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Raymond Abellio

french writer
1980 (2)

Alain Absire

french writer
1980 (1) 1990 (1) 1993 (2)

Kathy Acker

american novelist
1989 (1)

Peter Ackroyd

british writer
1990 (4) 1993 (6)

Gil Adamson

canadian writer
2010 (2)

Leye Adenle

nigeria novelist
2016 (12)

Laure Adler

french journalist
1983 (1) 2010 (7)

Chris Adrian

american novelist
2012 (7)

José Eduardo Agualusa

angolan journalist
2013 (10)

Fernando Aguiar

portuguese poet
2013 (4)

Edouard al-Kharrat

egyptian novelist
1998 (2)

Francesco Alberoni

italian sociologist
1981 (1)

Nobuko Albery

japanese writer
1988 (2)

Laura Alcoba

french novelist
2013 (10)

Brian Aldiss

british
2000 (8)

Vassilis Alexakis

greek writer
1978 (1) 1985 (2) 1986 (2) 1992 (2) 1995 (3) 1998 (1) 2013 (5)

Claude Allègre

french geologist
1990 (1)

Çetin Altan

turkish writer
1975 (2) 2005 (6)

Soledad Alvarez

dominican writer
2005 (5)

Fernando Ampuero

peruvian writer
2017 (7)

Theo Ananissoh

togolese writer
2011 (7) 2015 (8)

Alfred Andersch

german writer
1979 (2)

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

french director
2019 (8)

Claude Angeli

french journalist
1991 (3)

Myriam Anissimov

swiss actress
1979 (1) 1992 (1)

Jean Anouilh

french playwright
1974 (3)

Victor delArbol

spanish novelist
2015 (10)

Nelly Arcan

canadian writer
2004 (4)

Thierry Ardisson

french TV presenter
1973 (2) 1983 (1)

Reinaldo Arenas

cuban novelist
1986 (3)

Philippe Aries

french journalist
1977 (2)

Marcel Arland

french writer
1979 (3)

Matt Arlidge

british novelist
2015 (6)

Christine Arnothy

french novelist
1976 (1)

Raymond Aron

french philosopher
1977 (2) 1980 (1)

Fernando Arrabal

spanish writer
1970 (4) 1983 (3) 1995 (1) 2004 (8) 2007 (6)

Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod

french writer
1990 (2)

Ryad Assani-Razaki

canadian computer analyst
2014 (5)

Pierre Assouline

french writer
1986 (1) 1997 (1) 2005 (5) 2007 (2)

Jacques Attali

french economist
1978 (2) 1995 (2) 1997 (1)

Yvan Audouard

french writer
1978 (2)

Colette Audry

french novelist
1976 (3)

Marc Augé

french ethnologist
1986 (1) 1992 (2)

Bonel Auguste

haitian poet
2016 (5)

Paul Auster

american writer
1980 (1) 1993 (4)

Patrick Autréaux

french writer
2009 (5) 2011 (12) 2014 (13)

Tash Aw

british writer
2006 (5) 2012 (31)

Charles Aznavour

swiss singer
2012 (9)

Félix de Azua

spanish novelist
1995 (1)

Yvonne Baby

french journalist
1974 (2) 1992 (1)

Élisabeth Badinter

french writer
1980 (2) 1986 (2) 1999 (5)

Thomas Baignères

french poet
2015 (1)

Beryl Bainbridge

british writer
1980 (2) 2000 (7)

Nicholson Baker

american novelist
1990 (2)

J.G. Ballard

british writer
1985 (1)

Jean-Daniel Baltassat

french novelist
2013 (10)

Marie-Claire Bancquart

french poet
2013 (8)

Biyi Bandele

nigeria writer
2009 (4)

Russell Banks

american writer
1995 (4) 2005 (8) 2006 (3) 2015 (9) 2017 (22)

Gilles Barbedette

french novelist
1985 (1)

Dominique Barberis

french writer
2007 (3)

