The Silvia Monfort Prize
Pierre Gruneberg, who became Silvia Monfort's lover in 1963 and married her on 24 May 1990, founded the Silvia Monfort Prize Association in 1996, carrying to completion an idea that Monfort did not have time to put into material form. This prize is issued every two years to a young tragic actress by a professional jury. Since its inception, the prizewinners have been:
- Smadi Wolfman (1996)
- Rachida Brakni (1998)
- Mona Abdel Hadi (2000)
- Isabelle Joly (2002)
- Marion Bottolier (2004)
- Gina Ndjemba (2006)
The Prix Silvia Monfort 2006 was awarded on 22 May to Gina Ndjemba, aged 21, a first-year student at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique, for her interpretation of the role of Camille in Horace by Corneille. This sixth Prix Silvia Monfort ceremony took place at the celebrated tragedienne's theatre in the presence of the academician Alain Decaux, a great friend of Silvia Monfort, to whom he paid a moving homage. This Prize was accompanied by a €4,600 award.
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