The Prix Sainte-Beuve, established in 1946, is a French literary prize awarded each year to a writer in the categories "novels" (or "poetry") and "essays" (or "critics"); it is named after the writer

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (; 23 December 1804 – 13 October 1869) was a French literary critic. Early life He was born in Boulogne, educated there, and studied medicine at the Collège Charlemagne in Paris (1824–27). In 1828, he ...

. The founding jury included

Raymond Aron Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century. Aron is best known for his 19 ...

Maurice Blanchot Maurice Blanchot (; ; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on pos ...

, , Maurice Nadeau,

Jean Paulhan Jean Paulhan (2 December 1884 – 9 October 1968) was a French writer, literary critic and publisher, director of the literary magazine ''Nouvelle Revue Française'' (NRF) from 1925 to 1940 and from 1946 to 1968. He was a member (Seat 6, 1963–68 ...

and

Raymond Queneau Raymond Queneau (; 21 February 1903 – 25 October 1976) was a French novelist, poet, critic, editor and co-founder and president of Oulipo ('' Ouvroir de littérature potentielle''), notable for his wit and cynical humour. Biography Queneau w ...

Laureates

*1946:

Georges Navel Georges Navel (1904–1993) was a French laborer, writer, and anarchist. Selected works *1945: ''Travaux'', Stock, (Prix Sainte-Beuve The Prix Sainte-Beuve, established in 1946, is a French literary prize awarded each year to a writer in the ...

for ''Travaux'' *1946:

Raymond Abellio Georges Soulès (11 November 1907 – 26 August 1986), known by his pen name Raymond Abellio, was a French writer. Life Abellio went to the École Polytechnique and then took part in the X-Crise Group. He advocated far-left ideas, but like man ...

for ''Heureux les pacifiques'' *1947: Victor Kravtchenko for ''J'ai choisi la liberté'' *1947: Julien Blanc for ''Seule la vie Tome 2, Joyeux, fais ton fourbi...'' *1947 (January 1948): Armand Hoog for ''L'accident'' *1947 (January 1948):

Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...

for ''Van Gogh ou le suicide de la société'' *1948: André Dhôtel for ''David'' *1948:

Louis Martin-Chauffier Louis Martin-Chauffier, real name Louis Martin, (24 August 1894, Vannes – 6 October 1980, Puteaux) was a 20th-century French journalist and writer and a member of the French Resistance. Biography Education Louis Martin-Chauffier started m ...

for ''L'Homme et la bête'' *1949: Gilbert Cesbron for ''Notre prison est un royaume'' *1949: Claude Mauriac for ''André Breton'' *1949: Lise Deharme for ''La porte à côté'' *1949: Claude-Edmonde Magny for ''L'Âge d'or du roman américain'' *1950: François Gorrec for ''La Septième Lune'' *1950: Jean-Charles Pichon for ''Il faut que je tue M. Rumann'' *1951: Georges Poulet for ''Études sur le temps humain'' *1952:

Pierre Boulle Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, '' The Bridge over the River Kwai'' (1952) and ''Planet of the Apes'' (1963), that were both made into award-winning films. ...

for ''

The Bridge over the River Kwai ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'' (french: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954. The story is fictional but uses the construct ...

'' *1952:

René Étiemble René Ernest Joseph Eugène Étiemble (26 January 1909 in Mayenne, Mayenne – 7 January 2002 in Vigny) was an essayist, scholar, novelist, and promoter of Middle Eastern and Asian cultures. Known commonly by his family name alone, Etiemble h ...

for ''Le Mythe de Rimbaud'' *1953:

Pierre Moinot Pierre Moinot (29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982. Bibliography *''Armes et Bagages, roman'' (1952) *''La Chasse royale, r ...

for ' *1954: Suzanne Lilar for ''Le Journal de l'analogiste'' *1955:

Jean-Claude Brisville Jean-Claude Brisville (28 May 1922 – 11 August 2014) was a French writer, playwright, novelist and author for children. A screenwriter, in particular for the film '' Beaumarchais, l'insolent'', he obtained the Grand Prix du théâtre of the A ...

for ''D'un amour'' *1956: Henri Thomas for ''La Cible'' *1956: André Brincourt for ''Les Œuvres et les lumières'' *1957: Alexis Curvers for ''Tempo di Roma'' *1957:

Alain Bosquet Alain Bosquet, born Anatoliy Bisk (russian: Анато́лий Биск) (28 March 1919 – 17 March 1998), was a French poet. Life In 1925, his family moved to Brussels and he studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, then at the Sorbonn ...