Maurice Bardèche

french academic
1986 (1)

Justyna Bargielska

polish poet
2016 (12)

Elisabeth Barillé

french novelist
1986 (1)

René Barjavel

french writer
1969 (2)

Nigel Barley

british antropologist
1997 (2) 1998 (1) 2000 (2)

Elie Barnavi

israeli historian
1988 (2)

Julian Barnes

british writer
1986 (1) 1987 (1) 1991 (1)

Christiane Baroche

french writer
1987 (3) 1992 (1)

Jean-Claude Barreau

french essayist
1993 (2) 1994 (2)

Roland Barthes

french writer
1975 (6) 1978 (16)

Christian de Bartillat

french writer
1979 (1) 1988 (2)

Rick Bass

american writer
1999 (3) 2008 (5) 2014 (12) 2015 (4)

Jon Bassoff

american writer
2016 (11)

François-Régis Bastide

french writer
1976 (1)

Christophe Bataille

french novelist
1993 (1) 1994 (1)

Gil Batholeyns

french novelist
2019 (5)

Enis Batur

turkish poet
2005 (8) 2008 (3) 2014 (8)

Jean Baudrillard

french philosopher
1983 (2) 1986 (4)

Charles Baxter

american writer
2001 (7)

Bruno Bayon

french writer
1993 (5)

Marcel Béalu

french writer
1977 (1)

Ann Beattie

american novelist
2016 (7)

Anne-Sophie Beau

french historian
2004 (3)

Victor-Lévy Beaulieu

canadian writer
1978 (1)

Azouz Begag

french writer
2003 (5)

Edward Behr

british journalist
1979 (1)

Frédéric Beigbeder

french writer
2008 (3) 2017 (2)

Tahar Bekri

tunisian poet
2006 (3)

Saul Bellow

american writer
1982 (7)

Marcel Benabou

french writer
2004 (5)

Bruce Benderson

american writer
2004 (8)

Brit Bennett

american novelist
2019 (9)

Jacques Benoist-Méchin

french journalist
1978 (2)

Jean-Marie Benoist

french philosopher
1980 (3)

Jean-Luc Benoziglio

swiss writer
1976 (1) 1978 (1) 1985 (2) 1993 (3)

Anton Beraber

french novelist
2018 (0)

Yves Berger

french writer
1976 (2) 1990 (1)

Pierre Bergougnioux

french writer
1987 (2) 1995 (3) 2012 (1) 2021 (13)

Emmanuel Berl

french journalist
1975 (4)

Isaiah Berlin

french philosopher
1992 (4)

Jean Bernard

french doctor
1993 (3)

Karine Bérriot

french
1977 (4)

Patrick Besson

french writer
1985 (1) 1988 (1) 1992 (2)

Philippe Besson

french writer
2019 (7)

Mongo Beti

cameroon novelist
1999 (4)

David Bezmozgis

canadian writer
2012 (5)

Hector Bianciotti

french writer
1977 (1) 1982 (2) 1985 (2) 1988 (2) 1992 (3)

Yves Bichet

french novelist
2000 (2)

Nella Bielski

french novelist
1979 (1)

Horst Bienek

german poet
1978 (2)

Peter Bieri

swiss writer
2006 (7)

John Biguenet

american writer
2010 (4)

Raphaëlle Billetdoux

french writer
1976 (3) 1981 (1)

Mahi Binebine

moroccan painter
1994 (1) 2010 (2)

Pierre Birnbaum

french historian
1982 (1) 1993 (1)

Neil Bissoondath

canadian writer
1999 (2) 2007 (4)

Pierre Bitoun

french sociologist
1993 (2)

André Blanc

french novelist
2017 (5)

Marc Blancpain

french writer
1984 (2)

Michel Blay

french philosopher
1993 (1)

François Bluche

french historian
1986 (1)

Christian Bobin

french writer
1992 (2)

Lucien Bodard

french writer
1977 (2) 1985 (4) 1987 (1) 1991 (1)

