| COMAR d'Or | |
| Awarded For: | Best Arabic and best French novel in Tunisia |
| Awardname: | COMAR d'OrSpecial PrizeDiscovery Prize |
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Presenter: | COMAR |
| Holder: | Tarek ChibaniRafik Darragi and Mohamed Bouamoud |
| Holder Label: | ArabicFrench |
The COMAR d'Or is a series of Tunisian literary prizes created in 1996 by the Compagnie méditerranéenne d'assurances et de réassurances (COMAR), with the support of the Tunisian Ministry of Culture. The first award was given in 1997.
Presented in April of each year at the Municipal Theater of Tunis, or at the Palais des Congrès in 2016 and 2017, these prizes award novels written in French or Arabic by Tunisian authors and published in the previous year.[1]
There are three levels of award: the main COMAR d'Or prize, the Committee's Special Prize and the Discovery Prize (for new authors).[2]
| Round | Language | Comar d'or | Committee's Special Prize | Discovery | Other Prizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019[3] | Arabic | Lella Sayda by Tarek Chibani | Sakakine Aamya by Abdelkader Alimi | Maazak Tchaïkovski by Chawki Barnoussi | - |
| French | Jugurtha, un contre-portrait by Rafik Darragi and La princesse de Bizerte by Mohamed Bouamoud (ex-æquo) | none awarded | L'amant de la mer by Alyssa Belghith | - | |
| 2018[4] | French | Les Lendemains d'hier by Ali Bécheur | La Marmite d'Ayoub by Ridha Ben Hamouda | Non décerné | - |
| Arabic | La Fille de l'enfer by Khairia Boubtane | Menzel Bourguiba by Ines Abassi | Si seulement Chahda... ! by Safia Gam Ben Abdeljellil | - | |
| 2017[5] | French | Passe l'intrus by Béchir Garbouj and L'Amas ardent by Yamen Manaï | Le Chant des ruelles obscures by Ahmed Mahfoudh et Il pleut des avions de Gilbert Naccache | Rupture(s) by Jamila Ben Mustapha | Special Prize l'IFT : C'était hier à Tunis : Mardochée se souvient… de Paul Zeitoun |
| Arabic | Jihaad Naeem (Soft Jihad) by Mohamed Aïssa Meddeb | Safar El Qualb (Voyage du cœur) by Amina Zrig | Hamden Wazzaman by Habib Ben Mehrez | - | |
| 2016[6] | French | Le Corps de ma mère by Fawzia Zouari and Ya Khil Salem by Fawzi Mellah | Les Rêves perdus de Leyla by Mohamed Harmel | Le Jasmin noir by Wafa Ghorbel | - |
| Arabic | Maraya El Ghieb (Mirror of absence) and Toujane d'Emna Rmili Oueslati | El Massab (Le Dépotoir) by Chedia Kasmi and Sairatou El Maatouh (Biographie d'un simplet) by Mouldi Dhaou | Katariss by Hanene Jenane | - | |
| 2015[7] | French | Les Trois Grâces by Anouar Attia | none awarded | Dix-Neuf by Sami Mokaddem | - |
| Arabic | al-Talyani ((The Italian)) by Shukri Mabkhout | Bey El Orbane (Le Bey des bédouins) by Jamel Jelassi | Zahret Abbad Echams (Tournesol) by Nabil Keddiche | - | |
| 2014[8] | French | Je suis né huit fois by Saber Mansouri | D.A.B.D.A. by Khaoula Hosni | Le Destin apprivoisé by Néjib Turki | - |
| Arabic | Diwan El Mawajii (Book of Pains) by Mohamed Bardi | El Béki (Ce qui reste) by Emna Rmili Oueslati | Bab El Bhar by Fethi Jmail | - | |
| 2013[9] | French | Le Panache des brisants by Mokhtar Sahnoun | Souffle de la bête immonde by Sami Kourda | Le Sculpteur des masques by Mohamed Harmel | - |
| Arabic | None awarded | Rihla Hentatiya (Pérégrination des Hentati) by Abdelkader Ltifi by El Araâ (Dénuement) de Hafidha Gara | Fi Inthidar Assaâ Essefer by Abdelhamid Erraï | - | |
| 2012[10] | French | Jeux de rubans d'Emna Belhadj Yahia by Ouatann d'Azza Filali | Les Caves du minustaire by Rafik Ben Salah | La Prostituée de Babylone by Mohamed Dallagi | First novel : Zitoyen by Med Ridha Ben Hamouda |
| Arabic | Achiket Adem (Adam's lover) by Moncef Ouhaïbi | Inkissar Adhil (Shadow's breaking) by Nasr Belhaj Bettaieb | El Maristan (L'Asile des fous) by Mhadheb Sboui | First novel : Bouslat Sidi Anna by Salem Labbene | |
| 2010[11] | French | Le Transfert des cendres by Fawzi Mellah | L'Heure du cru by Azza Filali | Le Regard du loup by Soufiane Ben Farhat | Prix mention spéciale : Les Années de la honte by Mohamed Bouamoud |
| Arabic | Tafassilon Saghiraton (Smal details) by Noureddine El Aloui | Ramad El Hayet (Cendre de vie) by Hassouna Mosbahi | Arrahilou Charkan (Migration vers l'Est) by Ahmed Essalmi | Special mention : Kai'ïnâtoun Moujannaha (Créatures ailées) by Hassan Nasr and Marwan Fi Bilad El Jan (Marwan au pays des djinns) by Amor Ben Salem | |
| 2009[12] | French | La Marche de l'incertitude by Yamen Manaï | Nos Ancêtres les scorpions ou la naissance d'un dieu by Lotfi Ben Letaïfa | Visages by Mohamed Bouamoud | First novel prize : Leïla ou la femme de l'aube de Sonia Chamkhi |
| Arabic | Hay Bab Souika by Abdelkader Ben Haj Nasr | El Rajoulou El Âari (L'Homme nu) by Boubaker Ayadi | Achiriât an nawares by Dhaou Bessaoud | First novel prize : Hebni Ajinha d'Afifa Saoudi | |
| 2008[13] | French | Un Après-midi dans le désert by Mustapha Tlili | Sais-tu seulement ce que vivre veut dire by Wafa Bsaïes | Ce que Tunis ne m'a pas dit by Khaouthar Khelifi | - |
| Arabic | Lawn El Rouh (Color of the soul) | Khaadaât El Asr (Le mensonge du siècle) by Mounir Raqqi | El Waghd (Réminiscences) by Kheireddine Souabni | - | |
| 2006[14] | Arabic | Ḥūriyya (Nymph) by Hafiz Mahmoud | Māystrū (Maestro) by Amel Mokhtar | - | Special mention: Baab al-villa by Husayn bin Amru |