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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Goncourt,
		Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de, 1822-96, and Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, 1830-70, French authors.
		Nineteenth-Century nostalgia for eighteenth-century wit, style, and Aesthetic disengagement: the Goncourt brothers' histories of eighteenth-century art and women.
		Booker vs. Goncourt; or, when silence is a duty.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Goncourt, (480 words)

	The Nobel Prize in Literature
		Among the five prizes provided for in Alfred Nobel's will (1895), one was intended for the person who, in the literary field, had produced "the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".
		The surprising Prize to Dario Fo in 1997 can also be said to have a double address: it was given to a genre which had earlier been left out in the cold but also to the brilliant innovator of that genre.
		The Prize is in the end not given to an attitude toward life, to a set of cultural roots, or to the substance of a commitment; the Prize has been rewarded so as to honour the unique artistic power by which this human experience has been shaped into literature.
	nobelprize.org /nobel_prizes/literature/articles/espmark/index.html (5934 words)

	Goncourt Prize
		The Prix Goncourt was established by Edmond Louis Antoine de Goncourt (1822-96).
		Edmond bequeathed his entire estate for the foundation and maintenance of the Académie Goncourt, the association which awards the Goncourt Prize, in honor of his brother, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt (1830-70).
		Similarly, the outstanding characteristic of the novels written by the Goncourts is a painstaking presentation of the details of physical reality, with the aim of explaining the emotional lives of the characters in terms of their reactions to reality.
	www.bookawards.bizland.com /goncourt.htm (578 words)

	CBC News - Reports from Abroad: Don Murray
		They continued to award prizes every year but, as they had jobs for life and weren't young to begin with, the decision was discreetly taken in 1912 to move dinner up to lunch.
		The prize was slashed from 5,000 francs to 50 – $10.
		Thus the Goncourt was the first literary prize of the French fall season and its winner could not be co-opted by another, lesser academy.
	www.cbc.ca /news/reportsfromabroad/murray/20031113.html (1083 words)

	Biography of Edmond de and Jules de Goncourt \| Life of Edmond de and Jules de Goncourt
		Their "Journals" provide a fascinating picture of Parisian literary life in the 19th century.Edmond de Goncourt was born at Nancy on May 26, 1822, and his younger brother, Jules, in Paris on Dec. 17, 1830.
		Neither married, and the two were virtually never separated until Jules's premature death on June 20, 1870.Initially the Goncourts intended to become painters, but during a trip to Algeria in 1849 they began to make travel notes and decided to make their career in literature.
		There are two studies in English of the Goncourt brothers: a short book by Robert Baldick, The Goncourts (1960), and a translation from the French, André Billy, The Goncourt Brothers (1960).
	www.essayboom.com /biographies/Edmond_de_and_Jules_de_Goncour-28625.html (302 words)

	American wins top French literary prize - Boston.com
		American writer Jonathan Littell won France's top literary honor, the Goncourt Prize, on Monday for a 900-page novel narrated by a Nazi SS officer -- and written in French.
		Goncourt jury member Jorge Semprum, a Spanish author who was part of the anti-Nazi underground in France and was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, called it "THE book about this period."
		The second-highest French literary prize, the Prix Renaudot, was given Monday to Alain Mabanckou for "Memoires de porc-epic," or "Memoires of a Porcupine."
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/11/06/american_wins_top_french_literary_prize (429 words)

	Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Brothers, they were known, for their close association in art and literature, as "les deux Goncourt." They began as artists, touring France in 1849 and keeping notes that were soon to turn them toward literature.
		In 1851 the brothers began the Journal des Goncourt (9 vol., 1887-96; tr.
		In his will Edmond provided for the founding of the Goncourt Academy (officially recognized 1903), which makes an annual award, the Goncourt Prize, for fiction.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc.aspx?id=1E1:goncourt (262 words)

	German Book Prize Rising to the Challenge \| Book Prize \| Deutsche Welle \| 15.09.2006
		The Man Booker Prize was set up in 1969 and is awarded to novels in the English language by authors from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
		Jean Carrière, the winner of the 1972 Prix Goncourt, felt overwhelmed by the moral responsibility of the prize and was unable to publish for the following 15 years.
		Without the prizes young writers would never be able to step out of the shadows and gain international recognition for their achievements.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2173744,00.html (968 words)

	Goncourt prize won by Médecins sans Frontières founder \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		The Goncourt prize, France's top literary accolade, has been awarded to Jean-Christophe Rufin for his novel Red Brazil.
		Rufin narrowly won the prize on Monday, pitted against Marc Lambron's novel Strangers in the Night in the last voting round.
		However, looking beyond the Goncourt, this year's crop of literary prizes was distributed amongst a variety of publishers.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,590071,00.html (447 words)

	Napoleon critic wins France's top literary award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PARIS (Reuters) - French writer Patrick Rambaud won the country's top Goncourt literary prize Monday for La Bataille (The Battle), a novel criticizing French emperor Napoleon over his bloody 1809 battle of Essling against Austria.
		Another major award, the Renaudot prize, went Monday to Pascal Bruckner for Les Voleurs de Beaute (Beauty Thieves), a novel on farmers holding girls captive until their beauty wilts.
		The Goncourt award made Rambaud the leading figure of the French literary season.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/books/9798/11/09/goncourt.html (192 words)