In-Koli-jean Bofane

congolese writer
2015 (7) 2016 (15)

Boileau-Narcejac

french writer
1976 (1)

Jean Boissonnat

french economist
1995 (3)

Nicolas Bokov

russian writer
1982 (1)

Christophe Boltanski

french journalist
2015 (6)

Luc Boltanski

french sociologist
2003 (11)

Denise Bombardier

canadian novelist
1990 (1)

Pascal Bonafoux

french writer
1985 (1)

Cynthia Bond

french novelist
2016 (5)

Miguel Bonnefoy

venezuelan novelist
2015 (7) 2017 (10)

Henry Bonnier

french writer
1976 (3)

Alain Borer

french writer
1984 (1) 2003 (6) 2008 (2) 2010 (12) 2014 (7) 2016 (5)

Jorge Luis Borges

argentine writer
1977 (6)

Roger Borniche

french detective
1976 (2)

Alphonse Boudard

french writer
1972 (1) 1974 (2) 1980 (2) 1986 (2) 1993 (4) 1996 (1)

Grégoire Bouillier

french writer
2004 (6) 2017 (6)

Michel Boujut

french film critic
1986 (2)

Chochana Boukhobza

french novelist
1987 (1)

Vladimir Boukovski

russian writer
1978 (2)

Daniel Boulanger

french writer
1978 (1) 1979 (1) 1985 (7) 1989 (3) 1994 (4) 1997 (3) 1999 (2)

Pierre Boulle

french writer
1976 (4) 1985 (3) 1991 (1)

Jacques de Bourbon-Busset

french writer
1987 (3)

Patrice Bourdelais

french historian
1993 (2)

Roger Boussinot

french
1976 (1)

Nicolas Bouvier

french writer
1993 (3)

T.C. Boyle

american novelist
2001 (4)

William Boyle

american novelist
2016 (17)

John Boyne

irish novelist
2018 (10)

Jamey Bradbury

american writer
2019 (8)

Malcom Bradbury

british writer
1976 (3)

Anne Bragance

french writer
1980 (5) 1986 (2) 1994 (2)

Claude Brami

french writer
1997 (3)

serge Bramly

french novelist
1978 (1)

Michel Braudeau

french writer
1977 (2) 1985 (2) 1988 (1) 2000 (9) 2001 (2) 2004 (6)

Berry Brazelton

american writer
1986 (3)

Nicolas Bréhal

french writer
1993 (3) 1998 (3)

Lisa Bresner

french writer
1992 (1) 1994 (2)

Stephane Breton

french ethnologist
2017 (6)

André Brink

south African writer
1976 (3) 1980 (3) 2005 (9) 2011 (4) 2013 (3)

Roland Brival

french novelist
1990 (1) 2016 (12)

Roberto Brodsky

chilean novelist
2013 (11)

Jacques Brosse

french historian
1987 (1) 1993 (1)

Marion Brunet

french novelist
2013 (8) 2015 (8)

Alfredo Bryce-Echenique

peruvian writer
1980 (2) 1997 (6) 2003 (5)

Margarete Buber-Neumann

german writer
1986 (1)

Charles Bukowski

american writer
1978 (6)

Wilfred Burchett

australian journalist
1977 (2)

Howard Buten

american writer
1987 (2)

Michel Butor

french writer
1976 (5) 1990 (9)

José Cabanis

french writer
1974 (6)

Roberto Calasso

italian editor
2000 (2)

Edwin Cameron

south African judge
2013 (15)

Ferdinando Camon

italian journalist
1981 (2)

Renaud Camus

french writer
1999 (7) 2007 (8)

Pierre Canavaggio

french writer
1993 (1)

Alper Canigüz

turkish novelist
2016 (12)

Kevin Canty

american
2018 (9)

Jean-Paul Caracalla

french writer
2018 (7)

Marie Cardinal

french writer
1977 (3) 1987 (1)

