Prix des Deux Magots
Encyclopedia
The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French
literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt
.
The name derives from the still-extant Paris
ian café
"Les Deux Magots", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, "The two Magot
s of China". It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café.
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. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
.
The name derives from the still-extant 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...
ian café
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
"Les Deux Magots", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, "The two Magot
Magot
Magot may refer to:*The Barbary Ape*A fanciful, often grotesque figurine in East Asian style rendered in a crouching positionAlso see maggot, the wormlike larva of flies....
s of China". It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café.
Winners
- 1933 Raymond QueneauRaymond QueneauRaymond Queneau was a French poet and novelist and the co-founder of Ouvroir de littérature potentielle .-Biography:Born in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Queneau was the only child of Auguste Queneau and Joséphine Mignot...
Le Chiendent - 1934 Georges Ribemont-DessaignesGeorges Ribemont-DessaignesGeorges Ribemont-Dessaignes was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier....
Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu - 1935 Jacques BaronJacques BaronJacques Baron was a French surrealist poet whose first collection of poems was published in Aventure in 1921. Although he was initially involved with the Dada movement, he became a founding member of the Surrealist movement following his meeting with André Breton in 1921, and contributed to La...
Charbon de Mer - 1936 Michel Matveev Étrange Famille
- 1937 Georges PillementGeorges PillementGeorges Pillement was a French writer, translator and photographer. He was born in Mayet in the Loire region. He won the Prix des Deux Magots for his novel Plaisir d'amour in 1937....
Plaisir d'Amour - 1938 Pierre Jean LaunayPierre Jean LaunayPierre Jean Launay was a French writer. He was born in Carrouges in the Lower Normandy region. His novel Léonie la bienheureuse met with notable success, winning both the Prix Renaudot and the Prix des Deux Magots in 1938.-Reference:...
Léonie la Bienheureuse - 1941 J.M. AimotJ.M. AimotJean-Marie Aimot was a French novelist, critic, biographer and translator who was active in the middle third of the 20th century. His books include Nos mitrailleuses n'ont pas tiré which won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1941 and La Carrière de Raoul Champfrond, a novel which won the Prix Balzac in...
Nos mitrailleuses n'ont pas tiré - 1942 Olivier SéchanOlivier SéchanOlivier Séchan was a French writer. He was born in Montpellier and died in Paris at the age of 95. He was the son of Louis Séchan and brother of Edmond.-Life and work:...
Les Corps ont soif - 1944 Jean Milo L'Esprit de famille
- 1946 Jean Loubes Le Regret de Paris
- 1947 Paule Malardot L'Amour aux deux visages
- 1948 Yves MalarticYves MalarticYves Malartic was a French writer. He won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1948 for his novel Au Pays du Bon Dieu. He also wrote a biography in Tenzing Norgay in 1954 and was one of the translators of the American writer Chester Himes....
Au Pays du Bon Dieu - 1949 Christian Coffinet Autour de Chérubine
- 1950 Antoine BlondinAntoine BlondinAntoine Blondin was a French writer.He belonged to the literary group called the Hussards. He was also a sports columnist in L'Équipe. Blondin also wrote under the name Tenorio.-Biography:...
L´Europe buissonnière - 1951 Jean Masarès Le Pélican dans le désert
- 1952 René-Jean ClotRené-Jean ClotRené-Jean Clot was a French painter, and novelist. His novel, L'Enfant halluciné, won the 1987 Prix Renaudot.He corresponded with Albert Camus.-Works:* L’Annonciation à la licorne, coll...
Le Poil de la Bête - 1953 Albert SimoninAlbert SimoninAlbert Simonin was a French novelist and scriptwriter. He was born in the La Chapelle quarter of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. His father was a florist. Albert was orphaned by the age of 16. His novel Touchez Pas au Grisbi featuring the Parisian gangster Max le Menteur was turned into a movie...
Touchez pas au grisbi - 1954 Claude CariguelClaude CariguelClaude Cariguel is a French writer and novelist. His novel S was published in 1953 by Flammarion and received the Prix des Deux Magots the following year. Among his other books are Hollywood , Les danseurs , Les Enragés , A comme Agathe and L'insolence .-Reference:...
