Prix Goncourt / debut novel
Award winner 2020: Maylis Besserie
The Prix Goncourt for the best French-language debut novel of the year ( French Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman ) has been awarded since 1991. The award is given every year in early May from among four nominated works.
Award winners
Works from the Gallimard publishing house (twelve victories) were most frequently awarded.
| year | Prize winner | novel | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Armande Gobry-Valle | Iblis ou la défroque du serpent | |
| 1992 | Nita Rousseau | Les Iris bleus | |
| 1993 | Bernard Chambaz | L'arbre de vies | |
| 1994 | Bernard Lamarche-Vadel | Vétérinaires | |
| 1995 | Florence Seyvos | Les apparitions | Apparitions |
| 1996 | Yann Moix | Jubilations vers le ciel | |
| 1997 | Jean-Christophe Rufin | L'Abyssin | The Abyssinian |
| 1998 | Shan Sa | Porte de la Paix Celeste | Sky dancer |
| 1999 | Nicolas Michel | Un revenant | |
| 2000 | Benjamin Berton | Sauvageons | Wildlings |
| 2001 | Salim Bachi | Le chien d'Ulysse | The dog of Ulysses |
| 2002 | Soazig Aaron | Le non de Klara | Klara's no |
| 2003 | Claire Delannoy | La guerre, l'Amérique | |
| 2004 | Françoise Dorner | La fille du rang derrière | The woman in the back row |
| 2005 | Alain Jaubert | Val Paradis | |
| 2006 | Hédi Kaddour | Waltenberg | Waltenberg |
| 2007 | Frédéric Brun | Perla | |
| 2008 | Jakuta Alikavazovic | Corps volatile | |
| 2009 | Jean-Baptiste Del Amo | Une éducation libertine | Education |
| 2010 | Laurent Binet | HHhH | HHhH |
| 2011 | Michel Rostain | Le fils | When I left my parents |
| 2012 | François Garde | Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc | What happened to the white savage |
| 2013 | Alexandre Postel | Un homme effacé | |
| 2014 | Frédéric Verger | Arden | |
| 2015 | Camel Daoud | Meursault, contre enquête | The Meursault case - a reply |
| 2016 | Joseph Andras note | De nos frères blessés | Our brothers' wounds |
| 2017 | Maryam Madjidi | Marx et la poupée | You jump, i fall |
| 2018 | Mahir Guven | Grand frère | Two brothers |
| 2019 | Marie Gauthier | Court vêtue | |
| 2020 | Maylis Besserie | Le Tiers Temps |
Note The 2016 laureate, Joseph Andras, declined the award.
Web links
- Official list of winners (French)