The Prix de Flore is a French literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November^[1], at the Café de Flore in Paris. The prize only applies to French-language literature, even though the author does not have to be French. Bruce Benderson was the first non-French author to receive the prize, in 2004, for the novel Autobiographie érotique (released in English as The Romanian: Story of an Obsession). The laureate of the Prix de Flore wins about 6,000 Euros and is entitled to drink a glass of Pouilly-Fumé, a white wine from the Bordeaux region of France, at the Café de Flore every day for a year. The laureate's name is engraved on the glass.^[2]

[edit] Laureates

• 1994 : Cantique de la racaille by Vincent Ravalec
• 1995 : Le Pas du loup by Jacques A. Bertrand
• 1996 : Le Sens du combat by Michel Houellebecq
• 1997 : Le Chameau sauvage by Philippe Jaenada
• 1998 : Les Jolies choses by Virginie Despentes
• 1999 : Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan
• 2000 : Mémoire courte by Nicolas Rey
• 2001 : L'Empire de la morale by Christophe Donner
• 2002 : Rapport sur moi by Grégoire Bouillier
• 2003 : Mammifères by Pierre Mérot
• 2004 : Autobiographie érotique by Bruce Benderson
• 2005 : Boys boys boys by Joy Sorman
• 2006 : Rendez-vous by Christine Angot
• 2007 : Ni d'Eve ni d'Adam by Amélie Nothomb
• 2008 : La meilleure part des hommes by Tristan Garcia
• 2009 : L'hyper Justine, Simon Liberati

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/137,prix-de-flore.html
2. ^ http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/2008/07/10/le-flore-le-nombril-du-monde