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The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
Rithy Panh is a Cambodian documentary film director, author and screenwriter.
The Prix Maurice Genevoix is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the memory and work of Maurice Genevoix. The prize was founded in 1985 in the city of Garches under the initiative of mayor Yves Bodin, who was a family friend of Genevoix. In 2004 the award was officially established at the Académie française as a "Grand Prix", meaning the winner receives a silver-gilt medal and variable cash amount, thus increasing its prestige and importance since 2004.
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Jacques Chessex was a Swiss author and painter.
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Charles Dantzig is a French author, born in Tarbes (France) on October 7, 1961.
The Grand prix des lectrices de Elle is a French literary prize awarded by readers of Elle magazine.
The Roger Nimier Prize is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro.
The prix littéraire de la vocation is a literary prize. Established in 1976 by the fondation Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet pour la vocation, it is intended to help a young French-speaking novelists aged 18 to 30 years.
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