1935) is a French writer and essayist. Biography Born in 1935, Jacques Serguine, pen name of Jacques Gouzerh, lived and worked in Avon near Fontainebleau. He was noticed very young by Jean Paulhan who published his first ...

for ''Les Saints Innocents'', Noël Quatrepoint for ''Journal d'un être humain'' and

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for ''Cette vie m'aime'' *1963: Jean Gilbert for his novel ''L'Enfant et le harnais'', Marcelin Pleynet for ''Provisoires amants des nègres'' and Jean-Pierre Steinbach aka

Jean-Philippe Salabreuil Jean-Philippe Salabreuil (25 May 1940 in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 27 February 1970 in Paris), real name Jean-Pierre Steinbach, was a French poet. His first book, ''La Liberté des feuilles'', received awards in the name of Félix Fénéon and Max J ...

for ''Poèmes de mon cru'' *1964: Jeanine Segelle for ''Le Pivert s'envole'' and

Claude Durand Claude Durand (1938–2015) was a French publisher, translator and writer. He worked in the French film industry editing films, and occasionally writing and directing. He published leading authors such as Solzhenitsyn and Houellebecq, and tog ...

for ''L'Autre vie'' *1965:

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for ''Les Idées centésimales de Miss Elanize'', Pierre Feuga for ''La Galère en bois de rose'' and

Nicolas Genka Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–17 ...

for ''Jeanne la pudeur'' *1966: Claude Fessaguet for ''Le Bénéfice du doute'' and Jean Ricardou for his novel ''La Prise de Constantinople'' *1967: Didier Martin for ''Le Déclin des jours'' and Yves Vequaud for ''Le Petit Livre avalé'' *1968:

Jacques Roubaud Jacques Roubaud (; born 5 December 1932 in Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhône) is a French poet, writer and mathematician Life and career Jacques Roubaud taught Mathematics at University of Paris X Nanterre and Poetry at EHESS. A member of the Oulipo ...

for ''£'' *1969:

Patrick Modiano Jean Patrick Modiano (; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction. In ...

for his novel '' La Place de l'étoile'' *1970:

Angelo Rinaldi Angelo Rinaldi (born 17 June 1940) is a French writer and literary critic. Biography Rinaldi is the son of Pierre-François Rinaldi and Antoinette Pietri; after growing up in Corsica he became a journalist. He initially worked as a reporter ...

for ''La Loge du gouverneur'' *1971: Jean Ristat for ''Du coup d'Etat en littérature'' *1972:

Claude Faraggi Claude Faraggi (28 May 1942 – 14 December 1991) was a French writer best known for his 1975 novel, ''Le Maître d'heure'', which won the Prix Femina. Works * 1965: ''Les Dieux du sable'' * 1967: ''Le Jour du fou'' * 1969: ''L'Effroi'' * 1971: ' ...

for ''Le Signe de la bête'' *1973:

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 ...

for ''Samedi, dimanche et fêtes'' *1974:

Paol Keineg Paol Keineg (born February 6, 1944) is a Breton-American writer and poet born in Quimerc'h (Brittany). He worked in several places in Brittany as a supervisor before becoming a teacher in Morlaix. He was fired without any official reason in 1972 ...

for ''Lieux communs'' *1975: Henri Raczymow for ''La Saisie'' *1976:

Michel Falempin Michel Falempin (born 1945, Paris) is a French writer. An under librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale de France then a curator at the of the George Pompidou Center, he obtained the Prix Fénéon in 1976 for ''L'Écrit fait masse''. His work ...

for ''L'Écrit fait masse'' *1977: Denis Duparc, pseudonym of

Renaud Camus Renaud Camus (; ; born Jean Renaud Gabriel Camus on 10 August 1946) is a French novelist, conspiracy theorist and white nationalist writer. He is the inventor of the "Great Replacement", a far-right conspiracy theory that claims that a "global ...

, for ''Échange'' *1978:

Mathieu Bénézet Mathieu Bénézet (7 February 1946 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, – 12 July 2013

for ''L'Imitation'' *1979: Marc Guyon for ''Le Principe de solitude'' *1980: Jean Echenoz for ''Le Méridien de Greenwich'' *1981: Jean-Marie Laclavetine for ''Les Emmurés'' *1982:

Jean-Louis Hue Jean-Louis Hue (born 22 April 1949, Évreux) is a French journalist and writer. Biography Hue studied law and journalism. A freelancer for the magazines ' and ''Lui'', he later was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the ecological monthly '. ...

for ''Le Chat dans tous ses états'' *1983:

Bertrand Visage Bertrand Visage is a French academic and writer. He was a Professor of Literature in France for 3 years before moving to Italy to teach French literature for 2 years at the University of Catania in Sicily and afterwards at Naples Eastern Univers ...

for ''Au pays des nains'' *1984: Gilles Carpentier for ''Les Manuscrits de la marmotte'' *1985:

