Prix des Deux Magots

French literary award

The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt.

The name derives from the extant Parisian café "Les Deux Magots", which began as a drapery store in 1813, taking its name from a popular play of the time, "The two figurines of China". It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café.[1]

Winners

References

  1. ^ "The café". Fédéral Hotel Paris. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
  2. ^ "Le prix des Deux Magots 2022 pour Louis-Henri de la Rochefoucauld". L'Obs. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  • Noël Blandin, "Prix des Deux Magots", La République des Lettres, 20 January 2010

External links

  • Prix des Deux Magots article from www.prix-litteraires.net
  • Official website (in French)