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2010s
2000s
- 2009Personne — Gwenaëlle Aubry
- 2008Où on va, papa? — Jean-Louis Fournier
- 2007Baisers de cinéma — Eric Fottorino
- 2006Lignes de faille — Nancy Huston
- 2005Asile de fous — Régis Jauffret
- 2004Une vie française — Jean-Paul Dubois
- 2003Le complexe de Di — Dai Sijie
- 2002Les adieux à la reine — Chantal Thomas
- 2001Rosie Carpe — Marie Ndiaye
- 2000Dans ces bras-là — Camille Laurens
1990s
- 1999Anchise — Maryline Desbiolles
- 1998Le Dit de Tianyi — François Cheng
- 1997Amour noir — Dominique Noguez
- 1996Week-end de chasse à la mère — Geneviève Brisac
- 1995La Classe de neige — Emmanuel Carrère
- 1994Port-Soudan — Olivier Rolin
- 1993L'Oeil du silence — Marc Lambron
- 1992Aden — Anne-Marie Garat
- 1991Déborah et les anges dissipés — Paula Jacques
- 1990Nous sommes éternels — Pierrette Fleutiaux
1980s
- 1989Jours de colère — Sylvie Germain
- 1988Le Zèbre — Alexandre Jardin
- 1987L'Égal à Dieu — Alain Absire
- 1986L'Enfer — René Belletto
- 1985Sans la miséricorde du Christ — Hector Bianciotti
- 1984Tous les soleils — Bertrand Visage
- 1983Riche et légère — Florence Delay
- 1982Les Fous de Bassan — Anne Hébert
- 1981Le Grand Vizir de la nuit — Catherine Hermary-Vieille
- 1980Joue-nous España — Jocelyne François
1970s
- 1979Le Guetteur d'ombre — Pierre Moinot
- 1978Un amour de père — François Sonkin
- 1977La neige brûle — Régis Debray
- 1976Le Trajet — Marie-Louise Haumont
- 1975Le Maître d'heure — Claude Faraggi
- 1974L'Imprécateur — René-Victor Pilhes
- 1973Juan Maldonne — Michel Dard
- 1972Ciné-roman — Roger Grenier
- 1971La Maison des Atlandes — Angelo Rinaldi
- 1970La Crève — François Nourissier
1960s
- 1969La Deuxième Mort de Ramón Mercader — Jorge Semprún
- 1968L'Oeuvre au noir — Marguerite Yourcenar
- 1967Élise ou la Vraie Vie — Claire Etcherelli
- 1966Nature morte devant la fenêtre — Irène Monesi
- 1965Quelqu'un — Robert Pinget
- 1964Le Faussaire — Jean Blanzat
- 1963La Nuit de Mougins — Roger Vrigny
- 1962Le Sud — Yves Berger
- 1961Le Promontoire — Henri Thomas
- 1960La Porte retombée — Louise Bellocq
1950s
- 1959Au pied du mur — Bernard Privat
- 1958L'Empire céleste — Françoise Mallet-Joris
- 1957Le Carrefour des solitudes — Christian Mégret
- 1956Les Adieux — François-Régis Bastide
- 1955Le pays où l'on arrive jamais — André Dhôtel
- 1954La Machine humaine — Gabriel Veraldi
- 1953La Pierre angulaire — Zoé Oldenbourg
- 1952Le Souffle — Dominique Rolin
- 1951Jabadao — Anne de Tourville
- 1950La Femme sans passé — Serge Groussard
1940s
1930s
- 1939La Rose de la mer — Paul Vialar
- 1938Caroline ou le Départ pour les îles — Félix de Chazournes
- 1937Campagne — Raymonde Vincent
- 1936Sangs — Louise Hervieu
- 1935Bénédiction — Claude Silve
- 1934Le Bateau-refuge — Robert Francis
- 1933Claude — Geneviève Fauconnier
- 1932Le Pari — Ramon Fernandez
- 1931Vol de nuit — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- 1930Cécile de la Folie — Marc Chadourne
1920s
- 1929La Joie — Georges Bernanos
- 1928Georgette Garou — Dominique Dunois
- 1927Grand-Louis l'innocent — Marie Le Franc
- 1926Prodige du cœur — Charles Silvestre
- 1925Jeanne d'Arc — Joseph Delteil
- 1924Le Bestiaire sentimental — Charles Derennes
- 1923Les Allongés — Jeanne Galzy
- 1922Silbermann — Jacques de Lacretelle
- 1921Cantegril — Raymond Escholier
- 1920Le Jardin des Dieux — Edmond Gojon
1910s
About the Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize founded in 1904 by the editors of the magazine Femina as a direct challenge to the all-male Académie Goncourt. It is notable for being judged entirely by an all-female jury of twelve women, and for presenting two awards each year: one for the best French-language work and one for the best foreign-language work in translation. The prize is announced on the first Wednesday of November at the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris, making it one of several major prizes announced in quick succession during the famed 'rentrée littéraire' season.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The Prix Femina is judged exclusively by an all-female jury of twelve women, a distinction established at its founding in 1904 as a response to the all-male Académie Goncourt.
- The jury awards two main prizes: one for the best work in French (Prix Femina) and one for the best foreign-language work in translation (Prix Femina Étranger). Additional prizes include the Prix Femina for essays.
- The Prix Femina is traditionally announced on the first Wednesday of November, one day after the Prix Goncourt and Prix Renaudot.
- Any work of fiction or prose in French published in the current year is eligible. The Prix Femina Étranger covers works originally published in any language but available in French translation.
- The announcement is made at the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris.
- Yes. While the jury is all-female, male authors are fully eligible and have won the prize many times.
- The jury announces a first selection in September, followed by a shortlist of five books in October, and then announces the winner in early November.
- The prize was founded by the editors of the magazine Femina in 1904, but it is now entirely independent and maintains its own jury and selection process.
- Like the other major French literary prizes, the monetary value is purely nominal. The prestige and the commercial boost to the winning book are the real rewards.