Prix Mallarmé


The Prix Mallarmé is a poetry prize awarded each year by the Académie Mallarmé to a French speaking poet. To be eligible for the prize the poet must have published a piece in the year concerned, even though the prize does not reward a specific piece of poetry but the author's work all along his career as a whole. The prize may only be won once.
The prize is awarded on the occasion of the book fair which takes place in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the département of Corrèze, région Limousin, France. The cash prize amounts to € 3,811. Over the past three years it has been financed through sponsorship from the company ISS; previously it was sponsored by the Mairie of Brives.

Winners

This is an incomplete list of authors having won the prize:
YearAuthorPublished work nominated
2019Claudine BohiNaître c'est longtemps
2018Béatrice de JurquetSi quelqu’un écoute
2017Philippe MathyVeilleur d'instants
2016Gérard BayoNeige, followed by Vivante étoile
2015Werner LambersyLa Perte du temps
2014Hubert HaddadLa Verseuse du matin
2013Alain DuaultLes Sept Prénoms du vent
2012Yves NamurLa Tristesse du figuier
2011Annie SalagerTravaux de lumière
2010Robert MarteauLe Temps ordinaire
2009Jean Max TixierParabole des nuées
2008Jean RistatArtémis chasse à courre, le sanglier, le cerf et le loup
2007Seyhmus DagtekinJuste un pont sans feu
2006Michel Butor16 lustres
2005Hélène DorionRavir : les lieux
2004Olivier BarbarantEssais de voix malgré le vent
2003Jean PortanteL'étrange langue
2002Alain VeinsteinTout se passe comme si
2000André SchmitzIncises, Incisions
1999Benoît ConortMain de nuit
1998Mohamed DibL'Enfant-Jazz
1997Marie EtienneRoi des cent cavaliers
1996Franck VenailleDescente de l'Escaut
1995Paul-Louis RossiFaïences
1992Jacques ChessexLes aveugles du seul regard
1990André VelterL'Arbre-seul
1989Guy GoffetteEloge pour une cuisine de province
1988Jean PérolAsile exil
1987Venus Khoury-GhataMonologue du mort
1986Henri MeschonnicVoyageurs de la voix
1984Claude EstebanConjoncture du corps et du jardin
1981Lionel RayLe corps obscur
1980Yves de Bayser
1979Jacques IzoardVêtu, dévêtu, libre
1978Jean JoubertLes Poèmes - 1955-1975
1976Andrée ChédidFraternité de la parole et Cérémonial de la violence
1942Yanette Delétang-TardifTenter de vivre
1940Paul BulliardChacun sa croix
1939Jean FollainChants terrestres

Académie Mallarmé

The Académie Mallarmé was founded in 1937. It is a French not-for-profit association, founded in commemoration of Stéphane Mallarmé, by people who knew him.
Its main objective is the promotion of poetry, and for a long time it was presided over by Guillevic and Alain Bosquet. It consists of thirty French or French-speaking members and 15 foreign correspondents. Notable members of the Académie include Jean Orizet, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Lionel Ray, Claude-Michel Cluny, François Montmaneix, Robert Sabatier, Jean Rousselot, Michel Deguy, Charles Dobzinski, Philippe Jones, Jean-Michel Maulpoix, Henri Meschonnic, Pierre Oster, Vénus Khoury-Ghata; and the foreign correspondents are Ismaël Kadaré, Seamus Heaney and Andrei Vossnessenski.
The Academy seeks to promote poetry and organises poetry readings as well as the annual award of the Mallarmé prize. The Academy also seeks to promote the work of Stéphane Mallarmé, which is now in the public domain.