Prix Femina

French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. The winner is announced on the first Wednesday of November each year.

The Prix Femina is often mispelled Prix Fémina but it is officially spelled without an accent even in French.

List of winners

There is three categories: Prix Femina, Prix Femina Essai, Prix Femina Étranger (foreign novels).

Prix Femina

2003 : Le complexe de Di - François Cheng

1997 : Amour noir - Anne Hébert

1981 : Le Grand Vizir de la nuit - Régis Debray

1976 : Le Trajet - Marguerite Yourcenar

1967 : Élise ou la Vraie Vie - Robert Pinget

1964 : Le Faussaire - Gabrielle Roy

1946 : Le Temps de la longue patience - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1930 : Cécile de la Folie - Georges Bernanos

1928 : Georgette Garou - Édouard Estaunié

1907 : Princesses de science - Romain Rolland

1904 : La Conquête de Jérusalem - Michael Barry

Prix Femina Etranger

2003 : La porte - Magda Szabo

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List of prizes, medals, and awards, List of books by award or notoriety