Marcel Proust Prize

Marcel Proust Prize

The Marcel Proust Prize is a former literary award of France. Created by the municipal council of Cabourg, in Normandy, in 1972, it was awarded until 1994; the recipient was a work which evoked that of Marcel Proust. Writers were awarded 5,000 francs for their work.

List of winners

  • 1972 : Michel Robida for Le Dragon de Chartres (Julliard)
  • 1973 : Georges Cattaui for Proust et ses métamorphoses (Nizet)
  • 1974 : Julien Green for Jeunesse (Plon)
  • 1975 : Emmanuel Berl for A venir et Regain au pays d'Auge (Le Livre de Poche)
  • 1976 : Marcel Schneider for Sur une étoile (Grasset)
  • 1977 : Jacques de Lacretelle for Les Vivants et leur ombre (Grasset)
  • 1978 : Roger Caillois for Le Fleuve Alphée (Gallimard)
  • 1979 : Henri Bonnet for Le Progrès spirituel dans la Recherche (Nizet)
  • 1980 : Jacques de Bourbon Busset for Les Choses simples (Gallimard)
  • 1981 : Angelo Rinaldi for La Dernière fête de l'Empire (Gallimard)
  • 1982 : Alain Bosquet for L'Enfant que tu étais (Grasset)
  • 1983 : Jean Delay for La Fauconnier, Avant-Mémoire (Gallimard)
  • 1984 : Robert de Saint-Jean for Passé pas mort (Grasset)
  • 1985 : Diane de Margerie for Le Ressouvenir (Flammarion)
  • 1986 : François-Olivier Rousseau for Sébastien Doré (Mercure de France)
  • 1987-1988 : Claude Mauriac for Le Temps immobile (Grasset)
  • 1993 : René de Obaldia for Exobiographie
  • 1994 : Jean Chalon for Liane de Pougy, courtisane princesse et sainte (Flammarion)

References

  • Roger Peyrefitte (L'Illustre Écrivain, Albin Michel, 1982, pp. 130-131).

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