Prix Françoise Sagan
The Prix Françoise Sagan is a French literary prize founded in 2010 by the photographer Denis Westhoff (* 1962), the son of Françoise Sagan , in memory of his mother. It is awarded for the “most beautiful novel of spring”. The jury will select him from the novels of the previous season (autumn to spring) that have not yet received an award or have been nominated for other prizes. The jury changes annually, and the previous year's winner becomes its chairman. However, there are three permanent members, the founder Denis Westhoff as well as the writer Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre (* 1976) and the journalist Olivia de Lamberterie (* 1966), editor-in-chief of Elle magazine and responsible for the morning program Télématin on France2.
Award winners
- 2010: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre : Fourrure
- 2011: Fabienne Berthaud : Un jardin sur le ventre
- 2012: Célia Houdart : Carrare
- 2013: Olivier Bouillère : Le Poivre
- 2014: Julia Kerninon : Buvard
- 2015: Vincent Almendros : Un été
- 2016: Éric Laurrent : Un beau début
- 2017: Guy Boley : Fils du feu
- 2018: Violaine Huisman : Fugitive parce que reine (German: "The escaped")
- 2019: Sophie Blandinières : Le sort tomba sur le plus jeune