The Prix Femina committee in 1926.

The Prix Femina[1] is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written in prose or verse, by both women and men. The winner is announced on the first Wednesday of November each year.

Prix Femina–Vie Heureuse

After the Great War, in 1919 Librairie Hachette proposed to the allied countries to create a similar prize. Great Britain accepted, and the first meeting of its jury was held on 20 June 1920. The prize was called the Prix Femina–Vie Heureuse, and it was awarded to English writers, from 1920 to 1939. Among the winners were E. M. Forster in 1925 and Virginia Woolf in 1928.

Similarly, in 1920 Lady Northcliffe, wife of Alfred Harmsworth, proposed to create a prize for French writers called the Northcliffe prize. Among the winners were Joseph Kessel in 1924, Julien Green in 1928, and Jean Giono in 1931. The last meeting of the jury for this prize was held on 10 April 1940, before the Nazis occupied France during World War II.

The archives of the English Committee are held by Cambridge University Library.[2]

Jury

As of June 2021, the jury of the Femina consists of eleven female members:[3]

List of winners

There are currently four categories: Prix Femina, Prix Femina essai, Prix Femina étranger (foreign novels), and Prix Femina des lycéens.

Prix Femina

Year Title Author Notes
1904La Conquête de JérusalemMyriam Harry
1905Jean-ChristopheRomain Rolland
1906Gemmes et moiresAndré Corthis
1907Princesses de scienceColette Yver
1908La Vie secrèteÉdouard Estaunié
1909Le reste est silenceEdmond Jaloux
1910Marie-ClaireMarguerite Audoux
1911Le Roman du maladeLouis de Robert
1912Feuilles mortesJacques Morel
1913La Statue voiléeCamille Marbo
1914no winner
1915no winner
1916no winner
1917L'Odyssée d'un transport torpilléRené Milan
1918Le ServiteurHenri Bachelin
1919Les Croix de boisRoland Dorgelès
1920Le Jardin des DieuxEdmond Gojon
1921CantegrilRaymond Escholier
1922SilbermannJacques de Lacretelle
1923Les AllongésJeanne Galzy
1924Le Bestiaire sentimentalCharles Derennes
1925Jeanne d'ArcJoseph Delteil
1926Prodige du cœurCharles Silvestre
1927Grand-Louis l'innocentMarie Le Franc
1928Georgette GarouDominique Dunois
1929La JoieGeorges Bernanos
1930Cécile de la FolieMarc Chadourne
1931Vol de nuitAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
1932Le PariRamon Fernandez
1933ClaudeGeneviève Fauconnier
1934Le Bateau-refugeRobert Francis
1935BénédictionClaude Silve
1936SangsLouise Hervieu
1937CampagneRaymonde Vincent
1938Caroline ou le Départ pour les îlesFélix de Chazournes
1939La Rose de la merPaul Vialar
1940no winner
1941no winner
1942no winner
1943no winner
1944(Special award for its French Resistance work)Éditions de Minuit (publisher)
1945Le Chemin du soleilAnne-Marie Monnet
1946Le Temps de la longue patienceMichel Robida
1947Bonheur d'occasionGabrielle Roy
1948Les Hauteurs de la villeEmmanuel Roblès
1949La Dame de cœurMaria Le Hardouin
1950La Femme sans passéSerge Groussard
1951JabadaoAnne de Tourville
1952Le SouffleDominique Rolin
1953La Pierre angulaireZoé Oldenbourg
1954La Machine humaineGabriel Veraldi
1955Le pays où l'on arrive jamaisAndré Dhôtel
1956Les AdieuxFrançois-Régis Bastide
1957Le Carrefour des solitudesChristian Mégret
1958L'Empire céleste (Café Céleste)Françoise Mallet-Joris
1959Au pied du murBernard Privat
1960La Porte retombéeLouise Bellocq
1961Le Promontoire (The Promontory)Henri Thomas
1962Le SudYves Berger
1963La Nuit de MouginsRoger Vrigny
1964Le FaussaireJean Blanzat
1965Quelqu'un (Someone)Robert Pinget
1966Nature morte devant la fenêtreIrène Monesi
1967Élise ou la Vraie VieClaire Etcherelli
1968L'Oeuvre au noir (The Abyss)Marguerite Yourcenar
1969La Deuxième Mort de Ramón MercaderJorge Semprún
1970La CrèveFrançois Nourissier
1971La Maison des AtlandesAngelo Rinaldi
1972Ciné-romanRoger Grenier
1973Juan MaldonneMichel Dard
1974L'ImprécateurRené-Victor Pilhes
1975Le Maître d'heureClaude Faraggi
1976Le TrajetMarie-Louise Haumont
1977La neige brûleRégis Debray
1978Un amour de pèreFrançois Sonkin
1979Le Guetteur d'ombrePierre Moinot
1980Joue-nous EspañaJocelyne François
1981Le Grand Vizir de la nuitCatherine Hermary-Vieille
1982Les Fous de Bassan (In the Shadow of the Wind)Anne Hébert
1983Riche et légèreFlorence Delay
1984Tous les soleilsBertrand Visage
1985Sans la miséricorde du ChristHector Bianciotti
1986L'EnferRené Belletto
1987L'Égal à Dieu (God's Equal)Alain Absire
1988Le Zèbre (The Zebra)Alexandre Jardin
1989Jours de colèreSylvie Germain
1990Nous sommes éternelsPierrette Fleutiaux
1991Déborah et les anges dissipésPaula Jacques
1992AdenAnne-Marie Garat
1993L'Oeil du silenceMarc Lambron
1994Port-SoudanOlivier Rolin
1995La Classe de neige (Class Trip)Emmanuel Carrère
1996Week-end de chasse à la mèreGeneviève Brisac
1997Amour noirDominique Noguez
1998Le Dit de Tianyi (The River Below)François Cheng
1999AnchiseMaryline Desbiolles
2000Dans ces bras-là (In His Arms)Camille Laurens
2001Rosie CarpeMarie Ndiaye
2002Les adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen)Chantal Thomas
2003Le complexe de Di (Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch)Dai Sijie
2004Une vie française (Vie Francaise)Jean-Paul Dubois
2005Asile de fousRégis Jauffret
2006Lignes de faille (Fault Lines)Nancy Huston
2007Baisers de cinémaEric Fottorino
2008Où on va, papa?Jean-Louis Fournier
2009PersonneGwenaëlle Aubry
2010La vie est brève et le désir sans finPatrick Lapeyre
2011Jayne Mansfield 1967Simon Liberati
2012[4]Peste & CholéraPatrick Deville
2013[5]La Saison de l’ombreLéonora Miano
2014[6]Bain de luneYanick Lahens
2015[7]La CacheChristophe Boltanski
2016[8]Le GarçonMarcus Malte
2017[9]La SerpePhilippe Jaenada
2018[10]Le LambeauPhilippe Lançon
2019Par les routesSylvain Prudhomme
2020[11]Nature humaineSerge Joncour
2021[12]S'adapterClara Dupont-Monod
2022[13]Un chien à ma tableClaudie Hunzinger
2023Triste TigreNeige Sinno

