Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand
The Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand is a French literary award founded in 1998 by Herve Louboutin, Philippe de Saint Robert and Sonia de La Tour du Pin. It is handed out in memory of the writer François-René de Chateaubriand. The award ceremony takes place at the Château de Combourg in Ille-et-Vilaine, where Chateaubriand lived during a part of his youth.
The departmental council of Ille-et-Vilaine sponsors the award with 600 euro annually. When the prize went to Éric Zemmour in 2015, the local Socialist Party leader, Jean-Luc Chenut, protested against the jury's decision and blocked the transaction. Sonia de La Tour du Pin, co-founder of the prize, dismissed Chenut's reaction as "sectarian".[1][2]
Laureates
- 1998: Philippe de Saint Robert for Le Secret des jours
- 1999: Philippe Barthelet for Saint Bernard
- 2000: Gérard Leclerc for L'Amour en morceaux ?
- 2001: Jean d'Ormesson for Voyez comme on danse
- 2003: Régis Debray for God: An Itinerary (Dieu : un itinéraire)
- 2004: Marc Fumaroli for Chateaubriand, poésie et terreur
- 2005: Jean-Christian Petitfils for Louis XVI
- 2006: Francis Huré for Portraits de Pechkoff
- 2007: Jean-Maurice de Montremy for Rancé, le soleil noir
- 2008: Jean Raspail for his entire oeuvre
- 2009: Michel David-Weill for L'esprit en fête
- 2010: Marguerite Castillon du Perron for Montalembert et l'Europe de son temps
- 2011: Christophe Barbier for Les Derniers Jours de François Mitterrand
- 2012: Reynald Secher for A French Genocide: The Vendée (Le Génocide franco-français : La Vendée-Vengé)
- 2013: Jean-Marie Rouart for Napoléon ou la Destinée
- 2014: Alain Finkielkraut for L'Identité malheureuse
- 2015: Éric Zemmour for The French Suicide (Le Suicide français)
- 2016: François Sureau for Je ne pense plus voyager
References
- ^ Carnec, Nicolas (2015-10-13). "Éric Zemmour. Polémique autour de son prix Chateaubriand". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ Adrian, Pierre (2015-10-14). "En Bretagne, un prix littéraire pour Éric Zemmour dérange". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2015-12-03.