Prix Femina
Prix Femina is a French literary award. When it was first awarded in 1904, the magazine La Vie heureuse (now known as Femina ) was honored as jurors by 22 writers. Today the prize is awarded annually by an exclusively female jury at the beginning of November each year.
The term Prix Femina is often written with an accent ( Prix Fémina ) , also in French texts .
Categories
The three jury awards at a glance:
| category | Original title | awarded since |
|---|---|---|
| novel | Prix Femina | 1904 |
| Foreign novel | Prix Femina étranger | 1985 |
| essay | Prix Femina essai | 1999 |
Similar to the Prix Goncourt des lycéens , the Prix Femina des lycéens has been awarded by a student jury from Normandy since 2016 .
Award winners
novel
Award winner 2019: Sylvain Prudhomme (Par les routes)
Although both novels and books of poetry can qualify, in the past almost all novelists have been honored. In 1906 and 1920, poets were awarded prizes. The finalists (eight works in 2019) will be announced in advance.
So far, books from the Gallimard publishing house have received the most awards (31 victories), followed by Seuil (9) and Grasset (7).
| year | Prize winner | novel | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Myriam Harry | La Conquete de Jérusalem | |
| 1905 | Romain Rolland | Jean-Christophe | Jean-Christophe / Johann Christof |
| 1906 | André Corthis | Gemmes and Moires | |
| 1907 | Colette Yver | Princesses de science | A doctor's fight |
| 1908 | Édouard Estaunié | La vie secrète | The secret life |
| 1909 | Edmond Jaloux | Le reste est silence | |
| 1910 | Marguerite Audoux | Marie-Claire | Marie-Claire / Marie Claire |
| 1911 | Louis de Robert | Le Roman you malade | |
| 1912 | Jacques Morel | Feuilles mortes | |
| 1913 | Camille Marbo | La statue voilée | |
| 1914- 1916 |
Prize not awarded | ||
| 1917 | Maurice Larrouy | L'Odyssée d'un transport torpillé | |
| 1918 | Henri Bachelin | Le Serviteur | |
| 1919 | Roland Dorgelès | Les croix de bois | The wooden crosses |
| 1920 | Edmond Gojon | Le Jardin des Dieux | |
| 1921 | Raymond Escholier | Cantegril | |
| 1922 | Jacques de Lacretelle | Silbermann | Silbermann |
| 1923 | Jeanne Galzy | Les Allongés | |
| 1924 | Charles Derennes | Le Bestiaire sentimental | |
| 1925 | Joseph Delteil | Joan of Arc | |
| 1926 | Charles Silvestre | Prodige du coeur | The inexhaustible heart |
| 1927 | Marie Le Franc | Grand Louis l'innocent | Eve and the simple-minded |
| 1928 | Dominique Dunois | Georgette Garou | Georgette Garou / A strong heart |
| 1929 | Georges Bernanos | La Joie | The joy |
| 1930 | Marc Chadourne | Cecile de la Folie | |
| 1931 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | Vol de nuit | Night flight |
| 1932 | Ramon Fernandez | Le Pari | |
| 1933 | Geneviève Fauconnier | Claude | |
| 1934 | Robert Francis | Le Bateau-refuge | |
| 1935 | Claude Silve | Bénédiction | Dampard Castle / Dampard Castle |
| 1936 | Louise Hervieu | Sangs | |
| 1937 | Raymonde Vincent | Campagne | Quiet land |
| 1938 | Felix de Chazournes | Caroline ou le Department pour les îles | |
| 1939 | Paul Vialar | La rose de la mer | The water lily / cargo for Constana |
| 1940- 1943 |
Prize not awarded | ||
| 1944 | Award of the award to the war publishing program of the Éditions de Minuit | ||
| 1945 | Anne-Marie Monnet | Le Chemin du soleil | |