Prix Femina étranger

Prix Femina essai

Prix Femina des lycéens

Year Title Author
2016Tropique de la violenceNathacha Appanah
2017Ma reineJean-Baptiste Andrea
2018Je voudrais que la nuit me prenneIsabelle Desesquelles
2019La ChaleurVictor Jestin
2020Ce qu'il faut de nuitLaurent Petitmangin
2021[14]Le rire des déessesAnanda Devi
2022Tenir sa languePolina Panassenko
2023Ce que je sais de toiÉric Chacour

Femina–Vie Heureuse

The following awards were made during the lifetime of the award.[2]

Year Title Author
1920William an EnglishmanCicely Hamilton
1921The Splendid FairingConstance Holme
1922Dangerous AgesRose Macaulay
1923GruachGordon Bottomley
1924Roman PicturesPercy Lubbock
1925A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster
1926Precious BaneMary Webb
1927Adam's BreedRadclyffe Hall
1928To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf
1929Gallion's ReachH. M. Tomlinson
1930Portrait in a MirrorCharles Morgan
1931A High Wind in JamaicaRichard Hughes
1932Tobit TransplantedStella Benson
1933Small TownBradda Field
1934Cold Comfort FarmStella Gibbons
1935HarrietElizabeth Jenkins
1936The Root and the FlowerL. H. Myers
1937Faith, Hope, no CharityMargaret Lane
1938The PorchRichard Church
1939Count BelisariusRobert Graves

See also

References

  1. The Prix Femina is sometimes spelled Prix Fémina, but it is officially spelled without an accent, even in French.
  2. 1 2 "Femina Vie Heureuse Prize: English Committee: Minutes and papers". The National Archives.
  3. "Trois romancières rejoignent le jury du Prix Femina". LEFIGARO (in French). 2 June 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. "US writer Julie Otsuka wins Femina foreign novel prize". France24. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  5. "US author wins top French literary prize". France24. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  6. "L'Haïtienne Yanick Lahens, prix Femina pour le roman "Bain de Lune"". France24. 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  7. "Christophe Boltanski, Kerry Hudson et Emmanuelle Loyer lauréats du Femina 2015". livreshebdo.fr. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  8. "Le Femina 2016 pour Marcus Malte, Rabih Alameddine et Ghislaine Dunant". livreshebdo.fr. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  9. "Le Femina couronne "le justicier" Philippe Jaenada pour "La serpe"". Yahoo! News. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  10. Jean Birnbaum (5 November 2018). "Le prix Femina pour Philippe Lançon et son livre " Le Lambeau "". Le Monde. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  11. "Serge Joncour remporte le Femina 2020". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. "Le prix Femina 2021 du roman français décerné à Clara Dupont-Monod". Le Monde (in French). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  13. Dupuy, Éric (7 November 2022). "Claudie Hunzinger, Rachel Cusk et Annette Wieviorka primées au Femina 2022". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  14. Gabinari, Pauline (6 December 2021). "Ananda Devi, lauréate du Femina des lycéens 2021". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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