The French Academy unveiled its 2022 prize list on Thursday, June 30. In total, 64 winners are rewarded in different categories such as the “Grands Prix”, “Prize for Poetry” or “Prize for Literature and Philosophy”. The Grand Prize for the Novel will, as usual, be awarded in the fall, on Thursday 27 October.
Grand prizes category
- Francophonie Grand Prize
Trinh Xuan Thuan (United States)
- Paul Morand Literature Prize
Eric Neuhoff for all of his work
- Grand Prize for Literature Henri Gal Prize of the Institut de France
Jean Loup Trassard for all of his work
Eric Fottorinopour Mohican (Gallimard)
Jean-Pierre Simeon for all of his poetic work
Francois Angelier pour George Bernanos. Anger and Grace (Threshold)
Henriette Michaud pour Freud of Bloomsbury (Fayard)
Uli Wittmann pour The White Crocodile and other coincidences (Mercury from France)
Category “Poetry Prize”
Sandra Moussempè pour Cassandra at close range (Flammarion)
John of America pour Red Rhapsody (Cheyne)
Category “Literature and Philosophy Prize”
Mathilde Brézet pour The Great World of Proust. In Search of Lost Time Character Dictionary (Grasset)
Sylvain Fort pour Odysseans. Five Homeric Women (Editions des Busclats)
Category “History Prize”
Christian Baechler pour The Betrayal of the German Elites. Essay on the role of the cultural bourgeoisie (1770-1945) (past tense)
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Jean-Pierre Langellier pour Leopold Sedar Senghor (Perrin)
To find all the distinctions: French Academy – Awards 2022