The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a French literary award voted for by school students. It was created in 1988 under the patronage of the

Prix Goncourt The 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 of only 10 euros, but resul ...

, with the aim of giving young readers the chance to read and discuss the books selected as the best of the year and to elect their chosen winner. The ten members of the

Académie Goncourt The Société littéraire des Goncourt (, ''Goncourt Literary Society''), usually called the Académie Goncourt (, Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris. It was founded in 1882 by the French writer and publisher Edmo ...

select twelve literary works as nominees. Some two thousand ''

lycée In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

'' (roughly equivalent to US

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

) students read all twelve novels, participate in discussions and debates about them, and ultimately vote on the winner. While the prize bears the name of the

, the competition is sponsored and organized by the French Ministry of National Education in partnership with the largest French media retailer

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and the organisation Bruit de lire. Each year's winner is announced in

Rennes Rennes (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in Northwestern France at the confluence of the rivers Ille and Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the Brittany (administrative region), Brittany Regions of F ...

on the same day as the announcement of the

, usually in November.

Laureates of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens

A complete list of previous winners can be found at the prize's official website.

References

External links

Official website (in French)

French Department of Education website (in French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prix Goncourt des Lyceens Goncourt des Lyceens 1987 establishments in France Awards established in 1987