S - 1955 Pauline RéagePauline RéageAnne Desclos was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pseudonyms Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage.-Early life:...
Histoire d'OStory of OStory of O is an erotic novel published in 1954 about love, dominance and submission by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage.Desclos did not reveal herself as the author for forty years after the initial publication... - 1956 René HardyRené HardyRené Hardy was a French resistant during World War II. He was captured by the Gestapo and agreed to work with Klaus Barbie although it is not clear to what extent. He may have given information leading to the capture of Jean Moulin and of a number of other resistance leaders on 21 June 1943, at a...
Amère Victoire - 1957 Willy de Spens Grain de Beauté
- 1958 Michel CournotMichel CournotMichel Cournot was a French journalist, screenwriter and film director. His only film as a director, Les Gauloises bleues, was due to be entered at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled because to the events of May 1968 in France.-External links:...
Le Premier Spectateur - 1959 Henri-François Rey La Fête Espagnole
- 1960 Bernard Landry Aide-mémoire pour Cécile
- 1961 Bernard Jourdan Saint-Picoussin
- 1962 Loys Masson Le notaire des noirs
- 1963 Jean GilbertJean GilbertJean Gilbert was a German operetta composer and conductor. His real name was Max Winterfeld. He adopted the name of Jean Gilbert for the production of his first operetta in 1901.Gilbert was born in Hamburg...
L'Enfant et le Harnais - 1964 Clément LépidisClément LépidisClément Lépidis was a French novelist of Greek descent. He was born Kleanthis Tsélébidis into a Greek Orthodox family that had settled in Paris, having fled the massacre of the Greek population in Anatolia carried out by the Young Turks during the Greek-Turkish war.Lépidis spent his childhood and...
La Rose de Büyükada - 1965 Fernand Pouillon Les Pierres sauvages
- 1966 Michel Bataille Une Pyramide sur la mer
- 1967 Solange Fasquelle L'Air de Venise
- 1968 Guy SajerGuy SajerGuy Sajer is a pseudonym of Guy Mouminoux , author of The Forgotten Soldier. The son of a French and German marriage, 'Sajer' is his mother's maiden name...
Le soldat oublié - 1969 Elvire de Brissac A Pleur-Joie
- 1970 Roland ToporRoland ToporRoland Topor , was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work...
Joko fête son anniversaire - 1971 Bernard Frank Un siècle débordé
- 1972 Alain ChedanneAlain ChedanneAlain Chedanne was a French writer and professional squatter. He is known for two books, Shit, Man! and Un Freak , both published by Gallimard. Shit, Man! is regarded as a French 'Beat' novel, and won the Prix des Deux Magots in 1972. Chedanne emerged as a writer in the aftermath of the May 1968...
Shit, Man - 1973 Michel del CastilloMichel del CastilloMichel del Castillo is a French writer, born in Madrid.-Biography:Michel del Castillo was born in Madrid...
Le Vent de la nuit - 1974 André Hardellet Les Chasseurs Deux
- 1975 Geneviève Dormann Le Bateau du courrier
- 1976 François Coupry Mille pattes sans tête
- 1977 Inès Cagnati Génie la folle
- 1978 Sébastien JaprisotSébastien JaprisotSébastien Japrisot was a French author, screenwriter and film director, born in Marseille. His pseudonym was an anagram of Jean-Baptiste Rossi, his real name...
L'Eté meurtrier - 1979 Catherine RihoitCatherine RihoitCatherine Rihoit is a French woman of letters.Portrait de Gabriel her first novel appeared in 1977. In 1979, she received the Prix des Deux Magots for Le bal des débutantes...
Le bal des débutantes - 1980 Roger GaraudyRoger GaraudyRoger Garaudy or Ragaa Garaudy is a French philosopher. Formerly a prominent communist author, he has converted to Islam and written several books which have been controversial due to his anti-Zionist positions and denial of the Holocaust.-Early life, politics and religion:Born to Catholic and...
L'appel des vivants - 1981 Raymond AbellioRaymond AbellioRaymond Abellio is the pseudonym of French writer Georges Soulès. He was born November 11, 1907 in Toulouse, and died August 26, 1986 in Nice.Abellio went to the Ecole Polytechnique and then took part in the X-Crise Group...
