The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by Gala Barbisan and Jean-Pierre Giradoux. It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent".
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
Jacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.
Michel Host was a French writer.
The Prix Méditerranée is a French literary award. It was created in 1984 in Perpignan by the Mediterranean Centre of Literature (CML) to promote cultural interaction among the numerous countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Two awards are handed out every year, the Prix Méditerranée itself and the Prix Méditerranée Étranger. The latter is given to a writer from the Mediterranean basin whose original work has been translated into French.
Christian Giudicelli was a French novelist and literary critic. His seventh novel, Station balnéaire, was awarded the 1986 Prix Renaudot. Giudicelli was one of the eight jury members of the French literary award Prix Contrepoint.
Jura separatism is a regionalist autonomist movement in the Bernese Jura of Switzerland.
Hervé Edwy Plenel is a French political journalist.
Brasserie Lipp is a brasserie located at 151 Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It sponsors an annual literary prize, the Prix Cazes, named for a previous owner.
Pierrette Micheloud was a Swiss writer and painter.
Jeannine Gabrielle Marie Ange Champion, better known as Jeanne Champion was a French painter and historical novelist.
Jean-Christophe Bailly is a French writer, poet and playwright.
Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves is a French journalist and writer.
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.
Mohammed Aïssaoui is a French writer and journalist. He is currently working for Le Figaro littéraire.
Bernard Lamarche-Vadel was a French writer, poet, art critic and collector.
Louis Nucéra was an award-winning 20th-century French writer. He published his first novel L'obstiné in 1970.
Armand Panigel was a French musicologist and film critic. He was also a historical figure of French radio and television in the fields of classical music and cinema.
Régine Detambel is a French writer. She was born in 1963. She published her first book in 1990, and has written prolifically ever since. Her works have been published primarily by Julliard, Le Seuil and Gallimard. She has won the Prix Anna de Noailles, the Alain Fournier Prize, and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Yvette Z'Graggen was a Swiss writer and translator.
