Prix Médicis Explained
The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and .[1] It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent".
The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 1970 the Prix Médicis étranger was added to recognize a book published in translation. The Prix Médicis essai has been awarded since 1985 for non-fiction works.
Laureates Prix Médicis
Laureates Prix Médicis étranger
- 1970 – Saut de la mort – Luigi Malerba, Italy
- 1971 – (no award)
- 1972 – Cobra – Severo Sarduy, Cuba
- 1973 – Life Is Elsewhere – Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakia
- 1974 – Libro de Manuel – Julio Cortázar, Argentina
- 1975 – – Steven Millhauser, United States
- 1976 – The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing, United Kingdom
- 1977 – Le Traité des saisons – Hector Bianciotti, Argentina
- 1978 – L'Avenir radieux – Aleksandr Zinovyev, Soviet Union
- 1979 – La harpe et l'ombre – Alejo Carpentier, Cuba
- 1980 – A Dry White Season – André Brink, South Africa
- 1981 – Le Jour de la comtesse – David Shahar, Israel
- 1982 – The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco, Italy
- 1983 – La route bleue – Kenneth White, United Kingdom
- 1984 – Aracoeli – Elsa Morante, Italy
- 1985 – God Knows – Joseph Heller, United States
- 1986 – Adventures in the Alaskan Skin Trade – John Hawkes, United States
- 1987 – Indian Nocturne (French title: Nocturne indien) – Antonio Tabucchi, Italy
- 1988 – Les Maîtres anciens – Thomas Bernhard, Austria
- 1989 – La Neige de l'amiral – Álvaro Mutis, Colombia
- 1990 – The Circle of Reason (French Title: Les feux du Bengale) – Amitav Ghosh, India
- 1991 – none
- 1992 – Wartime Lies (French title: Une education polonaise) – Louis Begley, United States
- 1993 – Leviathan – Paul Auster, United States
- 1994 – Frère Sommeil – Robert Schneider, Austria
- 1995 – Châteaux de la colère – Alessandro Baricco, Italy
- 1996 – Himmelfarb – Michael Kruger, Germany and Sonietchka – Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Russia
- 1997 – The Tortilla Curtain (French title: America) – T. Coraghessan Boyle, United States
- 1998 – The House of Sleep – Jonathan Coe, United Kingdom
- 1999 – Le capitaine et les rêves – Bjorn Larsson, Sweden
- 2000 – Anil's Ghost – Michael Ondaatje, Canada
- 2001 – La noce du poète – Antonio Skarmeta, Chile
- 2002 – The Human Stain – Philip Roth, United States
- 2003 – Le Mal de Montano – Enrique Vila-Matas, Spain
- 2004 – Histoire d'une vie – Aharon Appelfeld, Israel
- 2005 – Snow (French title: Neige) – Orhan Pamuk, Turkey
- 2006 – Return of the Hooligan – Norman Manea, Romania
- 2007 – (French title: Les disparus) – Daniel Mendelsohn, United States
- 2008 – Un garçon parfait – Alain Claude Sulzer, Switzerland
- 2009 – (French title: Le Grand Quoi) – Dave Eggers, United States
- 2010 – Sukkwan Island – David Vann, United States
- 2011 – To the End of the Land (French title: Une femme fuyant l'annonce) – David Grossman, Israel
- 2012 – Spanish Charity (French title: Rétrospective) – A. B. Yehoshua, Israel [8]
- 2013 – Op zee (French title: En mer) – Toine Heijmans, Netherlands.[2]
- 2014 – Lola Bensky – Lily Brett, Australia.[9]
- 2015 – Encore – Hakan Günday,[3] Turkey
- 2016 – Les Elus – Steve Sem-Sandberg, Sweden.[10]
- 2017 – Les huit montagnes – Paolo Cognetti, Italy
- 2018 – The Mars Room (French title: Le Mars Club) – Rachel Kushner, United States
- 2019 – Miss Islande – Audur Ava Olafsdottir, Iceland
- 2020 – Un andar solitario entre la gente (French title: Un promeneur solitaire dans la foule) – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spain[11]
- 2021 – La Clause paternelle – Jonas Hassen Khemiri
- 2022 – Grey Bees (French title: Les abeilles grises) – Andrey Kurkov
- 2023 – (tie) Misericordia – Lidia Jorge (Portugal) and Impossibles adieux, Han Kang (South Korea)
Laureates Prix Médicis essai
Notes and References
- http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090305151406/http://www.republique-des-lettres.fr/ History of the prize
- News: Le Monde. Marie Darrieussecq reçoit le prix Médicis pour "Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes". November 12, 2013. November 13, 2013. fr.
- Web site: Nathalie Azoulai, Hakan Günday et Nicole Lapierre, lauréats du Médicis 2015 . livreshebdo.fr . November 5, 2015 . November 7, 2015.
- Web site: Ivan Jablonka, l'histoire d'un extraordinaire Prix Médicis . Le Figaro . fr . Mohammed Aïssaoui . Mohammed Aïssaoui . November 2, 2016 . November 2, 2016.
- Web site: Le beau palmarès du Prix Médicis . fr . . Eléonore Sulser . 9 November 2017 . 9 November 2017.
- Web site: Prix Médicis 2018 : Pierre Guyotat et Rachel Kushner primés . fr . . 6 November 2018 . 28 January 2019.
- https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/11/08/le-prix-medicis-attribue-a-luc-lang-pour-la-tentation_6018498_3246.html Le prix Médicis attribué à Luc Lang pour "La tentation"
- Web site: Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua wins prestigious French literary award . The Times of Israel . Michal Shmulovich . November 6, 2012 . November 7, 2012.
- News: Le Figaro. Prix Médicis 2014 : Antoine Volodine supplante Éric Reinhardt. 4 November 2014. 8 November 2014. fr.
- Web site: Le Médicis 2016 couronne Ivan Jablonka, Jacques Henric et Steve Sem-Sandberg . Livres Hebdo . Vincy Thomas . November 2, 2016 . November 2, 2016.
- Web site: Moryoussef . Ilana . 6 November 2020 . Le Prix Médicis 2020 est décerné à Chloé Delaume, découvrez le palmarès complet . 24 November 2020 . www.franceinter.fr . fr.