Grand prix Jean Giono

The Grand prix Jean Giono is a French literary prize. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer Jean Giono. Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize and the Jury Prize.

Grand prix Jean Giono

Given to a French-language author who has "defended or illustrated the novel's case".

1990: Yves Beauchemin for Juliette Permerleau
1991: Michel Calonne for Les Enfances
1992: François Nourissier for Gardien des ruines
1993: Félicien Marceau for La Terrasse de Lucrezia
1994: Jacques Laurent for L'Inconnu du temps qui passe
1995: Vladimir Volkoff for Le Grand Tsar blanc
1996: Michel Déon for The Great and the Good
1997: J. M. G. Le Clézio for Poisson d'or
1998: Sylvie Germain for Tobie des marais
1999: Jean d'Ormesson for Le Rapport Gabriel
2000: Ahmadou Kourouma for '
2001: Jean Raspail for Adíos, tierra delfuego
2002: Serge Rezvani for L'Amour en face
2003: Robert Merle for '
2004: Pierre Moinot for Coup d'État
2005: Danièle Sallenave for La Fraga
2006: Pascal Quignard for Villa Amalia, Gallimard
2007: Jacques Chessex for ',
2009: Dominique Fernandez for Ramon
2015: Charif Majdalani for Villa des femmes, Seuil
2016: Alain Blottière for Comment Baptiste est mort, Gallimard
2017: Jean-René Van der Plaetsen for ' Grasset
2018: Paul Greveillac for Gallimard
2019: Jean-Luc Coatalem for La Part du fils Stock
Jury Prize

Given for a French-language work of literature of any type, with focus on imagination and storytelling in the spirit of Jean Giono.

1992: François Bontempelli for L'Arbre du voyageur
1993: Marc Bressant for L'Anniversaire
1994: Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud for Le Château de verre
1995: Amélie Nothomb for The Stranger Next Door
1996: Laurence Cossé for '
1997: Jean-Pierre Milovanoff for Le Maître des paons
1998: Dominique Muller for Les Caresses et les Baisers
1999: Michèle Desbordes for La Demande
2000: Daniel Arsand for En silence
2001: Isabelle Hausser for La Table des enfants
2002: Stéphane Héaume for Le Clos Lothar
2003: Yasmina Reza for Adam Haberberg
2004: Laurent Gaudé for The Scortas' Sun
2005: Armel Job for Les Fausses Innocences
2006: François Vallejo for Ouest
2007: David Foenkinos for '
2008: Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès for
2009: Brigitte Giraud for Une année étrangère
2010: Jean-Baptiste Harang for Nos cœurs vaillants

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