In 1926, while awaiting the results of the Prix Goncourt, a group of writers decided to create an additional prize at the Drouant restaurant, the Prix Renaudot – named after the doctor and philanthropist Théophraste Renaudot (1586-1653), a pioneer of the written press, launching the “Gazette de France” in 1631.
The Renaudot Prize was awarded this Thursday, November 3 to Simon Liberati for Performance (Grasset).
The work traces the life of a 71-year-old novelist, out of inspiration, who is commissioned to write a mini-series on the Rolling Stones by prominent producers.
The jury for the Renaudot prize met on Tuesday May 10 in our elegant salon Goncourt to unveil its spring list. An annual meeting offering a selection of reading recommendations
A jury consisting of ten members meets in the Renaudot salon every year on the prize-giving day, to reward the author of “a novel or collection of short stories”. Announced on the Ruhlmann staircase at the same time as the Prix Goncourt, the Renaudot winner is then taken to the restaurant to meet the journalists.
In addition to the main prize, since 2003 the jury has awarded a Renaudot prize for essays and since 2009, a Renaudot prize for a paperback novel. Since 1992, there has also been a Renaudot prize for secondary school students.
