The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a French literary award voted for by school students. It was created in 1988 under the patronage of the Prix Goncourt, with the aim of giving young readers the chance to read and discuss the books selected as the best of the year and to elect their chosen winner. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees. Some two thousand lycée (roughly equivalent to US high school) students read all twelve novels, participate in discussions and debates about them, and ultimately vote on the winner.
While the prize bears the name of the Académie Goncourt, the competition is sponsored and organized by the French Ministry of National Education in partnership with the largest French media retailer Fnac and the organisation Bruit de lire.
Each year's winner is announced in Rennes on the same day as the announcement of the Prix Goncourt, usually in November.
Laureates of the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens A complete list of previous winners can be found at the prize's official website. Year Author Title Publisher (x times) Notes1988 Erik Orsenna Seuil Also prix Goncourt1989 Jean Vautrin Grasset Also prix Goncourt1990 Françoise Lefèvre Actes Sud 1991 Pierre Combescot Grasset (2) Also prix Goncourt1992 Eduardo Manet L'Île du lézard vert Flammarion 1993 Anne Wiazemsky Canines Gallimard 1994 Claude Pujade-Renaud Belle mère Actes Sud (2) 1995 Andreï Makine Le Testament français Mercure de France Also prix Goncourt et prix Médicis1996 Nancy Huston Actes Sud (3) Also prix du Livre Inter1997 Jean-Pierre Milovanoff Le Maître des paons Julliard 1998 Luc Lang Mille six cents ventres Fayard 1999 Jean-Marie Laclavetine Gallimard (2) 2000 Ahmadou Kourouma Seuil (2) Also prix Renaudot2001 Shan Sa La Joueuse de go Grasset (3) 2002 Laurent Gaudé Actes Sud (4) Also prix des libraires2003 Yann Apperry Farrago Grasset (4) 2004 Philippe Grimbert Grasset (5) 2005 Sylvie Germain Albin Michel 2006 Léonora Miano Plon 2007 Philippe Claudel Brodeck's Report Stock 2008 Catherine Cusset Gallimard (3) 2009 Jean-Michel Guenassia Albin Michel (2) 2010 Mathias Énard Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants Actes Sud (5) 2011 Carole Martinez Gallimard (4) 2012 Joël Dicker The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair Also Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française2013 Sorj Chalandon Grasset (6) 2014 David Foenkinos Gallimard (5) Also prix Renaudot 2015 Delphine de Vigan JC Lattès Also prix Renaudot 2016 Gaël Faye Petit Pays Grasset Also prix du roman Fnac 2017 Alice Zeniter Flammarion (2) Also prix littéraire du Monde2018 David Diop Frère d'âme Seuil (3) 2019 Karine Tuil Les Choses humaines Gallimard (6) Also prix Interallié2020 Djaïli Amadou Amal Emmanuelle Collas Also Choix Goncourt de l'Orient 2021 Clara Dupont-Monod S'adapter Stock Also prix Femina 2022 Sabyl Ghoussoub Beyrouth-sur-Seine Stock 2023 Neige Sinno Éditions P.O.L Also prix Femina and prix littéraire du Monde2024 Sandrine Collette Madelaine avant l'aube Lattès
References
External links Official website (in French) French Department of Education website (in French)