Jose Cardoso Pires

portuguese novelist
1991 (2)

Peter Carey

australian novelist
1990 (1)

François Cariès

french novelist
1993 (2)

Massimo Carlotto

italian writer
2004 (7) 2006 (14)

Louis Caron

canadian journalist
1991 (1)

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

french historian
1983 (2) 1988 (1)

Emmanuel Carrère

french writer
1988 (1) 1993 (1) 2003 (1) 2009 (5) 2011 (8)

Anne Carrière

french novelist
1989 (1)

Jean Carrière

french writer
1972 (3) 1994 (2)

Guy des Cars

french novelist
1978 (1)

Tony Cartano

french writer
1987 (1) 1999 (3)

Bernardo Carvalho

brazilian writer
1998 (3) 2009 (5)

André Castellot

french historian
1973 (3) 1986 (2)

Cornelius Castoriadis

french philosopher
1981 (4)

Jean Cau

french writer
1971 (1) 1979 (1)

Jean Cayrol

french writer
1986 (8)

René de Ceccaty

french writer
1986 (1) 1990 (1) 1996 (2)

François Céresa

french journalist
1994 (1)

Aimé Césaire

french poet
1982 (3)

Gilbert Cesbron

french writer
1977 (1)

Jean-Pierre Chabrol

french writer
1975 (3) 1980 (3)

Michel Chaillou

french writer
1988 (2) 1995 (4)

Sorj Chalandon

french writer
2011 (13) 2017 (13)

Gérard Chaliand

french writer
1992 (1) 2011 (1)

Mehdi Chalmers

haitian poet
2016 (5)

Bernard Chambaz

french writer
1992 (1) 1995 (1) 1997 (2) 2003 (3) 2015 (8) 2016 (14)

Patrick Chamoiseau

french writer
2017 (8)

Jeanne Champion

french writer
1997 (1)

Dan Chaon

american writer
2016 (0) 2018 (8)

Madeleine Chapsal

french writer
1991 (2) 1994 (5) 1999 (3)

Jean-Claude Charles

haitian writer
2004 (2)

François Châtelet

french philosopher
1975 (2)

Bruce Chatwin

british writer
1984 (2)

Chantal Chawaf

french writer
1979 (6)

Andrée Chedid

french writer
1976 (3) 1981 (1) 1985 (6) 1988 (4)

Georges Cheimonas

greek writer
1991 (1)

Patrice Chéreau

french director
1983 (4) 2005 (3)

Aziz Chouaki

algerian writer
2003 (2)

Frédéric Chouraki

french
2011 (8)

André Chouraqui

french lawyer
1985 (1) 1990 (1)

Driss Chraibi

moroccan writer
1976 (3) 1986 (1)

Emil Cioran

romanian philosopher
1977 (4) 1986 (2)

Marc Citti

french writer
2018 (4)

Hélène Cixous

french writer
1976 (2) 1983 (2) 1985 (1) 1990 (2) 1992 (1) 1995 (3) 2000 (3) 2003 (3) 2011 (11) 2016 (15) 2019 (13)

Georges-Emmanuel Clancier

french writer
1976 (1) 1989 (2)

Duncan Clarke

south African economist
2012 (10)

Bernard Clavel

french writer
1977 (6) 1983 (2) 1987 (1) 1989 (1) 1990 (2) 1993 (7) 1994 (4)

Maurice Clavel

french writer
1977 (1)

Bill Clegg

american novelist
2019 (7)

Catherine Clément

french philosopher
1978 (7)

Jean Clementin

french journalist
1976 (3)

Thomas Clerc

french novelist
2013 (8)

René-Jean Clot

french painter
1987 (1)

Paulo Coelho

brazilian writer
1995 (7)

John Maxwell Coetzee

south African writer
2010 (10)

Paolo Cognetti

italian writer
2017 (6) 2019 (6)

Annie Cohen-Solal

french academic
1985 (1)

