Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand

The Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand is a French literary award founded in 1998 by Herve Louboutin, Philippe de Saint Robert and Sonia de La Tour du Pin. It is handed out in memory of the writer François-René de Chateaubriand. The award ceremony takes place at the Château de Combourg in Ille-et-Vilaine, where Chateaubriand lived during a part of his youth.

The departmental council of Ille-et-Vilaine sponsors the award with 600 euro annually. When the prize went to Éric Zemmour in 2015, the local Socialist Party leader, Jean-Luc Chenut, protested against the jury's decision and blocked the transaction. Sonia de La Tour du Pin, co-founder of the prize, dismissed Chenut's reaction as "sectarian".[1][2]

Laureates

References

  1. Carnec, Nicolas (2015-10-13). "Éric Zemmour. Polémique autour de son prix Chateaubriand". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  2. Adrian, Pierre (2015-10-14). "En Bretagne, un prix littéraire pour Éric Zemmour dérange". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2015-12-03.

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