Prix de Flore

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 it is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November,^[1] 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.

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 Houellebecq
1997: Le Chameau sauvage by Philippe Jaenada
1998: Les Jolies Choses by Virginie Despentes
1999: Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan
2000: Mémoire courte by Nicolas Rey
2001: L'Empire de la morale by Christophe Donner
2002: Rapport sur moi by Grégoire Bouillier
2003: Mammifères by Pierre Mérot
2004: Autobiographie érotique by Bruce Benderson
2005: Boys boys boys by Joy Sorman
2006: Rendez-vous by Christine Angot
2007: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam by Amélie Nothomb
2008: La meilleure part des hommes by Tristan Garcia
2009: L'hyper Justine by Simon Liberati
2010: Le jour du roi by Abdellah Taïa
2011: Du temps qu'on existait by Marien Defalvard^[2]
2012: Zénith-Hôtel by Oscar Coop-Phane^[3]
2013: Tout cela n'a rien à voir avec moi by Monica Sabolo^[4]
2014: L'Aménagement du territoire by Aurélien Bellanger
2015: La Fleur du Capital by Jean-Noël Orengo
2016: Double Nationalité by Nina Yargekov, Éditions P.O.L [fr]
2017: (ex-æquo), L'invention des corps [fr] by Pierre Ducrozet Actes Sud
2018: (ex-æquo), Paname Underground by Johann Zarca [fr], Éditions Goutte d'Or [fr]
2018: Anatomie de l'amant de ma femme [fr] by Raphaël Rupert Éditions L'Arbre vengeur [fr]
2019: Rhapsodie des oubliés [fr] by Sofia Aouine^[5] Éditions de la Martinière [fr]
2020 : La Grâce by Thibault de Montaigu, Éditions Plon
2021: Le Voyant d’Etampes by Abel Quentin, Éditions de l'Observatoire [fr]^[6]

References

^ "Prix de Flore". Prix-litteraires.net. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
^ David Caviglioli (10 November 2011). "Le soir où les fachos ont envahi le Flore]»". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French).
^ "Le Prix de Flore pour "Zénith Hôtel" d' Oscar Coop-Phane". France TV (in French). November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
^ Mohammed Aïssaoui (7 October 2013). "Monica Sabolo, joli Prix de Flore". Le Figaro. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
^ Sofia Aouine reçoit le prix de Flore pour « Rhapsodie des oubliés » on Le Monde
^ "Le prix de Flore 2021 pour Abel Quentin". L'Obs (in French). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.