The Prix de Flore is a French literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and it is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore in Paris. The prize only applies to French-language literature, even though the author does not have to be French. Bruce Benderson was the first non-French author to receive the prize, in 2004, for the novel Autobiographie érotique (released in English as The Romanian: Story of an Obsession). The laureate of the Prix de Flore wins about 6,000 Euros and is entitled to drink a glass of Pouilly-Fumé, a white wine from the Loire region of France, at the Café de Flore every day for a year. The laureate's name is engraved on the glass.
Laureates 1994: Cantique de la racaille by Vincent Ravalec 1995: Le Pas du loup by Jacques A. Bertrand 1996: Le Sens du combat by Michel Houellebecq 1997: Le Chameau sauvage by Philippe Jaenada 1998: Les Jolies Choses by Virginie Despentes 1999: Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan 2000: Mémoire courte by Nicolas Rey 2001: L'Empire de la morale by Christophe Donner 2002: Rapport sur moi by Grégoire Bouillier 2003: Mammifères by Pierre Mérot 2004: Autobiographie érotique by Bruce Benderson 2005: Boys boys boys by Joy Sorman 2006: Rendez-vous by Christine Angot 2007: Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam by Amélie Nothomb 2008: La meilleure part des hommes by Tristan Garcia 2009: L'hyper Justine by Simon Liberati 2010: Le jour du roi by Abdellah Taïa 2011: Du temps qu'on existait by Marien Defalvard 2012: Zénith-Hôtel by Oscar Coop-Phane 2013: Tout cela n'a rien à voir avec moi by Monica Sabolo 2014: L'Aménagement du territoire by Aurélien Bellanger 2015: La Fleur du Capital by Jean-Noël Orengo 2016: Double Nationalité by Nina Yargekov, 2017: (ex-æquo), by Pierre Ducrozet Actes Sud 2018: (ex-æquo), Paname Underground by , 2018: by Raphaël Rupert 2019: by Sofia AouineSofia Aouine reçoit le prix de Flore pour « Rhapsodie des oubliés » on Le Monde 2020 : La Grâce by Thibault de Montaigu, Éditions Plon 2021: Le Voyant d’Etampes by Abel Quentin, 2022: Chienne et louve, by Joffrine Donnadieu, Gallimard 2023: Western, by Maria Pourchet, Stock 2024: Marc, by Benjamin Stock, Rue Fromentin 2025: Toutes les vies, Julia Lanoë, Stock
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