- Source: Prix du Premier Roman
The Prix du Premier Roman (First Novel Prize) is a French literary prize awarded to an unpublished novelist between the ages of 18 and 30. The monetary reward is 3,000 Euros.
The prize was first awarded in 1977. Starting with 1998 a separate award is given to the best first novel by a foreign writer. The jury is made out of literary critics and the current president of the jury is the French historian and critic Joël Schmidt.
Winners of Prix du Premier Roman
Winners of Prix du Premier Roman Etranger
1998: Martin Suter, Small World (Switzerland)
1999: Boualem Sansal, Le Serment des barbares (Algeria)
2000: Jim Fergus, One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (United States)
2001: Keith Ridgway, The Long Falling (Ireland)
2002: Gwen Edelman, War Story (United States)
2003: Lavinia Greenlaw, Mary George of Allnorthover (United Kingdom)
2004: Inderjit Badhwar, The Chamber of Perfumes (India)
2005: Samina Ali, Madras on Rainy Days (India)
2006: Benjamin Kunkel, Indecision (United States)
2007: Dinaw Mengestu, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (United States)
2008: James Cañón, Tales from the Town of Widows (Colombia)
2009: Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (United States)
2010: Amanda Smyth, Black Rock (Ireland)
2011: Nic Pizzolatto, Galveston: A Novel (United States)
2012: Amy Waldman, The Submission (United States)
2013: Patrick McGuinness, The Last Hundred Days (United Kingdom)
2014: Rene Denfeld, The Enchanted: A Novel (United States)
2015: (ex-æquo) Vanessa Barbara, Noites de alface (Brazil)
2015: (ex-æquo) Maja Haderlap, Angel of Oblivion (Austria)
2016: Davide Enia, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel (Italy)
2017: Katharina Winkler, Blue Jewellery (Germany)
2018: Shih-Li Kow, The Sum of Our Follies (Malaysia)
2019: Sana Krasikov, The Patriots (United States)
2020: Olja Savičević, Adios Cow Boy (Croatia)
2021: Daniel Loedel, Hadès, Argentine (United States)
2022: Jarred McGinnis, The Coward (United States)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Véronique Olmi
- Detroit
- Hergé
- Festival Film Cannes 2013
- Prix du Premier Roman
- Valérie Perrin
- Prix Goncourt
- Samina Ali
- Lavinia Greenlaw
- Nic Pizzolatto
- Chloe Aridjis
- Marien Defalvard
- Annick Geille
- Jarred McGinnis