Albert Cohen

swiss writer
1980 (4)

Teju Cole

american writer
2013 (4)

Wanda Coleman

american writer
2005 (5)

Velibor Colic

french writer
2012 (8) 2016 (4)

Roland Colin

french writer
2006 (1)

Sandrine Collette

french novelist
2016 (5)

Larry Collins

american journalist
1985 (2) 1994 (3) 1998 (3)

Michael Collins

irish writer
2000 (8) 2004 (9)

Francisco Coloane

chilean writer
1995 (3)

Christian Combaz

french writer
1985 (1)

Pierre Combescot

french writer
1986 (1) 2009 (1)

Nina Companeez

french director
1988 (1)

Georges Conchon

french writer
1977 (3) 1987 (2)

Maryse Condé

french writer
1981 (1) 1986 (2) 1993 (2) 1995 (3) 2008 (7)

Thomas H. Cook

american novelist
2016 (8)

Tom Cooper

american
2016 (6)

Mark Coovelis

american academic
1994 (2)

Yves Coppens

french antropologist
1988 (2)

Bora Cosic

serbian writer
2006 (4)

Jacques Côté

canadian novelist
2017 (11)

Florent Couao-Zotti

benininois writer
2001 (1) 2010 (2) 2013 (9)

Henri Coulonges

french writer
1992 (1) 2001 (8)

François Coupry

french writer
1982 (3) 1989 (1) 1993 (2)

Yves Courrière

french writer
1975 (2)

Stéphane Courtois

french historian
1997 (2)

Raymond Cousse

french writer
1982 (2)

Mauro Covacich

italian essayist
2016 (10)

Jean-Louis Curtis

french writer
1984 (1) 1988 (2) 1993 (3)

Marie-Christine D'Welles

french writer
2003 (1)

Didier Daeninckx

french writer
1990 (1) 2007 (5) 2014 (6)

Seyhmus Dagtekin

turkish poet
2017 (8)

Pierre Daix

french writer
1988 (1) 2009 (8)

Achmat Dangor

south African writer
2010 (5)

Jean Daniel

french writer
1979 (6) 1986 (1) 1999 (3) 2004 (3)

Pierre Daninos

french writer
1984 (3)

Kamel Daoud

algerian journalist
2015 (15) 2017 (3)

Frédéric Dard

french writer
1987 (5)

Emmanuel Darley

french writer
2004 (6)

Rana Dasgupta

british writer
2006 (1)

Francesco De Filippo

italian writer
2008 (2)

Ingrid De Kok

south African writer
2005 (3)

Orlando De Rudder

french writer
1983 (2) 1988 (1)

Pierre Debray-Ritzen

french psychoanalyst
1978 (1)

Didier Decoin

french writer
1999 (2) 2013 (9)

David Defendi

french writer
2008 (3)

Régine Deforges

french writer
1978 (4) 1989 (3) 2013 (2)

Michel Deguy

french writer
1988 (1)

Len Deighton

british writer
1986 (2)

Michel Del Castillo

french writer
1975 (6) 1987 (2)

Daniele Del Giudice

italian writer
2005 (4)

Claude Delarue

french writer
1995 (2)

Chloé Delaume

french writer
2004 (4)

Florence Delay

french writer
1981 (3) 1996 (2) 2000 (3)

Philippe Delerm

french writer
1987 (2)

Jean-Paul Delfino

french writer
2014 (5) 2018 (8)

Don DeLillo

american writer
1992 (4)

Aurélien Delsaux

french novelist
2017 (1)

Pierre Demarty

french novelist
2017 (13)

Alain Demouzon

french writer
1983 (1) 1986 (1)

René Depestre

haitian poet
1988 (1) 1990 (1)

Daniel Depland

french novelist
1992 (2)

Jacques Derogy

french journalist
1990 (1)

Jacques Derrida

french philosopher
1987 (4) 2003 (4)

Anita Desai

indian novelist
1985 (1) 1991 (2)

