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The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot is a French literary award.
Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo, is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight books in all and was awarded the 2008 prix Renaudot for The King of Kahel.
Michel del Castillo is a French writer, born in Madrid.
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France. He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language and one of the best known African writers in France. In some circles in Paris he is known as the Samuel Beckett of Africa. He is also controversial, and criticized by some African and diaspora writers for stating Africans bear responsibility for their own misfortune. He has argued against the idea that African and Caribbean writers should focus on their local realities in order to serve and express their communities. He further contends that categories such as nation, race, and territory fall short of encapsulating reality and urges writers to create works that deal with issues beyond these subjects.
Boris Cyrulnik is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist.
Louis Gardel is a notable French novelist, screenwriter, and publisher, born in Algiers in 1939. He is also publishing director of Éditions du Seuil and a permanent member of the Prix Renaudot jury.
Raphaële Billetdoux is a French novelist.
Boris Schreiber was a French writer.
Dan Franck is a French novelist and screenwriter.
Philippe Doumenc is a French novelist. His first novel, Les Comptoirs du Sud won the 1989 Prix Renaudot.
Christian Giudicelli is a French novelist and literary critic. His seventh novel, Station balnéaire, was awarded the 1986 Prix Renaudot. Guidicelli is one of the eight jury members of the French literary award Prix Contrepoint.
Jean-Marc Roberts was a French editor, novelist, and screenwriter.
Roger Bordier was a French writer, winner of the 1961 Prix Renaudot.
Jean-Noël Pancrazi is a French author.
Jean Hatzfeld is a French author and journalist who wrote extensively about the Bosnian War and the Rwandan Genocide in Rwanda.
Jérôme Garcin is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the Nouvel Observateur, produces and hosts the radio program Le Masque et la Plume on France Inter, and is a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française.
Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud is a French novelist and short story writer. He was awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1982 for the novel La Faculté des songes and the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle in 2005 for Singe savant tabassé par deux clowns. He has been general secretary of the Prix Renaudot since 2010.
Kaouther Adimi, is a writer, graduate in modern literature and human resources management. She works today in Paris, where she has lived since 2009.
Camille Bourniquel was a French poet, novelist and painter.
Anne Berest is a French writer and actress.
