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The Jean Giono Prize
Support for the Jean Giono literary prizes
Created in 1990 by Michel Albert, president of Assurance Générale de France, the Jean Giono literary prize was taken over by the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house in 1992.
Two distinctions have been awarded annually since 1994:
- The Prix du Jury is awrded to a work in French distinguished by its great imaginative content in the spirit of Jean Giono and revealing a true storytelling talent. The 2008 Jury Prize: Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès, “Là où les tigres sont chez eux”, Editions Zulma.
- The Grand Prix Jean Giono crowns the career of a French-language author who has defended or exemplified the novel as an art form. The 2008 Grand Prize: Amélie Nothomb, “Le Fait du prince”, Editions Albin Michel.
Jury :
Permanent Members: Sylvie Giono-Durbet, Pierre Bergé (President of the Jury).
Members of the 2008 Jury: Françoise Chandernagor (of the Académie Goncourt), Paule Constant (of the Prix Fémina), Jean Dutourd (of the Académie Française), Gilles Lapouge, Claude Mourthé, Erik Orsenna (of the Académie Française), Pierre Pain, Franco-Maria Ricci, Jean-Pierre Rudin, Yves Simon, Frédéric Vitoux (of the Académie Française).
- 1990
- Yves Beauchemin, Juliette Permerleau éditions de Fallois.
- 1991
- Michel Calonne, Les Enfances éditions Viviane Hamy.
- 1992 :
- Grand Prix- François Nourissier, Gardien des ruines éditions Grasset.
- Prix du Jury- François Bontempelli, L'Arbre du voyageur.
- 1993
- Grand Prix- Félicien Marceau, La terrasse de Lucrezia éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury-Marc Bressant, L'Anniversaire éditions de Fallois.
- 1994
- Grand Prix- Jacques Laurent de l'Académie française, L'Inconnu du temps qui passe éditions Grasset.
- Prix du Jury- Georges-Olivier Chateauraynaud, Le Château de verre éditions Julliard.
- 1995
- Grand Prix- Vladimir Volkoff, Le Grand Tsar Blanc éditions de Fallois/L'âge d'homme.
- Prix du Jury- Amélie Nothomb, Les Catilinaires éditions Albin Michel.
- 1996
- Grand Prix-Michel Déon, La Cours des Grands éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury-Laurence Cossé, Le coin du voile édition Gallimard.
- 1997
- Grand Prix- Jean-Marie Le Clézio, Poisson d'Or éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury- Jean-Pierre Milovanoff, Le Maître des Paons.
- 1998
- Grand Prix- Sylvie Germain, Tobie des Marais éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury- Dominique Muller, Les caresses et les baisers.
- 1999
- Grand Prix- Jean d'Ormesson, Le rapport Gabriel éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury- Michèle Desbordes, La demande éditions Verdier.
- 2000
- Grand Prix- Ahmadou Kourouma, Allah n'est pas obligé éditions du Seuil.
- Prix du Jury- Daniel Arsand, En silence éditions Phébus.
- 2001
- Grand Prix- Jean Raspail, Adíos, tierra delfuego éditions Albin Michel.
- Prix du Jury- Isabelle Hausser, La table des enfants.
- 2002
- Grand Prix- Serge Rezvani, L'amour en face éditions Actes Sud.
- Prix du Jury- Stéphane Héaume, Le Clos Lothar éditions Zulma.
- 2003
- Grand Prix- Robert Merle, Le glaive et les amours (saga Fortune de France) éditions de Fallois.
- Prix du Jury- Yasmina Reza, Adam Haberberg éditions Albin Michel.
- 2004
- Grand Prix- Pierre Moinot de l'Académie française, Coup d'État éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury- Laurent Gaudé, Le Soleil des Scorta éditions Actes Sud.
- 2005
- Grand Prix - Danièle Sallenave, La Fraga éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury - Armel Job, Les Fausses Innoncences éditions Robert Laffont.
- 2006
- Grand Prix - Pascal Quinard, Villa Amalia éditions Gallimard.
- Prix du Jury - François Vallejo, Ouest éditions Viviane-Hamy.
- 2007
- Grand Prix - Jacques Chessex, Le Vampire de Ropraz éditions Bernard Brasset.
- Prix du Jury - David Foenkinos, Qui se souvient de David Foenkinos ? éditions Gallimard.