Dominique Desanti

french writer
1974 (1) 1980 (2) 1983 (4) 1984 (1) 1991 (1)

Pierre Desproges

french
1983 (9)

Jean-Durosier Desrivières

haitian playwright
2013 (8)

Conrad Detrez

french writer
1984 (2)

Patrick Deville

french writer
2009 (6) 2012 (3) 2013 (7) 2015 (6) 2016 (3) 2017 (5) 2019 (6)

Deborah Devonshire

british writer
2006 (10)

André Dhôtel

french writer
1976 (3)

Paolo Di Paolo

italian writer
2015 (14)

Muriel Diallo

ivorian writer
2007 (4)

Mohammed Dib

algerian writer
1977 (3)

Pascal Dibie

french writer
1991 (1) 1993 (5) 2005 (4) 2005 (4) 2009 (5)

Nicolas Dickner

canadian novelist
2018 (8)

laurent Dispot

french writer
1986 (1)

Tahar Djaout

algerian writer
1987 (2)

Michael Doane

american writer
1990 (1)

Tamas Dobozy

colombian writer
2006 (7)

Samuel Dock

french psychologist
2019 (6)

E.L. Doctorow

american writer
1990 (2)

Anthony Doerr

american writer
2015 (9)

Jean-Paul Dollé

french writer
1975 (4)

Jose Donoso

chilean writer
1981 (2) 1987 (1) 1992 (1)

Geneviève Dormann

french writer
1974 (4) 1982 (3) 1989 (3) 1993 (1) 1999 (1)

Doris Dörrie

german writer
2001 (4)

Margaret Drabble

british writer
1981 (2) 2003 (5)

Albert Drach

austrian writer
1991 (1)

Patrick Drevet

french writer
1989 (1)

Eugen Drewermann

german theologian
1993 (2)

Michel Droit

french writer
1980 (2) 1990 (2)

Maurice Druon

french writer
1977 (5) 2007 (8)

Georges Duby

french writer
1982 (4) 1991 (1)

alan Duff

french writer
2012 (9)

Hortense Dufour

french writer
1976 (4) 1986 (3) 1987 (1) 1993 (1) 1998 (3)

Marc Dugain

french novelist
1999 (1)

Alain Dugrand

french journalist
1991 (1) 2015 (6)

Alicia Dujovne ortiz

argentine biographer
1980 (1)

Pierre Dumayet

french journalist
1981 (1)

Georges Dumezil

french writer
1985 (4)

René Dumont

french agronomist
1977 (4) 1983 (2)

Miguel Duplan

martinique
2016 (9)

Jacques Duquesne

french writer
1990 (4) 1994 (4) 2007 (2)

Claude Durand

french writer
1983 (2) 1989 (1)

Sylvie Durbec

french poet
2000 (3)

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

swiss playwright
1985 (1)

Jean Dutourd

french writer
1982 (4) 1987 (2)

Jean Duvignaud

french writer
1976 (3) 1985 (4) 1995 (2)

Nick Dybek

american writer
2018 (7)

Bret Easton Ellis

american writer
2010 (3)

Umberto Eco

italian writer
1985 (2) 2006 (8)

Jorge Edwards

chilean writer
1984 (1) 1992 (2)

Kossi Efoui

togolese writer
2001 (1) 2018 (11)

Hanan El-Cheikh

lebanese novelist
1992 (1)

Gamal El Ghitany

egyptian writer
1985 (1) 1994 (1) 1998 (4) 2002 (1) 2010 (8)

Mauricio Electorat

chilean novelist
2013 (12)

Georgette Elgey

french journalist
1992 (2)

Mircea Eliade

romanian writer
1978 (3)

Jacques Ellul

french historian
1982 (1) 1986 (1)

Diamela Eltit

chilean writer
1992 (1)

Pierre Emmanuel

french writer
1978 (1)

Jean-Pierre Enard

french
1977 (3)

Philippe Engelhard