for ''Poèmes - Les Testaments - Tome 1'' (ou ''Premier testament'') *1957:

Emil Cioran Emil Mihai Cioran (, ; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. H ...

for ''La tentation d'exister'' Brian Pettiford, ''La Littérarité de l'essai selon Cioran: vers une éthique de l'écriture ou « Le style comme aventure»'', mémoire, Université du Québec, Montreal, 2010
/ref> (refused) *1958:

Mongo Beti Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian writer. Beti spent much of his life in France, studying at the Sorbonne and becoming a professor at Lycée Pierre Corneille. Life ...

for ''Mission Terminée'' *1958: Jean Cathelin for ''Marcel Aymé ou le paysan de Paris'' *1959:

Gilbert Prouteau Gilbert Prouteau (14 June 1917 – 2 August 2012) was a French poet and film director. He was born in Nesmy, Vendée. In 1948 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Rythme du Stade" ("Rhythm of the Stadiu ...

for ''La Peur des femmes'' *1961: Robert Abirached for ''Casanova ou la Dissipation'' *1961: Patrick Waldberg for ''Promenoir de Paris'' *1962: Jérôme Peignot for ''L’Or des fous'' *1962: Robert Poulet for ''Contre l'amour'' *1963:

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 ...

for ''La Cerise'' *1963: Bernard Delvaille for ''Essai sur Valery Larbaud'' *1964: Michel Breitman for ''Sébastien'' *1965:

Roger Rabiniaux Roger Rabiniaux (3 December 1914 – 27 October 1986Notice « Bellion (Roger, Nicolas, Pierre) » (né en 1914), pages 78 et 79 ''in'' René Bargeton, ''Dictionnaire biographique des préfets'' (septembre 1870mai 1982), Paris, Archives nationa ...

for ''Le Soleil des dortoirs'' *1966: Daniel Boulanger for ''Le Chemin des caracoles'' *1966: Jean-Claude Renard for ''La terre du sacre'' *1968:

Lucie Faure Lucie Faure, ''née'' Meyer (6 July 1908 – 25 September 1977) was a French woman of letters, novelist and literary review director. Early life The daughter of a merchant of fabrics of Alsatian origin, she was the niece, on the maternal sid ...

for ''L'Autre personne'' *1968:

Marc Soriano Marc Soriano (7 July 1918, in Cairo – 18 December 1994) was a 20th-century French philosopher. After the death of his father, his family went to Italy. He stayed in Pisa between 1921 and 1927, then went to live in Paris. A pupil at Lycée Cond ...

for ''les Contes de Perrault, culture savante et tradition populaire'' *1969:

Pierre Schaeffer Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His inno ...

for ''Le Gardien de volcan'' *1969: Jean-Pierre Attal for ''L'Image "métaphysique" et autres essais'' *1982: Laurence Cossé for ' *1983: Michel Luneau for ''Folle-alliée'' *1984:

Vladan Radoman Vladan Radoman (1936 – 20 October 2015) was a Serbian physician writer. He grew up in his native country, with both his parents and his brother. He studied medicine in Belgrade. Life Born in Novi Sad, he settled in Paris. He began his medical s ...

for ''Le Ravin'' *1985: Marie-Claire Bancquart for ''Anatole France, un sceptique passionné'' *1986: Rafaël Pividal for ''Grotius'' *1987: Boris Schreiber for ''La Traversée du dimanche'' *1987: Éric Ollivier for ''Les livres dans la peau''

Prix Sainte-Beuve des collégiens

In 2008 a ''Prix Sainte-Beuve des collégiens'', also called ''Prix Sainte-Beuve des collégiens et des apprentis'' was created. An interschool contest literary critic takes place before the election of a youth novel by college students and apprentices. Designed and coordinated by Pierric Maelstaf, this price is borne by the association "çà & là" and the County Council of

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

List of laureates

*2008: Hélène Vignal for ''Passé au rouge'' *2009: Yaël Hassan for ''Suivez-moi jeune homme'' *2010: Gemma Malley for ''La Déclaration'' *2011: Julia Billet for ''Sayonara samouraï'' *2012: Jay Asher for ''Treize Raisons'' *2013: Yves Grevet for ''Seuls dans la ville'' *2014: Florence Hinckel for ''Théa pour l'éternité'' *2015: Isabelle Pandazopoulos for "La Décision"

References

External links

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