Sol Invictus - 1982 François WeyergansFrançois WeyergansFrançois Weyergans is a Belgian writer and director. His father, Franz Weyergans, was a Belgian and also a writer, while his mother was from Avignon in France...
Macaire le Copte - 1983 Michel Haas La dernière mise à mort
- 1984 Jean VautrinJean VautrinJean Vautrin, Jean Vautrin, (John Herman) Jean Vautrin, (John Herman) (born May 17, 1933 Pagny-sur-Moselle is a French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.-Life:After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of...
Patchwork - 1985 Arthur Silent Mémoires minuscules
- 1986 Eric Deschodt Eugénie les larmes aux yeux and Michel Breitman Témoin de poussière
- 1987 Gilles LapougeGilles LapougeGilles Lapouge is a French writer and journalist with the daily O Estado de São Paulo. He won the 2007 Prix Femina Essai.-Life:He gew up in Algeria, where his father was military.After studying history and geography, he became a journalist....
La bataille de Wagram - 1988 Henri Anger La mille et unième rue
- 1989 Marc LambronMarc LambronMarc Lambron is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 1993, for L'Oeil du silence.-Bibliography:* Les Menteurs* L'Impromptu de Madrid, * L'Œil du silence * 1941* Étrangers dans la nuit...
L'impromptu de Madrid - 1990 Olivier Frébourg Roger Nimier
- 1991 Jean-Jacques PauvertJean-Jacques PauvertJean-Jacques Pauvert is a French publisher, notable for publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade in the early 1950s and as the first publisher of the Story of O and the first edition of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylone .-External links:...
Sade - 1992 Bruno RacineBruno RacineBruno Racine is a French civil servant and writer.-Life:Son of Pierre Racine and Edwina Morgulis, Bruno Racine was born in Paris. He studied at the École La Rochefoucauld then at the lycée Louis-le-Grand before entering the École normale supérieure and obtaining an agrégation in "lettres...
Au péril de la mer - 1993 Christian BobinChristian BobinChristian Bobin is a French author and poet.He received of the 1993 Prix des Deux Magots for the book Le Très-Bas .-Works:...
Le Très-Bas - 1994 Christophe Bataille Annam
- 1995 Pierre Charras Monsieur Henry
- 1996 Eric Neuhoff Barbe à Papa
- 1997 Eve de Castro Nous serons comme des Dieux
- 1998 Daniel Rondeau Alexandrie and Eric Faye Je suis le gardien du phare
- 1999 Marc DugainMarc DugainMarc Dugain is a French novelist, chiefly known for La Chambre des Officiers , a novel set in World War I.Dugain was born in Senegal, and studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble...
La Chambre des officiers - 2000 Philippe Hermann La vraie joie
- 2001 François BizotFrançois BizotFrançois Bizot , is the only Westerner to have survived imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge.Bizot arrived in Cambodia in 1965 to study Buddhism practiced in the countryside. He traveled extensively around Cambodia, researching the history and customs of its dominant religion...
Le Portail - 2002 Jean-Luc Coatalem Je suis dans les mers du Sud
- 2003 Michka Assayas Exhibition
- 2004 Adrien GoetzAdrien GoetzAdrien Goetz is a French art critic and novelist. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure. His work appeared in Zurban, and Beaux-Arts Magazine.He is a lecturer in Art History at the Sorbonne.-Awards:...
La Dormeuse de Naples - 2005 Gérard Oberlé Retour à Zornhof
- 2006 Jean-Claude Pirotte Une adolescence en Gueldre
- 2007 Stéphane AudeguyStéphane AudeguyStéphane Audeguy is an award-winning French novelist and essayist.He studied literature at the University of Paris, where he also taught....
Fils unique - 2008 Dominique BarbérisDominique BarbérisDominique Barberis, born in 1958, is a French novelist, author of literary studies and university professor, specialist in stylistics and writing workshops.-Biography:...
, Quelque chose à cacher - 2009 Bruno de Cessole, L'heure de la fermeture dans les jardins d'Occident
- 2010 Bernard Chapuis, Le Rêve entouré d'eau
- 2011 Anthony Palou, Fruits & légumes
External links
- Prix des Deux Magots article from www.prix-litteraires.net
- Official Site (in French with English option)