| 1946 | Michel Robida | Le Temps de la longue patience | |
| 1947 | Gabrielle Roy | Bonheur d'occasion | |
| 1948 | Emmanuel Robles | Les hauteurs de la ville | On the heights of the city |
| 1949 | Maria Le Hardouin | La dame de coeur | |
| 1950 | Serge Groussard | La femme sans passé | |
| 1951 | Anne de Tourville | Jabadao | The great Jabadao |
| 1952 | Dominique Rolin | Le Souffle | |
| 1953 | Zoé Oldenbourg | La Pierre Angulaire | |
| 1954 | Gabriel Véraldi | La Machine humaine | |
| 1955 | André Dhôtel | Le Pays où l'on arrive jamais | The country where you never arrive |
| 1956 | François-Régis Bastide | Les Adieux | Everything is goodbye |
| 1957 | Christian Megret | Le Carrefour des solitudes | Light eyes, black skin |
| 1958 | Françoise Mallet-Joris | L'Empire Celeste | At Socrates on Montparnasse |
| 1959 | Bernard Private | Au pied du mur | |
| 1960 | Louise Bellocq | La Porte retombée | |
| 1961 | Henri Thomas | Le Promontoire | The cape / the foothills |
| 1962 | Yves Berger | Le Sud | The South |
| 1963 | Roger Vrigny | La Nuit de Mougins | |
| 1964 | Jean Blanzat | Le Faussaire | In an intermediate realm |
| 1965 | Robert Pinget | Quelqu'un | Moments of Truth / Someone |
| 1966 | Irène Monesi | Nature morte devant la fenêtre | |
| 1967 | Claire Etcherelli | Élise ou la Vraie Vie | Elise or real life |
| 1968 | Marguerite Yourcenar | L'Œuvre au noir | The black flame |
| 1969 | Jorge Semprún | La Deuxième Mort de Ramón Mercader | The second death of Ramón Mercader |
| 1970 | François Nourissier | La Crève | |
| 1971 | Angelo Rinaldi | La Maison des Atlandes | |
| 1972 | Roger Grenier | Ciné-roman | |
| 1973 | Michel Dard | Juan Maldonne | |
| 1974 | René-Victor Pilhes | L'Imprécateur | Panic in the rue Oberkampf |
| 1975 | Claude Faraggi | Le Maître d'heure | |
| 1976 | Marie-Louise Haumont | Le Trajet | |
| 1977 | Regis Debray | La neige brûle | A life for a life |
| 1978 | François Sonkin | Un amour de père | |
| 1979 | Pierre Moinot | Le Guetteur d'ombre | |
| 1980 | Jocelyne François | Joue-nous España | End point |
| 1981 | Catherine Hermary-Vieille | Le Grand Vizir de la nuit | The grand vizier of the night |
| 1982 | Anne Hébert | Les Fous de Bassan | |
| 1983 | Florence Delay | Riche et Légère | |
| 1984 | Bertrand Visage | Tous les soleils | |
| 1985 | Héctor Bianciotti | Sans la miséricorde du Christ | The extreme life of an inconspicuous woman |
| 1986 | René Belletto | L'Enfer | Infernal moments |
| 1987 | Alain Absire | L'Égal de Dieu | |
| 1988 | Alexandre Jardin | Le Zèbre | The zebra |
| 1989 | Sylvie Germain | Jours de colère | Days of anger |
| 1990 | Pierrette Fleutiaux | Nous sommes éternels | |
| 1991 | Paula Jacques | Déborah et les ans dissipés | The reckless angels |
| 1992 | Anne-Marie Garat | Aden | |
| 1993 | Marc Lambron | L'Œil du silence | |
| 1994 | Olivier Rolin | Port-Soudan | |
| 1995 | Emmanuel Carrère | La classe de neige | Blowing snow |
| 1996 | Geneviève Brisac | Week-end de chasse à la mère | Weekend |
| 1997 | Dominique Noguez | Amour noir | Black love |
| 1998 | François Cheng | Le Dit de Tianyi | Rainbow over the Yangtze / The long way of the Tianyi |
| 1999 | Maryline Desbiolles | Anchise | |
| 2000 | Camille Laurens | In ces bras-là | In the arms of men |
| 2001 | Marie NDiaye | Rosie Carpe | Rosie Carpe |
