Prix Breizh
The prix Breizh is a French literary award bestowed under this name since 2001, on the initiative of Gwenn-Aël Bolloré. On that date, it succeeded the "Prix Bretagne" created in 1961. It crowns each year an author of Breton origin or friend of Brittany.
History
The prix Breizh-'prix Bretagne' was founded in 1961 by Bretons of Paris, around Pascal Pondaven and Charles Le Quintrec, director and editor-in-chief of the weekly La Bretagne à Paris.The Prix Bretagne today
The Prix Bretagne, now under the patronage of Vincent Bolloré, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. On this occasion, a monograph Prix Bretagne Prix Breizh 50 ans traced its history.The spirit that presides over the awarding of the Prix Bretagne could be summed up by the introduction to his thanks by Kenneth White, the 2006 winner:
"I must also say at once that I attach great importance to this prize. In awarding it, here at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, to an extravagant Scotsman of my species, a Frenchman of adoption, a European of wit, the jury of the Brittany Prize clearly shows in my eyes his intention to remove Brittany from all the confinements with which it has suffered, and to extricate Celtic culture from all the ignoble or malicious caricatures of which it has been the victim."
In 2013, the Prix Bretagne was awarded a sum of 6100 €.
Jury
In its early days, the Prix Breizh-Prix Bretagne included writers such as Roger Nimier, Hervé Bazin, Paul Guimard, Henri Queffélec, Jean Marin.Composition of the 2012 jury:
- President, Philippe Le Guillou
- General secretary, Jean Bothorel
- Members : Annick Cojean, Stéphanie Janicot, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud, Jean-François Coatmeur, Georges Guitton, Sébastien Le Fol, Patrick Mahé, Gilles Martin-Chauffier, Jean Picollec, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor.
Laureates
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher |
| 2001 | Marie Le Drian. | La cabane d'Hippolyte | Julliard |
| 2002 | Jean-Luc Coatalem | Je suis dans les mers du sud sur les traces de Gauguin | Grasset |
| 2003 | Yann Queffélec | Boris après l'amour | Fayard |
| 2004 | Michel Chaillou. | 1945 | Éditions du Seuil |
| 2005 | Charles Le Quintrec. | pour l'ensemble de son œuvre | |
| 2006 | Kenneth White. | La maison des marées | Albin Michel |
| 2007 | Jean-Paul Kauffmann. | La maison du retour | NiL Éditions |
| 2008 | Stéphane Hoffmann. | Des filles qui dansent | Albin Michel |
| 2009 | Mona Ozouf. | Composition française : retour sur une enfance bretonne | Gallimard |
| 2010 | Marie Le Gall | La peine du menuisier | Éditions Phébus |
| 2011 | Anthony Palou | Fruits et Légumes | Albin Michel |
| 2012 | Claire Fourier | Les silences de la guerre | Éditions Dialogues |
| 2013 | Olivier Adam. | Les Lisières | Flammarion |
| 2014 | Irène Frain | Sorti de rien | Éditions du Seuil |
| 2015 | Cédric Morgan. | Une femme simple | Grasset |
| 2016 | Lorraine Fouchet. | Entre ciel et Lou |