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 prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but results in considerable recognition and book sales for the winning author. Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle, prix Goncourt de la Poésie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography). Of the "big six" French literary awards, the Prix Goncourt is the best known and most prestigious. The other major literary prizes include the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, the Prix Femina, the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Interallié and the Prix Médicis.
Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah is a Mauritian-French author. She spent most of her teenage years in Mauritius and also worked as a journalist/columnist at Le Mauricien and Week-End Scope before emigrating to France. She was a contributor to poetry and news section during her tenure in the magazines.
Nadia Chafik is a Moroccan novelist.
Linda Maria Baros is a French-language poet, translator and literary critic, one of the most powerful new voices on today's poetry scene . She lives in Paris, France.
Liliane Wouters was a Belgian poet, playwright, translator, anthologist and essayist.
Patrick Grainville is a French novelist.
Philippe Rahmy was a Swiss poet and writer.
Marie Rita Marcelle Lagesse O.S.K was a Mauritian journalist and writer.
René Lapierre is a Québécois writer and teacher. Mainly a poet and essayist, he has published over the last 30 years more than twenty books, among which are several essays on writing and theories of creation, social criticism, and cultural spectacularization. He also published in magazines, in collective works or in social networks a lot of commitment texts, particularly in the context of 2012 Quebec student protests.
Dominique Robert is a Canadian writer living in Quebec.
The Prix de la langue française is chronologically the first grand prix of the literary season in France.
The Prix Jean-Freustié is a French literary prize created in 1987 by Christiane Teurlay-Freustié, second wife of writer and publisher Jean Freustie (1914–1983) to which it pays tribute, and his friends Nicole and Frédéric Vitoux as well as writer Bernard Frank. It rewards a French-speaking writer for a prose work: a novel, short story, autobiography, biography or essay. The prize is awarded annually.
Jakuta Alikavazovic is a French writer. Her debut novel Corps volatils was awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman. In 2021, her latest novel Night As It Falls was published in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber.
Rabah Belamri was an Algerian writer.
Patricia Reznikov is a Franco-American writer.
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is a Senegalese writer. Raised in Diourbel, Senegal and later studying in France, Sarr is the author of four novels as well as a number of award-winning short stories. He won the 2021 Prix Goncourt for his novel La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to do so.
Kaouther Adimi, is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009.
Michel Zink is a French writer, medievalist, philologist, and professor of French literature, particularly that of the Middle Ages. He is the Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, a title he has held since 2011, and was elected to the Académie française in 2017. In addition to his academic work, he has also written historical crime novels, one of which continues the story of Arsène Lupin.
Sandiabye Ittoo, known by her pen name Davina Itoo, is a Mauritian writer. She won the Prix Jean-Fanchette in 2015 for her short story "La Proscrite". In 2019, she won the Prix Indianocéanie 2019 for her novel Misère.
