The grand prix du théâtre is a theatre award established in 1980 by the Foundation Le Métais-Larivière and awarded annually to a playwright in recognition for his/her body of work. The Académie française is responsible for selecting the winner.
Laureates
1980: Jean Anouilh 1981: Gabriel Arout 1982: Georges Neveux 1983: Marguerite Duras 1984: Jean Vauthier 1985: René de Obaldia 1986: Raymond Devos 1987: Rémo Forlani and Jean-Claude Brisville 1988: Loleh Bellon 1989: Edric Caldicott and François Billetdoux 1990: Jean-Claude Brisville 1991: Jean-Claude Grumberg 1992: non attributed 1993: Fernando Arrabal 1994: non attributed 1995: 1996: non attributed 1997: Didier Van Cauwelaert 1998: Romain Weingarten 1999: non attributed 2000: Yasmina Reza 2001: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2002: Jean-Michel Ribes 2003: Victor Haïm 2004: non attributed 2005: Jean-Marie Besset 2006: Michel Vinaver 2007: Valère Novarina 2008: non attributed 2009: Wajdi Mouawad 2010: Philippe Minyana 2011: Denise Chalem 2012: Marie NDiaye 2013: Armand Gatti 2014: Éric Assous 2015: Joël Pommerat 2016: Pascal Rambert 2017: Philippe Caubère 2018: Hélène Cixous 2019: Édouard Baer 2020: Enzo Cormann 2021: - 2022: Jean-François Sivadier 2023: Alexandra Badea 2024: Florian Zeller
External links Prix du théâtre on the site of the Académie française.