Prix de Flore
Encyclopedia
The Prix de Flore is a French
literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder
. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore
in Paris
. The prize only applies to French-language literature
, even though the author does not have to be French. Bruce Benderson
was the first non-French author to receive the prize, in 2004, for the novel Autobiographie érotique (released in English as The Romanian: Story of an Obsession
).
The laureate of the Prix de Flore wins about 6,000 Euros and is entitled to drink a glass of Pouilly-Fumé
, a white wine from the Loire
region of France
, at the Café de Flore
every day for a year. The laureate's name is engraved on the glass.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder
Frédéric Beigbeder is a French writer and literary critic. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel Windows on the World and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book Un roman français...
. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore
Café de Flore
The Café de Flore, at the corner of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Rue St. Benoit, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, has long been celebrated for its intellectual clientele....
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. The prize only applies to French-language literature
French literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...
, even though the author does not have to be French. Bruce Benderson
Bruce Benderson
Bruce Benderson is an American author, to Jewish parents of Russian descent, who lives in New York. He attended William Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University...
was the first non-French author to receive the prize, in 2004, for the novel Autobiographie érotique (released in English as The Romanian: Story of an Obsession
The Romanian: Story of an Obsession
The Romanian: Story of an Obsession is a novel by Bruce Benderson. The autobiographical novel describes Benderson's encounters and journeys with a male Romanian street hustler through Romania and Hungary, whom he meets while on a journalism assignment and falls in love with...
).
The laureate of the Prix de Flore wins about 6,000 Euros and is entitled to drink a glass of Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fumé
Pouilly-Fumé is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for dry white wine from the Loire Valley wine-producing region of France. Pouilly-Fumé is made from the Sauvignon Blanc grape variety. It is characterized by smoky flavors and minerality. The vineyards are located in the communes...
, a white wine from the Loire
Loire
Loire is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the River Loire's upper reaches.-History:Loire was created in 1793 when after just 3½ years the young Rhône-et-Loire department was split into two. This was a response to counter-Revolutionary activities in Lyon...
region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, at the Café de Flore
Café de Flore
The Café de Flore, at the corner of the Boulevard Saint-Germain and the Rue St. Benoit, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, has long been celebrated for its intellectual clientele....
every day for a year. The laureate's name is engraved on the glass.
Laureates
- 1994 : Cantique de la racaille by Vincent Ravalec
- 1995 : Le Pas du loup by Jacques A. Bertrand
- 1996 : Le Sens du combat by Michel HouellebecqMichel HouellebecqMichel Houellebecq , born Michel Thomas, 26 February 1958—or 1956 —on the French island of Réunion, is a controversial and award-winning French author, filmmaker and poet. To admirers he is a writer in the tradition of literary provocation that reaches back to the Marquis de Sade and Baudelaire;...
- 1997 : Le Chameau sauvage by Philippe Jaenada
- 1998 : Les Jolies choses by Virginie DespentesVirginie DespentesVirginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker.-Life:She settled in Lyon, where she worked multiple odd jobs; including maid, prostitute in "massage parlors" and peep shows, recorded store sales, and a freelance rock journalist and pornographic film critic.She moved to Paris.Her...
- 1999 : Nicolas Pages by Guillaume DustanGuillaume DustanGuillaume Dustan , born William Baranès, was an openly gay French writer and journalist.-Biography:...
- 2000 : Mémoire courte by Nicolas Rey
- 2001 : L'Empire de la morale by Christophe Donner
- 2002 : Rapport sur moi by Grégoire BouillierGrégoire BouillierGrégoire Bouillier is the French memoirist who wrote Rapport sur moi and L'invité mystère...
- 2003 : Mammifères by Pierre Mérot
- 2004 : Autobiographie érotique by Bruce BendersonBruce BendersonBruce Benderson is an American author, to Jewish parents of Russian descent, who lives in New York. He attended William Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York and then Binghamton University...
- 2005 : Boys boys boys by Joy Sorman
- 2006 : Rendez-vous by Christine AngotChristine AngotChristine Angot is a French writer, novelist and playwright.-Life:Born Pierrette, Marie-Clotilde Schwartz in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel L'Inceste which recounts an incestuous relationship with her father.It is a subject which appears in several of her...
- 2007 : Ni d'Eve ni d'Adam by Amélie NothombAmélie NothombAmélie Nothomb is a Belgian writer who writes in French.- Biography :Amélie Nothomb was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats. She lived there until she was five years old, and then subsequently lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, Coventry and Laos...
- 2008 : La meilleure part des hommes by Tristan Garcia
- 2009 : L'hyper Justine by Simon Liberati
- 2010 : Le jour du roi by Abdellah TaïaAbdellah TaïaAbdellah Taïa is an openly gay Moroccan writer who has lived in self-imposed exile in Paris since 1998. Taïa writes in French and has had works translated into Basque, Dutch, English and Spanish....