	Goncourt Brothers Online Encyclopedia Article About Goncourt Brothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Edmond de Goncourt (1822–96) and Jules de Goncourt (1830–70) Novelist collaborators, born in Nancy and Paris, France, respectively.
		They are also remembered for their Journal, begun in 1851, a detailed record of French social and literary life which Edmond continued for over 40 years.
		Edmond also founded in his will the Académie Goncourt to foster fiction, and the Goncourt Prize is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding work of French literature.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/082/Goncourt-brothers.html (158 words)

	Goncourt goes to Laurent Gaudé \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		The Goncourt prize, France's most prestigious literary accolade, has been awarded to Laurent Gaudé for The Sun of the Scortas.
		Winning the Goncourt is usually a guarantee of topping the bestseller charts, although the last two recipients of France's equivalent of the Booker prize have not reached the 100,000 copies milestone.
		This year's Goncourt is also a victory for the book's publisher, Actes Sud, a minnow of the French literary world that had never won the award before.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,1347943,00.html (299 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Plain talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		What is interesting is that the Booker Prize took its inspiration from the then famous French Goncourt prize, but after its establishment the original French prize came to be called the French Booker.
		The prize is for the best novel written in English by a Commonwealth or Irish citizen and published in the United Kingdom.
		Salman Rushdie won in 1981; in 1987 Penelope Lively won the prize for her Moon Tiger, a novel set in Egypt and England and in 1997 the prize went to the young Indian writer Arundhati Roy.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/399/cu3.htm (665 words)

	Book of literary shadows wins Goncourt prize \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		Goncourt prize-winner Pascal Quignard and Les Ombres errantes.
		Photo: AP France's top literary accolade, the Goncourt prize, was today awarded to Pascal Quignard for his novel Les Ombres errantes (The Wandering Shadows).
		In the third round of voting, the Goncourt jury members gave Quignard six votes, while Rolin and de Cortanze got two each.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,6109,821066,00.html (280 words)

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		France's most famous literary award the Goncourt Prize will be the subject of a conference at the University's Crichton Campus this weekend (March 15-16).
		She will be discussing the future of the prize - known as the French Booker - and in particular the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, the annual prize for a book chosen by secondary school pupils.
		The conference will look at many aspects of the famous prize and its founder who collaborated with his younger brother Jules in a ground-breaking series of18th century historical works based on the study of intimate, unpublished documents, social customs, popular music and other details.
	www.gla.ac.uk /crichton/layer2/news/news_items/item17.htm (372 words)

	AP Wire \| 11/06/2006 \| American wins French literary prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PARIS - American writer Jonathan Littell accomplished the near-unthinkable Monday by snaring the revered Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award, with his 900-page World War II novel narrated by a Nazi SS officer - and written in French.
		The Goncourt jury members, following a long-held tradition, announced the winner after voting in a restaurant near Paris' Opera Garnier.
		The lengthy novel, which weighs about 2.2 pounds in paperback, is a first-person account of the Nazis' murderous campaign in Eastern Europe as told by former SS officer Maximilien Aue.
	www.kentucky.com /mld/tallahassee/entertainment/15944456.htm (657 words)

	HighBridge Audio - Spotlight on Author Laurent Gaudé
		After receiving stunning critical acclaim and Frances’ most prestigious literary award, the Goncourt Prize, Laurent Gaudé is poised to make his mark in America as well.
		The prize is awarded to young, promising writers.
		Prix Goncourt jury member Didier Decoin describes The House of Scorta as "a beautiful text which takes us on a dream-like journey in an Italy which I adore.
	www.highbridgeaudio.com /spot-gaude.html (240 words)

	2006 Goncourt literary prize winner announced » The Burnt Ones: Literary Awards News
		The 39-year-old American author Jonathan Littell has won the 2006 Goncourt literary prize, one of France’s most important annual literary awards, with his work Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones).
		A 900-page first-person fictional account of an unrepentant SS officer as he recalls the extermination of the Jews in World War II.
		Although literary awards and literary prizes do not necessarily have to dictate your personal preference of the type of fiction, poetry or drama you would like to read, knowing which literary works are currently most valued by literary critics can be helpful when choosing your next book.
	literaryawards.vertebratesilence.com /2006/11/06/2006-goncourt-literary-prize-winner-announced (216 words)

	All Headline News - American Wins Top French Literary Prize for Controversial First Novel - January 27, 2007
		It took away the esteemed Goncourt Prize Monday, which has been awarded to towering figures like Marcel Proust and Andre Malraux in the past.
		Littell's book was selected for the top prize by a 7-3 vote.
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	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7005424952 (442 words)

