The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt.
J.-H. Rosny was the pseudonym of the brothers Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940) and Séraphin Justin François Boex (1859–1948), both born in Brussels. Together they wrote a series of novels and short stories about natural, prehistoric and fantasy subjects, published between 1886 and 1909, as well as several popular science works. After 1909, the two brothers ended their collaboration, and Joseph Boex took to signing his works as J.-H. Rosny aîné, while his brother Seraphin used the name J.-H. Rosny jeune.
J.-H. Rosny aîné was the pseudonym of Joseph Henri Honoré Boex, a French author of Belgian origin who is considered one of the founding figures of modern science fiction. Born in Brussels in 1856, he wrote in the French language, together with his younger brother Séraphin Justin François Boex under the pen name J.-H. Rosny until 1909. After they ended their collaboration Joseph Boex continued to write under the name "Rosny aîné" while his brother used J.-H. Rosny jeune.
The Prix Rosny-Aîné is a literary prize for French science fiction. It has been awarded annually since 1980 in two categories: best novel and best short fiction.
Elisa Brune was a Belgian writer and journalist. She held a doctorate in environmental science.
Xavier Mauméjean is a French writer. He teaches philosophy at a college in Valenciennes, Northern France.
Jean-Claude Dunyach is a French science fiction writer.
Richard Canal is a French author and screenwriter in the science-fiction, fantasy, mainstream and thriller genres.
Jean-Pierre Hubert was a science fiction and detective fiction author. He won the Prix Rosny-Aîné several times and has been reviewed by Locus (magazine).
Sylvie Lainé is a French science-fiction writer. Sylvie Lainé won a Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2006.
Alain Le Bussy was a prolific Belgian author of science fiction who won the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 1993 for his novel Deltas. He died on 14 October 2010 from complications following throat surgery.
Catherine Dufour is a French science fiction and fantasy writer. She might be best known for Le Goût de l'immortalité, which won three awards including the Prix Rosny-Aîné.
Patrick Grainville is a French novelist.
Jean-Philippe Jaworski is a French author of fantasy literature and role-playing games.
Louis Philipon de La Madelaine was an 18th–19th-century French writer, chansonnier, philologist and goguettier.
Éric Holder was a French novelist.
Marie-Sabine Roger is a French writer.
Michel Crépu is a French writer and literary critic as well as the editor-in-chief of Nouvelle Revue française since 2015.
Franck Maubert is a French novelist and essayist. Maubert is the author of three novels and several works devoted to painting and song. He was a juror in the 2015 prix Françoise Sagan.
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.
