French Literature - French Literary Awards

French Literary Awards

  • Grand Prix de Littérature Policière - created in 1948, for crime and detective fiction.
  • Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française - created 1918.
  • Prix Décembre - created in 1989.
  • Prix Femina - created 1904, decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women.
  • Prix Goncourt - created 1903, given to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year".
  • Prix Goncourt des Lycéens - created in 1987.
  • Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud - created in 1957.
  • Prix Médicis - created 1958, awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match their talent."
  • Prix Renaudot - created in 1926.
  • Prix Tour-Apollo Award - 1972-1990, given to the best science fiction novel published in French during the preceding year.
  • Prix des Deux Magots - created in 1933.

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