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The Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie (literally "Prize of the five continents of the francophonie") is a literary prize created in 2001 by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie.
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher (x times) | Special award | |
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| 2001 | Yasmine Khlat | Le désespoir est un péché | éditions du Seuil | Ahmed Abdodemane for La ceinture, éditions Gallimard | |
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| 2003 |  | Marc Durin-Valois | Chamelle | éditions JC Lattès | Fawzia Zouari for La Retournée, éd. Ramsay |
| 2004 |  | Mathias Énard | La Perfection du tir | éditions Actes Sud | Seyhmus Dagtekin for À la source, la nuit, éditions Robert Laffont |
| 2005 |  | Alain Mabanckou | Verre Cassé | éditions du Seuil | |
| 2006 |  | Ananda Devi | Eve de ses décombres éditions Gallimard | Pierre Yergeau for La Cité des vents, éditions 400 coups | |
| 2007 |  | Wilfried N'Sondé | Le Cœur des enfants léopards | éditions Actes Sud | |
| 2008 |  | Hubert Haddad | Palestine | éditions Zulma | |
| 2009 | Kossi Efoui | Solo d'un revenant | éditions du Seuil | ||
| 2010 |  | Liliana Lazar | Terre des affranchis | éditions Gaïa | |
| 2011 |  | Jocelyne Saucier | Il pleuvait des oiseaux | éditions XYZ | Patrice Nganang for Mont Plaisant, éditions Philippe Rey |
| 2012 |  | Geneviève Damas | Si tu passes la rivière | éditions Luce Wilquin | Naomi Fontaine for Kuessipan, éditions Mémoire d'encrier |
| 2013 | Amal Sewtohul | Made in Mauritius | éditions Gallimard | Claude Pujade-Renaud for Dans l'ombre de la lumière, éditions Actes Sud | |
| 2014 |  | Kamel Daoud | Meursault, contre-enquête | éditions Barzakh / Actes Sud | |
| 2015 |  | In Koli Jean Bofane [1] | Congo Inc. le testament de Bismarck | éditions Actes Sud | Miguel Bonnefoy for Le voyage d'Octavio, éditions Rivages |
| 2016 |  | Fawzia Zouari | Le Corps de ma mère | éditions Joëlle Losfeld/Demeter | |
| 2017 |  | Yamen Manaï | L'Amas ardent | éditions Elyzad | |
| 2018 | Jean Marc Turine | La Théo des fleuves [2] | Éditions Esperluète | Stéfanie Clermont for Le jeu de la musique, Le Quartanier | |
| 2019 | Gilles Jobidon | Le Tranquille affligé [3] | éditions Leméac | Alexandre Feraga for Après la mer, Flammarion | |
| 2020 | Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse | Tous tes enfants dispersés | Autrement | Paul Kawczak for Ténèbre, éditions La Peuplade | |
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