- 2008
- Grand Prix - Amélie Nothomb, Le Fait du prince éditions Albin Michel
- Prix du Jury - Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès, Là où les tigres sont chez eux éditions Zulma
Emile Zola
Restoration of Emile Zola's house in Médan.
Creation of an Alfred Dreyfus museum.
I am particularly attached to this “Zola-Dreyfus” project.Beyond the renovation of Emile Zola's house and the re-creation (by Pascal Cribier) of its great park, the Maison Zola-Musée Dreyfus association seeks especially to create a Dreyfus Museum.It appeared necessary to me to build, within the house, a place entirely devoted to the “Affair” and what it signified and will always signify in terms of the struggle against racism and anti-semitism, and the fight for justice and equality.Thanks to the extremely precious aid of the French state, local governments and philanthropic partners, this museum will be inaugurated in 2011. It will be a place for exhibiting and teaching, for debates and reflection, for memory and vigilance.It will be the only Dreyfus Museum in the world.
- Pierre Bergé, Président de l'association Maison Zola
Musée Dreyfus www.maisonzola-museedreyfus.com
The Décembre Prize
30,000 euros for this literary prize
a non-conformist literary prize which seeks to support a book released on the fringes of the large publishing houses.
Pierre Bergé has personally supported this prize since November 2000.
In 2005, the jury was made up of Arnaud Viviant (president), Frédéric Beigbeder, Pierre Bergé, Michel Crépu, Jérôme Garcin, Patricia Martin, Dominique Noguez and Philippe Sollers.
Winners
- 1989 - Guy Dupré, Les Manoeuvres d'automne (Le Rocher).
- 1990 - François Maspero, Les Passagers du Roissy-Express (Seuil).
- 1991 - Raphaël Confiant, Eau de café (Grasset).
- 1992 - Henri Thomas, La Chasse au trésor et Roger Grenier, Regardez la neige qui tombe (Flammarion).
- 1993 - René de Obaldia, Exobiographie (Grasset).
- 1994 - Jean Hatzfeld, L'Air de guerre et Éric Holder, La Belle Jardinière (Le Dilettante).
- 1995 - Jean Échenoz, Les Grandes Blondes (Minuit).
- 1996 - Régis Debray, Loués soient nos seigneurs : une éducation politique (Gallimard).
- 1997 - Lydie Salvayre, La Compagnie des spectres (Seuil).
- 1998 - Michel Houellebecq, Les Particules élémentaires (Flammarion).
- 1999 - Claude Askolovitch, Voyage au bout de la France : Le Front National tel qu'il est (Grasset).
- 2000 - Anthony Palou, Camille (Bartillat).
- 2001 - Chloé Delaume, Le Cri du sablier (Léo Scheer).
- 2002 - Pierre Michon, Abbés and Corps du Roi (Verdier).
- 2003 - Regis Jauffret, Univers, univers (Verticales).
- 2004 - Philippe Forest, Sarinagara (Gallimard).
- 2005 - Charles Dantzig, Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française (Grasset).
- 2006 - Pierre Guyotat, Coma (Mercure de France).
- 2007 - Yannick Haenel, Cercle (Gallimard).
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Pierre Mac Orlan
Support for the Friends of Pierre Mac Orlan association
A figure of the Montmartre scene of the early 20th Century, a regular at the Lapin Agile and the Bateau Lavoir, a friend of Max Jacob and Appolinaire, Pierre Mac Orlan (1882-1970) became a legend following the publication of Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows), his most famous novel, which was turned into a film directed by Marcel Carné. Also a journalist, poet and lyricist, this incomparably alluring man cultivated mystery about his background and childhood.
A swashbuckler, sensitive and tough, gentle and witty, he sat for 20 years on the Goncourt Academy.
From Montmartre to ocean ports filled with easy women and transient sailors, the author of La Bandera, L'Ancre de Miséricorde, Filles et Ports d'Europe or the Manual of the Perfect Adventurer was a master of the adventure novel in the spirit of Schwob, Stevenson and Kipling who he admired. He was a dreamer always en route to another real or imaginary location.
The Pierre Mac Orlan committee defends and promotes his work in France and on the international stage, particularly through the Mac Orlan Prize instituted through his will, the upkeep of his house at Saint-Cyr-sur-Morin (open to the public) and various authorizations granted by the committee president, Pierre Bergé, the sole holder of Pierre Mac Orlan's droit moral.
www.comitemacorlan.com
2008 - Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès, Pierre Bergé, Amélie Nothomb
La maison Émile Zola à Médan / Emile Zola's house in Médan
