Prix du Premier Roman
French literary prize
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The Prix du Premier Roman (First Novel Prize) is a French literary prize awarded to an unpublished novelist between the ages of 18 and 30. The monetary reward is 3,000 Euros.
DescriptionBest first novel by a French and a foreign author
CountryFrance
Presented byJury of literary critics
| Prix du Premier Roman | |
|---|---|
| Description | Best first novel by a French and a foreign author |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Jury of literary critics |
| Website | www |
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 Joël Schmidt.[2][3]
Winners of Prix du Premier Roman
- 1977: Michel Arrivé, Les remembrances du vieillard idiot, (Flammarion)
- 1978:
- 1979: Marco Koskas, Balace Bounel
- 1980: Dan Franck, Les Calendes grecques, Calmann-Lévy
- 1981: Annick Geille, Portrait d'un amour coupable, Éditions Grasset
- 1982: Bruno Racine, Le Gouverneur de Morée, Grasset
- 1983: Elvire Murail, Escalier C, S. Messinger
- 1984: Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod, Le Rideau sur la nuit, Gallimard
- 1985:
- 1986: Alexandre Jardin, Bille en tête, Gallimard
- 1987: Jean-François Merle, Cale sèche, (Arléa)
- 1988: Nadine Diamant, Désordres, (Flammarion)
- 1989: Louis-Jacques Liandier, Comme un voleur dans la nuit
- 1990: Caroline Tiné, L'immeuble, Albin Michel
- 1991: Patrick Séry, Le Maître et le scorpion, Flammarion
- 1992: Isabelle Jarry, L'Homme de la passerelle, Mercure de France
- 1993: Christophe Bataille, Annam, Arléa
- 1994: Jean-François Kervéan, La Folie du moment, Calmann-Lévy
- 1995: Sophie Fontanel, Sacré Paul, NiL Éditions
- 1996: Pascale Roze, Le Chasseur Zéro, Albin Michel
- 1997: Raymond Bozier, Lieu-dit, Calmann-Lévy
- 1998: Christine Chaufour Verheyen, Rive dangeureuse, Fayard
- 1999: Boualem Sansal, Le Serment des barbares, Gallimard
- 2000: Bruno Gibert, Claude (Fayard)
- 2001: Claire Béchet, Entre parenthèses, Calmann-Lévy
- 2002: Christophe Dufossé, L'Heure de la sortie, Albin Michel
- 2003: Yasmina Trabouli, for Les Enfants de la place, Mercure de France
- 2004: Caroline Sers, for Tombent les avions, Buchet/Chastel
- 2005: Hédi Kaddour, for Waltenberg, Gallimard
- 2006: Max Monnehay, for Corpus Christine, Albin Michel
- 2007: Ingrid Thobois, for Le Roi d'Afghanistan ne nous a pas mariés, Éditions Phébus
- 2008: Thierry Dancourt, for Hôtel de Lausanne, Éditions de La Table Ronde
- 2009: Jocelyn Bonnerave, for Nouveaux indiens, 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: Christophe Carlier, for L'Assassin à la pomme verte, Serge Safran
- 2013: Clément Bénech, for L'Été slovène, Flammarion
- 2014: Jean-Pierre Orban, for Vera, Mercure de France
- 2015: Didier Castino, for Après le silence, Liana Levi
- 2016: Gaël Faye, for Petit Pays, Grasset
- 2017: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, for Ma reine, L'Iconoclaste
- 2018: Clélia Renucci, for Concours pour le Paradis, Albin Michel
- 2019: Géraldine Dalban-Moreynas, for On ne meurt pas d'amour, Plon
- 2020: Ketty Rouf, for On ne touche pas, Albin Michel
- 2021: Maud Ventura, for Mon mari, L'iconoclaste
- 2022: Maria Larrea, for Les gens de Bilbao naissent où ils veulent, 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: Gwen Edelman, 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: Amanda Smyth, 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: Davide Enia, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel (Italy)
- 2017: Katharina Winkler, Blue Jewellery (Germany)
- 2018: Shih-Li Kow, The Sum of Our Follies (Malaysia)
- 2019: Sana Krasikov, The Patriots (United States)
- 2020: Olja Savičević, Adios Cow Boy (Croatia)
- 2021: Daniel Loedel, Hadès, Argentine (United States)[4]
- 2022: Jarred McGinnis, The Coward (United States)[5]