| 2002 | Chantal Thomas | Les Adieux à la reine | Farewell my queen! |
| 2003 | Dai Sijie | Le Complexe de Tue | Muo and the oriole in the cage |
| 2004 | Jean-Paul Dubois | Une vie française | The Years of Paul Blick / A French Life |
| 2005 | Régis Jauffret | Asiles de fous | |
| 2006 | Nancy Huston | Lignes de faille | A tiny flaw |
| 2007 | Eric Fottorino | Meringues de cinéma | |
| 2008 | Jean-Louis Fournier | Où on va, papa? | Where are we going, papa? |
| 2009 | Gwenaëlle Aubry | Personne | Nobody |
| 2010 | Patrick Lapeyre | La vie est brève et le désir sans fin | Life is short and full of desires |
| 2011 | Simon Liberati | Jayne Mansfield 1967 | |
| 2012 | Patrick Deville | Peste et Choléra | |
| 2013 | Léonora Miano | La Saison de l'ombre | |
| 2014 | Yanick Lahens | Bain de lune | |
| 2015 | Christophe Boltanski | La Cache | The hiding place |
| 2016 | Marcus Malte | Le Garçon | |
| 2017 | Philippe Jaenada | La Serpe | |
| 2018 | Philippe Lançon | Le Lambeau | The scrap |
| 2019 | Sylvain Prudhomme | Par les routes | |
Foreign novel
Prize winner 2019: The Spaniard Manuel Vilas (Ordesa)
Most successful in this category were American authors (9 wins), followed by their colleagues from Great Britain (5). As the only author from the German-speaking area to date, the Swiss Matthias Zschokke was honored in 2009 with the translation of his novel Maurice mit Huhn .
Books from the Gallimard publishing house have received the most awards so far (6 victories). The finalists (eight works in 2019) will be announced in advance.
| year | Prize winner | Title (original title) |
German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | JM Coetzee | Michael K, sa vie, son temps (Life & Times of Michael K) |
Life and time of Michael K. |
| 1986 | Torgny Lindgren | Bethsabée (Bathsheba) |
Bathsheba |
| 1987 | Susan Minot | Mouflets (Monkeys) |
children |
| 1988 | Amos Oz |
La Boîte noire (קופסה שחורה, Qwpsah šḥwrah) |
Black box |
| 1989 | Alison Lurie |
La Vérité sur Lorin Jones (The Truth about Lorin Jones) |
The truth about Lorin Jones |
| 1990 | Vergílio Ferreira | Matin perdu (Manhã submersa) |
|
| 1991 | David Malouf | Ce vaste monde (The Great World) |
The big world |
| 1992 | Julian Barnes | Love, etc. (Talking It Over) |
Talk about |
| 1993 | Ian McEwan |
L'Enfant volé (The Child in Time) |
One child at a time |
| 1994 | Rose Tremain |
Le Royaume interdit (Sacred Country) |
The Transformation / The Metamorphosis of Mary Ward |
| 1995 | Jeroen Brouwers | Rouge décanté (Bezonken rood) |
Sunken red |
| 1996 | Javier Marías | Demain dans la bataille, pense à moi (Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí) |
Tomorrow in battle think of me |
| 1997 | Jia Pingwa |
La Capitale déchue (廢 都, Fei du) |
|
| 1998 | Antonio Muñoz Molina | Pleine Lune (Plenilunio) |
The eyes of a murderer |
| 1999 | Hitonari Tsuji |
Le Bouddha blanc (Hakubutsu) |
The white buddha |
| 2000 | Jamaica Kincaid | Mon frère (My Brother) |
My brother |
| 2001 | Keith Ridgway | Mauvaise Pente (The Long Falling) |
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| 2002 | Erri De Luca | Montedidio (Montedidio) |
I am here / Montedidio |
| 2003 | Magda Szabó |
La Porte (Az ajtó) |
The door / behind the door |
| 2004 | Hugo Hamilton | Sang impur (The Speckled People) |
Piebald people |
| 2005 | Joyce Carol Oates |
