Prix des Deux Magots

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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 still-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 Magots of China". It housed a wine merchant in the 19th century, and was refurbished in 1914 into a café.[1]

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  1. ^ "The café". Fédéral Hotel Paris. http://www.affilier.federal-hotel.com/paris/page_en_3_1550_7.html. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 

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