Prix Goncourt

The Prix Goncourt is France’s best-known literary prize, awarded annually to a work of prose fiction written in French. Its winner receives a symbolic cash award but often gains a major boost in book sales.

Académie Goncourt: A French literary society whose members select the annual Prix Goncourt winner. Its ten members deliberate and vote to choose the prize’s recipient.
Edmond de Goncourt: A French writer and critic who founded the Académie Goncourt through his will. His bequest created the institution that awards the prize.
Alphonse Daudet: A French novelist and short-story writer who became a founding member of the Académie Goncourt. He helped establish the academy that awards the prize.
Prix Goncourt des lycéens winning books: The novels selected for the annual Prix Goncourt des lycéens. These winners demonstrate how the prize’s student counterpart can create a distinct literary reputation.
Prix Goncourt ballot: The successive voting rounds through which the Académie Goncourt selects its winner. The ballot narrows the shortlist to one book, with a casting vote available to the president.
Jules de Goncourt: A French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond on novels and journals. The prize commemorates Jules as well as Edmond, the surviving brother who established it.
Joris-Karl Huysmans: A French novelist whose works moved from naturalism toward decadent and Catholic fiction. As an early academy president, he helped shape the prize’s first years.
Prix Goncourt controversies: Public disputes over the Goncourt jury’s choices, procedures, and literary judgments. Recurring criticism tests claims of impartiality and the prize’s influence on literary taste.
Prix Goncourt shortlist: The finalists named by the Académie Goncourt before its annual award decision. Shortlisting gives a small group of novels public attention before the final vote.
Goncourt brothers: The French writers Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, known for their novels and journals. Their shared literary legacy gave the prize its name and founding purpose.

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