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2010s
2000s
- 2009Un roman français — Frédéric Beigbeder
- 2008Le Roi de Kahel — Tierno Monénembo
- 2007Chagrin d'école — Daniel Pennac
- 2006Mémoires de porc-épic — Alain Mabanckou
- 2005Mes mauvaises pensées — Nina Bouraoui
- 2004Suite française — Irène Némirovsky
- 2003Les Âmes grises — Philippe Claudel
- 2002Assam — Gérard de Cortanze
- 2001Céleste — Martine Le Coz
- 2000Allah n'est pas obligé — Ahmadou Kourouma
1990s
- 1999L'Enfant léopard — Daniel Picouly
- 1998Le Manuscrit de Port-Ebène — Dominique Bona
- 1997Les Voleurs de beauté — Pascal Bruckner
- 1996Un silence d'environ une demi-heure — Boris Schreiber
- 1995Les Braban — Patrick Besson
- 1994Comme ton père — Guillaume Le Touze
- 1993Les Corps célestes — Nicolas Bréhal
- 1992La Démence du boxeur — François Weyergans
- 1991La Séparation — Dan Franck
- 1990Les Frères Romance — Jean Colombier
1980s
- 1989Les Comptoirs du Sud — Philippe Doumenc
- 1988Hadriana dans tous mes rêves — René Depestre
- 1987L'Enfant halluciné — René-Jean Clot
- 1986Station balnéaire — Christian Giudicelli
- 1985Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours — Raphaëlle Billetdoux
- 1984La Place — Annie Ernaux
- 1983Avant-Guerre — Jean-Marie Rouart
- 1982La Faculté des songes — Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
- 1981La Nuit du décret — Michel Del Castillo
- 1980Les Portes de Gubbio — Danièle Sallenave
1970s
- 1979Affaires étrangères — Jean-Marc Roberts
- 1978L'Herbe à brûler — Conrad Detrez
- 1977Les Combattants du petit bonheur — Alphonse Boudard
- 1976L'Amour les yeux fermés — Michel Henry
- 1975L'Homme de sable — Jean Joubert
- 1974Voyage à l'étranger — Georges Borgeaud
- 1973La Terrasse des Bernardini — Suzanne Prou
- 1972La Nuit américaine — Christopher Frank
- 1971Le Sac du palais d'été — Pierre-Jean Rémy
- 1970Isabelle ou l'arrière-saison — Jean Freustié
1960s
- 1969Les Feux de la colère — Max Olivier-Lacamp
- 1968Le Devoir de violence — Yambo Ouologuem
- 1967Le Monde tel qu'il est — Salvat Etchart
- 1966La Bataille de Toulouse — José Cabanis
- 1965Les Choses — Georges Perec
- 1964L'Écluse — Jean-Pierre Faye
- 1963Le Procès-verbal — J. M. G. Le Clézio
- 1962Le Veilleur de nuit — Simone Jacquemard
- 1961Les Blés — Roger Bordier
- 1960Le Bonheur fragile — Alfred Kern
1950s
- 1959L'Expérience — Albert Palle
- 1958La Lézarde — Édouard Glissant
- 1957La Modification — Michel Butor
- 1956Le Père — André Perrin
- 1955Le Moissonneur d'épines — Georges Govy
- 1954Le Passage — Jean Reverzy
- 1953La Dernière Innocence — Célia Bertin
- 1952L'Amour de rien — Jacques Perry
- 1951Le Dieu nu — Robert Margerit
- 1950Les Orgues de l'enfer — Pierre Molaine
1940s
- 1949Le Jeu de patience — Louis Guilloux
- 1948Voyage aux horizons — Pierre Fisson
- 1947Je vivrai l'amour des autres — Jean Cayrol
- 1946L'Univers concentrationnaire — David Rousset
- 1945Le Mas Théotime — Henri Bosco
- 1944Les Amitiés particulières — Roger Peyrefitte
- 1943J'étais médecin avec les chars — Dr. André Soubiran
- 1942Les Liens de chaîne — Robert Gaillard
- 1941Quand le temps travaillait pour nous — Paul Mousset
- 1940La Vallée heureuse — Jules Roy
1930s
- 1939Les Javanais — Jean Malaquais
- 1938Léonie la bienheureuse — Pierre Jean Launay
- 1937Mervale — Jean Rogissart
- 1936Les Beaux Quartiers — Louis Aragon
- 1935Jours sans gloire — François de Roux
- 1934Blanc — Louis Francis
- 1933Le roi dort — Charles Braibant
- 1932Voyage au bout de la nuit — Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- 1931L'Innocent — Philippe Hériat
- 1930Piège — Germaine Beaumont
About the Prix Renaudot
The Prix Renaudot is one of France's most prestigious literary prizes, awarded annually since 1926 on the same day and at the same location as the Prix Goncourt. Founded by journalists as a deliberate counterpoint to the Académie Goncourt's selections, it has historically championed bold, unconventional works and authors passed over by the Goncourt jury. The prize carries no monetary value beyond a nominal sum, but bestows enormous prestige and commercial momentum. Its jury is composed of journalists and critics who meet at the Drouant restaurant in Paris.
Frequently Asked Questions
- The Prix Renaudot is announced on the same day as the Prix Goncourt — the first Tuesday of November — at the Drouant restaurant in Paris.
- The prize was founded in 1926 by a group of journalists and critics as a deliberate riposte to the Académie Goncourt, named after Théophraste Renaudot, the 17th-century founder of the French press.
- Like the Prix Goncourt, the monetary value is nominal. The real prize is the prestige and the commercial boost to the winning book.
- No. By convention, the same book cannot win both prizes, as the juries coordinate to avoid duplication.
- Novels, short story collections, and essays written in French are eligible, making the Renaudot slightly broader in scope than the Goncourt.
- The jury is made up of approximately ten journalists and literary critics. Unlike the Académie Goncourt, the Renaudot jury membership changes over time.
- The Renaudot has a reputation for championing adventurous, genre-blending, and politically engaged works, often selecting titles that were runner-ups or overlooked by the Goncourt.
- No. The Renaudot is entirely independent and was founded specifically as an alternative to the Académie Goncourt.
- Yes. The prize is open to any work written in French, regardless of the author's nationality.