Les Chutes (The Falls) |
Niagara |
| 2006 | Nuala O'Faolain |
L'Histoire de Chicago May (The Story of Chicago May) |
Chicago May |
| 2007 | Edward St Aubyn |
Le Goût de la mère (Mother's Milk) |
Breast milk |
| 2008 | Sandro Veronesi | Chaos calme (Caos calmo) |
Silent chaos |
| 2009 | Matthias Zschokke | Maurice à la poule (Maurice with chicken) |
Maurice with Chicken |
| 2010 | Sofi Oksanen | Purge (Puhdistus) |
purgatory |
| 2011 | Francisco Goldman | Dire son nom (Say Her Name) |
Say her name |
| 2012 | Julie Otsuka | Certaines n'avaient jamais vu la mer (The Buddha in the Attic) |
What we dreamed of |
| 2013 | Richard Ford | Canada (Canada) |
Canada |
| 2014 | Zeruya Shalev | Ce qui reste de nos vies (שארית החיים, She'arit Hachajim) |
for the rest of life |
| 2015 | Kerry Hudson |
La Couleur de l'eau (Thirst) |
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| 2016 | Rabih Alameddine |
Les Vies de papier (An Unnecessary Woman) |
A superfluous woman |
| 2017 | John Edgar Wideman | Ecrire pour sauver une vie, le dossier Louis Till (Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File) |
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| 2018 | Alice McDermott |
La Neuvième Heure (The Ninth Hour) |
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| 2019 | Manuel Vilas | Ordesa (Ordesa) |
The trip to Ordesa |
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Prize winner 2019: Emmanuelle Lambert (Giono, furioso)
The books from the publisher Grasset have received the most awards so far (6 wins).
The finalists (2019 13 works) will be announced in advance.
| year | Prize winner | novel | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Michel del Castillo | Colette, une certaine France | |
| 2000 | Prize not awarded | ||
| 2001 | Elvire de Brissac | Ô dix-neuvième! | |
| 2002 | Michael Barry | Massoud | |
| 2003 | Jean Hatzfeld | Une season de machettes | Machete time |
| 2004 | Roger Kempf | L'Indiscrétion des frères Goncourt | |
| 2005 | Thérèse Delpech | L'Ensauvagement | |
| 2006 | Claude Arnaud | Qui dit je en nous? | |
| 2007 | Gilles Lapouge | L'Encre du voyageur | |
| 2008 | Denis Podalydès | Voix off | |
| 2009 | Michelle Perrot | Histoire de chambres | |
| 2010 | Jean-Didier Vincent | Elisée Reclus: geographe, anarchiste, écologiste | |
| 2011 | Laure Murat | L'Homme qui se prenait pour Napoléon: Pour une histoire politique de la folie | |
| 2012 | Tobie Nathan | Ethno-roman | |
| 2013 |
Jean-Paul Enthoven Raphaël Enthoven |
Dictionnaire amoureux de Marcel Proust | |
| 2014 | Paul Veyne | Et dans l'éternité je ne m'ennuierai pas | |
| 2015 | Emmanuelle Loyer | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Lévi-Strauss |
| 2016 | Ghislaine Dunant | Charlotte Delbo, la vie retrouvée | |
| 2017 | Jean-Luc Coatalem | Mes pas vont ailleurs | |
| 2018 | Elisabeth de Fontenay | Gaspard de la nuit | |
| 2019 | Emmanuelle Lambert | Giono, furioso | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Prix Renaudot et Médicis: qui sont les finalistes? . In: ouest-france.fr, October 30, 2019 (accessed November 6, 2019).
- ^ Prix Renaudot et Médicis: qui sont les finalistes? . In: ouest-france.fr, October 30, 2019 (accessed November 6, 2019).
- ^ Prix Renaudot et Médicis: qui sont les finalistes? . In: ouest-france.fr, October 30, 2019 (accessed November 6, 2019).