	American's Nazi-Narrated Book Wins France's Top Prize - washingtonpost.com
		PARIS, Nov. 6 -- American writer Jonathan Littell accomplished the near-unthinkable Monday by snaring the revered Goncourt Prize, France's most prestigious literary award, with his 900-page World War II novel narrated by a Nazi SS officer -- and written in French.
		The Goncourt jury members, following a long-held tradition, announced the winner after voting in a restaurant near Paris's Opera Garnier.
		The lengthy novel, which weighs a little more than two pounds in paperback, is a first-person account of the Nazis' murderous campaign in Eastern Europe as told by former SS officer Maximilien Aue.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/06/AR2006110600964_pf.html (754 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Gaude wins top French book prize
		France's top literary award, the Prix Goncourt, has gone to Laurent Gaude for an epic tale set in southern Italy.
		Le Soleil des Scorta (The Sun of the Scortas) describes the struggle of a family to escape poverty in the fictional village of Montepuccio.
		The Prix Goncourt, inaugurated in 1903, carries great prestige.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3993613.stm (210 words)

	Jonathan Littell wins the Goncourt prize \| News \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		American writer Jonathan Littell won France's prestigious Goncourt prize today with a 900-page novel narrated by a Nazi SS officer - and written in French.
		The Goncourt is France's most prestigious literary honour.
		After an extensive bidding war the book, which has topped French bestseller lists for weeks, will be published in the United States by HarperCollins in 2008 and in the UK by Chatto and Windus.
	books.guardian.co.uk /news/articles/0,,1940883,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10 (168 words)

	AllRefer.com - Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt (French Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt, French Literature, Biographies
		They became art critics and historians of art, unsuccessful dramatists, promoters of Japanese art, and, in collaboration, the authors of a number of well-known novels of the naturalist school, including Sœur PhilomEne (1861), RenEe Mauperin (1864, tr.
		In 1851 the brothers began the Journal des Goncourt (9 vol., 1887–96; tr.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Goncourt.html (369 words)

	American wins French literary prize - NewsAlerts.com
		PARIS (AFP) - An American, Jonathan Littell, won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, for his novel Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones, or The Well-Meaning Ones), about a fictional SS officer's memoirs.
		PARIS - American writer Jonathan Littell won France's prestigious Goncourt Prize on Monday for a 900-page novel narrated by a Nazi SS officer - and written in French.
		PARIS (Reuters) - The fictional memoirs of a Nazi SS officer written in French by an American are in line to win the top French literary prize but critics are split over whether the novel is a new War and Peace or a piece of tasteless historical voyeurism.
	www.newsalerts.com /full/6ec/american-wins-french-literary-prize.html (348 words)

	New Member -- Monday, Jun. 13, 1938 -- Page 1 -- TIME
		Each year a group of French literary notables and near-notables meets for lunch at the Restaurant Drouant in Paris, and votes for the winner of the Goncourt Prize.
		Within an hour red bands marked Prix Goncourt have been wrapped around copies of the winning book in Paris bookstores, because the Goncourt Prize, though it involves a small cash award, sells more books than any other literary prize in France, usually makes its winner the year's bestseller.
		Little known in the U. S., where few of his books have been translated, Benjamin is known in France as a winner of a Goncourt Prize himself, as General Franco's most lyric supporter.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,849048,00.html (483 words)

	Soviet Refugee's Novel Wins the Goncourt Prize - New York Times
		Andre Makin, a political refugee from the former Soviet Union, won France's most prestigious literary award today, for a semi-autobiographical novel about growing up in Russia.
		The literary award, the Goncourt Prize, earns the winner the equivalent of only $10, but most novels that win the prize become best sellers.
		Makin's fourth novel, recalls his grandmother's tales about France, in the book a quasi-mythical and faraway haven of freedom and ideas.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7D81539F937A25752C1A963958260 (135 words)

	EJP \| News \| France \| Romanian Jewish novelist wins top French prize
		The main Medicis Prize was awarded to a Tunisian-born writer and journalist, Sorj Chalandon, for his novel "La Promesse" (The Promise).
		Chalandon is a veteran reporter for the French left-wing daily Liberation, and has notably written about the conflict in Northern Ireland.
		Littell is also on the shortlist of four favourite authors for the Goncourt Prize, the country's top literary award, which is due to be announced on 6 November.
	www.ejpress.org /article/11407 (392 words)

	From Russia -- and France -- with Love - 7/7/1997 - Publishers Weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It's the stuff of romance -- or maybe of grand opera: the Russian emigre in a drafty Montmartre garret, writing with gloves on until a benefactor lends him an electric heater, scribbling on his lap until an endtable is found for him.
		Irate Goncourt jurors issue an unprecedented warning that no other award will affect theirs -- and Makine winds up, in November 1995, with both the Medicis and the Goncourt -- the first time a non-Frenchman has won the latter prize.
		There's an upside: on the death of Simone Gallimard just before the Goncourt, one option was to close Mercure de France -- the historic imprint of the Symbolists -- or to fold it into parent Gallimard.
	www.publishersweekly.com /article/CA164866.html?pubdate=7/7/1997&display=archive (547 words)

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