Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
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The Prix littéraire Valery Larbaud is a French
literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud
's death, by L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have loved".
It is always awarded in Vichy
on the last weekend in May.
France
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literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud
Valery Larbaud
Valery Larbaud was a French writer.-Life:He was born in Vichy, Allier, the only child of a pharmacist. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner of the Vichy Saint-Yorre mineral water springs, and the family fortune assured him an easy...
's death, by L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud, an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is awarded to writers of books the jurists feel "that Larbaud would have loved".
It is always awarded in Vichy
Vichy
Vichy is a commune in the department of Allier in Auvergne in central France. It belongs to the historic province of Bourbonnais.It is known as a spa and resort town and was the de facto capital of Vichy France during the World War II Nazi German occupation from 1940 to 1944.The town's inhabitants...
on the last weekend in May.
Prize Winners
- 1967 - Michel DardMichel DardMichel Dard is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 1973, for Juan Maldonne.-References:...
, Mélusine - 1968 - Robert Levesque, Les Bains d'Estramadure
- 1969 - Claude Roy, Le verbe Aimer et autres essais
- 1970 - Henri ThomasHenri ThomasHenri Thomas was a French writer and poet.-Life:Henri Thomas was born in 1912 and grew up in the Alsace/Lorraine region of France. He moved to Paris to attend the prestigious Henri IV high school, working with the noted essayist Alain...
, La Relique - 1971 - Guy Rohou, Le Bateau des Iles
- 1972 - J.M.G. Le ClézioJean-Marie Gustave Le ClézioJean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio , usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal....
and Frida Weissman for all their works - 1973 - Georges PerrosGeorges PerrosGeorges Perros was a French writer.He was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1973....
, Papiers collés I, II - 1974 - Pierre Leyris, for translations of William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
's works - 1975 - Muriel CerfMuriel CerfMuriel Cerf is a French novelist and travel writer.Her first book, L'Antivoyage, was inspired by her travels in Southeast Asia, and was a major critical success. She was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1975 for Le Diable vert.-Selected works:*L'Antivoyage *Le Diable vert *Marie...
, Le Diable vert - 1976 - Marcel ThiryMarcel ThiryMarcel Thiry was a French-speaking Belgian poet.He was awarded the Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud in 1976 for Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver, a book of poems reminiscent of Cendrars and Apollinaire...
, Toi qui pâlis au nom de Vancouver - 1977 - Jean Blot, Les Cosmopolites and Françoise Lioure
- 1978 - Philippe JaccottetPhilippe JaccottetPhilippe Jaccottet is a poet and translator who publishes in French.After completing his studies in Lausanne, he lived several years in Paris. In 1953, came to live in the town of Grignan in Provence...
for all his works - 1979 - Georges Piroué, Feux et lieux
- 1980 - Paule ConstantPaule ConstantPaule Constant is a French novelist.She graduated from Paris-Sorbonne University, with a Ph.D.-Awards:* 1988 Prix Goncourt for Confidence pour confidence.* 1989 Grand prize for the novel Académie française...
, Ouregano - 1981 - Noël Devaulx for all his works
- 1982 - Chistian Giudicelli, Une affaire de famille
- 1983 - Jacques RédaJacques RédaJacques Réda is a French poet, jazz critic, and flâneur. He was chief editor of the Nouvelle Revue Française from 1987 to 1996.-Works:*Amen *Récitatif *Les Ruines de Paris...
for all his works - 1984 - Hubert Nyssen for all his works
- 1985 - Jean LescureJean Lescure- Biography :In 1938 Jean Lescure published his first plaquette of poems, "Le voyage immobile", and launched the review "Messages" ....
and Bernard Delvaille - 1986 - René de Ceccatty, L'Or et la Poussière
- 1987 - Emmanuel CarrèreEmmanuel CarrèreEmmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Louis Édouard Carrère, often known as Louis Carrère d'Encausse after his wife's pen name, and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse....
, Le Détroit de Behring - 1988 - Jean-Marie LaclavetineJean-Marie LaclavetineJean-Marie Laclavetine is a French editor, writer and translator of Italian literature into French.- Biography :...
, Donnafugata - 1989 - Jean RolinJean RolinJean Philippe Rolin is a French writer and journalist. He received the Albert Londres Prize for journalism in 1988, and his novel L'organisation received the Medicis award in 1996....
, La ligne de front - 1990 - Frédéric-Jacques Temple, Anthologie Personnelles
- 1991 - Frédéric VitouxFrédéric VitouxFrédéric Vitoux is a French writer and journalist.He is known as a novelist, biographer and literary columnist.He was elected at the Académie Française in 2001...
, Sérénissime - 1992 - Nicolas BréhalNicolas BréhalNicolas Bréhal was a French novelist and literary critic.He was literary director at the Mercure de France and literary critic ar Le Monde and Le Figaro....
, Sonate au Clair de Lune - 1993 - Olivier Germain-Thomas, Au cœur de l'enfance
- 1994 - Jean-Noël Pancrazi, Le Silence des Passions
- 1995 - Alain Blottière, L'Enchantement
- 1996 - François Bott, Radiguet
- 1997 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, Les enfants de Saturne
- 1998 - Gérard Macé, Colportage I et II
- 1999 - Gilles LeroyGilles LeroyGilles Leroy is a French writer. He studied at the Lycée Lakanal in Sceaux, which appears in his 1996 novel, Les Maîtres du monde, as the "Lycée Ducasse"...
, Machines à sous - 2000 - Guy GoffetteGuy GoffetteGuy Goffette is a Belgian-born poet and writer. Goffette published his first book of poems in 1969. Since then he has worked as an editor at the publishing company Gallimard. Goffette's poetry has been compared to Verlaine - the contemporary French poet Yves Bonnefoy remarked Goffette is an heir...
, Partance et autres lieux - 2002 - Jean-Claude Pirotte, Ange Vincent
- 2003 - Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud, Au fond du Paradis
- 2004 - Jean-Bertrand Pontalis, La Traversée des ombres
- 2005 - Christine Jordis, Une passion excentrique : visites anglaises
- 2006 - Pierre Jourde, Festins secrets
- 2007 - Vincent Delecroix, Ce qui est perdu
- 2008 : Thomas B. Reverdy, Les derniers feux
- 2009 : Michel Lafon, Une vie de Pierre Ménard