Prix du Premier Roman
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The Prix du Premier Roman (First Novel Prize) is a French literary prize awarded to an unpublished novelist between the ages of 18 to 30. The monetary reward is 3,000 Euros.
The prize was first awarded in 1977. Starting with 1998 a separate award is given to the best first novel by a foreign writer.[1] The jury is made out of literary critics and the current president of the jury is the French historian and critic .[2][3]
Winners of Prix du Premier Roman[]
- 1977: Michel Arrivé, , (Flammarion)
- 1978:
- 1979: Marco Koskas,
- 1980: Dan Franck, , Calmann-Lévy
- 1981: Annick Geille, , Éditions Grasset
- 1982: Bruno Racine, , Grasset
- 1983: Elvire Murail, , S. Messinger
- 1984: Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, , Gallimard
- 1985:
- 1986: Alexandre Jardin, , Gallimard
- 1987: , , (Arléa)
- 1988: Nadine Diamant, , (Flammarion)
- 1989: ,
- 1990: Caroline Tiné, , Albin Michel
- 1991: , , Flammarion
- 1992: Isabelle Jarry, , Mercure de France
- 1993: Christophe Bataille, , Arléa
- 1994: , , Calmann-Lévy
- 1995: , , NiL Éditions
- 1996: Pascale Roze, Le Chasseur Zéro, Albin Michel
- 1997: , , Calmann-Lévy
- 1998: Christine Chaufour Verheyen, , Fayard
- 1999: Boualem Sansal, , Gallimard
- 2000: Bruno Gibert, (Fayard)
- 2001: Claire Béchet, , Calmann-Lévy
- 2002: Christophe Dufossé, , Albin Michel
- 2003: Yasmina Trabouli, for , Mercure de France
- 2004: , for ,
- 2005: Hédi Kaddour, for , Gallimard
- 2006: , for , Albin Michel
- 2007: Ingrid Thobois, for , Éditions Phébus
- 2008: Thierry Dancourt, for ,
- 2009: , for , Éditions du Seuil
- 2010: Victor Cohen Hadria, for Les trois saisons de la rage
- 2011: Marien Defalvard, for Du temps qu'on existait, Grasset
- 2012: , for L'Assassin à la pomme verte, Serge Safran
- 2013: Clément Bénech, for L'Été slovène, Flammarion
- 2014: , for Vera, Mercure de France
- 2015: Didier Castino, for Après le silence, Liana Levi
- 2016: Gaël Faye, for Petit Pays, Grasset
Winners of Prix du Premier Roman Etranger[]
- 1998: Martin Suter, Small World (Switzerland)
- 1999: Boualem Sansal, Le Serment des barbares (Algeria)
- 2000: Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (United States)
- 2001: Keith Ridgway, The Long Falling (Ireland)
- 2002: , War Story (United States)
- 2003: Lavinia Greenlaw, Mary George of Allnorthover (United Kingdom)
- 2004: Inderjit Badhwar, The Chamber of Perfumes (India)
- 2005: Samina Ali, Madras on Rainy Days (India)
- 2006: Benjamin Kunkel, Indecision (United States)
- 2007: Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (United States)
- 2008: James Cañón, Tales from the Town of Widows (Colombia)
- 2009: Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (United States)
- 2010: , Black Rock (Ireland)
- 2011: Nic Pizzolatto, Galveston: A Novel (United States)
- 2012: Amy Waldman, The Submission (United States)
- 2013: Patrick McGuinness, The Last Hundred Days (United Kingdom)
- 2014: Rene Denfeld, The Enchanted: A Novel (United States)
- 2015: (ex-æquo) Vanessa Barbara, Noites de alface (Brazil)
- 2015: (ex-æquo) Maja Haderlap, Angel of Oblivion (Austria)
- 2016: , On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel (Italy)
- 2017: , Blue Jewellery (Germany)
- 2018: Shih-Li Kow, The Sum of Our Follies (Malaysia)
References[]
- ^ "Le prix du premier roman à Christine Chaufour Verheyen - Les Echos". www.lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ Marie, BUYS. "Biographie de Joël Schmidt". www.sgdl.org (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ "La sélection du prix du premier roman 2018". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
Categories:
- French fiction awards
- First book awards
- Awards established in 1977
- Prix du premier roman winners