Hervé Guibert Hervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to HIV/AIDS. He was a ...

for ''

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'' *1986: Gilles Quinsat for ''L'Eclipse'' *1987: Laurence Guillon for ''Le Tsar Hérode'' *1988:

Claude Arnaud Claude Arnaud (born 24 April 1955 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, biographer. He won the 2006 Prix Femina Essai. Biography He worked as an offset printing activist, and participated with the Workers' Struggle. From 1977–83 he worked i ...

for ''Chamfort'' &

Benoît Conort Benoît Conort is a French poet and literary critic. He also teaches at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, under the department of modern literature. He serves on the editorial board of the journal New Series where he published numerous poem ...

for ''Pour une île à venir'' *1989: Éric Holder for ''Duo forte'' *1990:

Patrick Cahuzac Patrick Cahuzac (born 1963 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin) is a French writer and editor. Cahuzac published his first novel, ''Parole de singe'', in 1990, in the series ''Le Chemin'', established Georges Lambrichs, at éditions Gallimard. The book wo ...

for ''Parole de singe'' *1991: Agnès Minazzoli for ''La Première Ombre'' *1992:

Thierry Laget Thierry Laget (born 2 October 1959, Clermont-Ferrand) is a French novelist, essayist, literary critic and translator. Biography A regular contributor to the ', Laget participated to the edition of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' in the bibli ...

for ''Iris'' *1993:

Éric Chevillard Éric Chevillard (born 18 June 1964) is a French novelist. He has won awards for several novels including ''La nébuleuse du crabe'' in 1993, which won the Fénéon Prize for Literature. Chevillard was born in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée. His work ...

for ''La Nébuleuse du crabe'' *1994: Anne Grospiron for ''L'Empyrée'' *1995: Éric Laurrent for ''Coup de foudre'' *1996:

Béatrice Leca Béatrice Leca (born 1970 in Paris) is a contemporary French writer, winner of the 1996 edition of the Prix Fénéon. Publications *1996: ''Technique du marbre'', Éditions du Seuil, Prix Fénéon *1999''Des années encore'' Seuil *2004: ''Au ...

for ''Technique du marbre'' *1997: Linda Lê for ''Les Trois Parques'' *1998: Arnaud Oseredczuk for ''59 préludes à l'évidence'' *2000:

Laurent Mauvignier Laurent Mauvignier (born in 1967, Tours) is a French writer. Biography After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Laurent Mauvignier decided to become a writer in the 1990s following the advice of Tanguy Viel, a friend a ...

for ''Loin d'eux'' *2001: Bessora for ''Les Taches d'encre'' *2002: Tanguy Viel for ''L'Absolue Perfection du crime'' *2003: Clémence Boulouque for ''Mort d'un silence'' *2004:

Olga Lossky Olga Lossky (also Olga Andreyevna Losskaya, russian: Ольга Андреевна Лосская; born 5 December 1980, in Paris) is a contemporary French writer of Russian origin. Olga Lossky is the great-granddaughter of Vladimir Lossky, him ...

for ''Requiem pour un clou'' *2005: Hafid Aggoune for ''Les Avenirs'' *2006: Ivan Farron for ''Les Déménagements inopportuns'' *2007: Grégoire Polet for ''Leurs Vies éclatantes'' *2008: Jean-Baptiste Del Amo for ''Une éducation libertine'' *2010:

Pauline Klein Pauline Klein (born 3 September 1976) is a French writer. After studying philosophy at the Sorbonne, then aesthetics at Nanterre University, she eventually entered Saint Martin's School of Art in London. She worked four years in an art gallery ...

for ''Alice Kahn'' *2011: Justine Augier for ''En règle avec la nuit'' *2012: Guillaume Louet for having established, prefaced and annotated the ''Écrits critiques'' of

Jean José Marchand Jean José Marchand (4 August 1920 – 8 March 2011) was a French critic of art, cinema and literature. From the late 1960s he made many documentary TV films of writers, philosophers and artists. Life Jean José Marchand was born on 14 August 192 ...

*2013: Thomas Augais for his work of poetry ''Vers Baïkal (mitraille)'' *2014: unawarded *2015: Miguel Bonnefoy for ''Le voyage d'Octavio'' *2016: Colombe Boncenne for ''Comme neige'' *2017: Fanny Taillandier for ''Les États et empires du lotissement Grand siècle'' *2018:

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for ''Ma dévotion'' *2019:

Isabelle Mayault Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew '' Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

for ''Une longue nuit mexicaine'' *2020: for ''Les Corps insurgés''

References

External links

Pris Fénéon
on the site of the Académie française
Prix Fénéon
on the site of the Centre national des arts plastiques

on Prix-littéraire.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Feneon Prize French literary awards Visual arts awards Awards established in 1949 University of Paris 1949 establishments in France