Prix Goncourt / biography
The Prix Goncourt de la biographie Edmonde Charles-Roux is a French literary prize of the Académie Goncourt , which was founded in 1980 and is awarded for biographies . It is intended to complement the Prix Goncourt for novels. The award is given annually at the beginning of June from among four nominated works and has since been renamed in honor of the French writer Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920–2016), winner of 1966 for the best novel and member of the Académie Goncourt. The Prix Goncourt de la biographie Edmonde Charles-Roux is endowed with 4500 euros by the city of Nancy and 3800 euros by the Center national du livre and is awarded in Nancy.
Award winners
Works from the publisher Grasset (five victories) were awarded most frequently , followed by Fayard (four), Gallimard and Seuil (three successes each).
| year | Prize winner | novel | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Jean Lacouture | François Mauriac | |
| 1981 | Hubert Juin | Victor Hugo | |
| 1982 | Pierre Sipriot | René Depestre | |
| 1983 | Ghislain de Diesbach | Madame de Staël | |
| 1984 | Jeanne Champion | Suzanne Valadon | The beloved |
| 1985 | Georges Poisson | Laclos ou l'Obstination | |
| 1986 | Jean Canavaggio | Cervantes | Cervantes |
| 1987 | Michel Surya | Georges Bataille, la mort à l'œuvre | |
| 1988 | Frédéric Vitoux | La Vie de Celine | |
| 1989 | Joanna Richardson | Judith Gautier | |
| 1990 | Pierre Citron | Giono | |
| 1991 | Odette Joyeux | Le Troisième œil, la vie de Nicéphore Niepce | |
| 1992 | Philippe Beaussant | Lully | |
| 1993 | Jean Bothorel | Louise de Vilmorin | |
| 1994 | David Bellos | Georges Perec | |
| 1995 | Henry Gidel | Les Deux Guitry | |
| 1996 | Anka Muhlstein | Astolphe de Custine | |
| 1997 | Jean-Claude Lamy | Prévert, les frères | |
| 1998 | Christian Liger | Le Roman de Rossel | |
| 1999 | Claude Pichois | Colette | |
| Alain Brunet | |||
| 2000 | Dominique Bona | Berthe Morisot | |
| 2001 | Laure Murat | La Maison du docteur Blanche | |
| 2002 | Jean-Paul Goujon | Pierre Louÿs | |
| 2003 | Pierre Billiards | Louis Malle | |
| 2004 | Claude Dufresne | Appelez-moi George Sand | |
| 2005 | Thibaut d'Anthonay | Jean Lorrain | |
| 2006 | Angie David | Dominique Aury | |
| 2007 | Patrice Locmant | J.-K. Huysmans, le forçat de la vie | |
| 2008 | Jennifer Lesieur | Jack London | |
| 2009 | Viviane Forrester | Virginia Woolf | |
| 2010 | Michel Winock | Madame de Staël | |
| 2011 | Maurizio Serra | Malaparte, vies et legends | |
| 2012 | David Haziot | Le Roman des Rouart | |
| 2013 | Pascal Mérigeau | Jean Renoir | |
| 2014 | Jean Lebrun | Notre Chanel | |
| 2015 | Jean-Christophe Attias | Moïse fragile | |
| 2016 | Philippe Forest | Aragon | |
| 2017 | Marianne Schopp | Dumas fils ou l'Anti-Œdipe | |
| Claude Schopp | |||
| 2018 | Denis Demonpion | Salinger intimate | |
| 2019 | Frédéric Pajak | Manifestos incertain, volume 7 | |
| 2020 | Thierry Thomas | Hugo Pratt, trait pour trait |
Web links
- Official list of winners (French)