Antonine Maillet a francophone author, recipient of the Order of Canada and the " Prix Goncourt ", the highest honour in francophone literature, is also from Moncton.

* Charles Plisnier Prix Goncourt ( 1937 )

Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine ( Man's Fate ) ( 1933 ) won the Prix Goncourt.

The novel about the 1927 failed Communist rebellion in Shanghai was written with obvious sympathy for the Communists ; Malraux was awarded the 1933 Prix Goncourt for this work.

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* Charles Plisnier, Walloon writer, Prix Goncourt and Walloon movement activist

It was awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.

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* Edmond de Goncourt ( 1822 – 1896 ), author / publisher ( patron of the Prix Goncourt )

French-Canadian literature also began to attract a great deal of attention globally, with Acadian novelist Antonine Maillet winning the Prix Goncourt.

The Prix Goncourt (,, The Goncourt Prize ) is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of " the best and most imaginative prose work of the year ".

In honour of his brother and collaborator, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt ( 1830 – 1870 ), the académie has awarded the Prix Goncourt every December since 1903.

In 1987, the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens was established, as a collaboration between the académie Goncourt, the French Ministry of Education, and Fnac, a book, music, and movie retailer.

The Prix Renaudot is announced at the same ceremony as the Prix Goncourt.

Le Feu drew criticism at the time for its harsh naturalism, but won the Prix Goncourt.

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He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice ( under his own name and under a pseudonym ).

He is the only person to win the Prix Goncourt twice.

The first French Grand Prix took place on a 64-mile ( 103 km ) circuit based at Le Mans in 1906.

Nuvolari countered that he was a leading Grand Prix driver and Le Mans was a simple layout that would not trouble him, to which Sommer backed down and they agreed to divide the driving equally.

It was adapted in 1970 as the TV movie Das Millionenspiel, and again in 1983 as the movie Le Prix du Danger.

While almost all of the Prix de Rome cantatas have long since been forgotten ( along with their composers, for the most part ), Debussy's prize-winning L ' enfant prodigue ( 1884, following his unsuccessful Le gladiateur of 1883 ) is still performed occasionally today.

* Le Prix de l ' Office Chrétien du Livre

After that the 1928 French Grand Prix was held in nearby Saint-Gaudens, Pau also wanted to arrange the race and in 1930 the French Grand Prix was held on a Le Mans-type track outside the city with Philippe Étancelin winning for Bugatti.

Another uncle, Maurice Trintignant ( 1917 – 2005 ), was a Formula One driver who twice won the Monaco Grand Prix as well as the Le Mans.

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Le Prix du Danger ( The price of the Danger ) is a 1983 French-Yugoslav science fiction movie, directed by Yves Boisset.

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* 2001: Les Cent-Jours ou l ' esprit de sacrifice ( Perrin, 2001 – Le Grand livre du mois, 2001 – Perrin, 2002 – Éditions France loisirs, 2003 ); a book about the " One Hundred Days " between the return of Napoleon from Elba and the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo ; awarded the Grand Prix d ' Histoire of the Fondation Napoléon ( 2001 ) and the Prix des Ambassadeurs ( 2001 ).

Well-known recipients of the Prix de Rome included the architect Tony Garnier, who, instead of concentrating his studies on the ancient ruins, used his time at the Academy ( between 1899 and 1904 ) principally to develop his ideas for the development of a modern industrial city ( Une Cité Industrielle, published in 1918 ), a precursor of later modernist urban and architectural ideas of twentieth century architects such as Le Corbusier.

* Road racing is banned as a result and the legacy of the event is the introduction of circuits, the first being opened at Le Mans in 1906 for the inaugural French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France ( ACF ).

* The trophy is awarded annually until 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France ( ACF ) holds the first Grand Prix motor racing event on the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans

* 26 June — official Grand Prix motor racing begins with the inaugural French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France ( ACF ) on the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans.

* Prix Médicis French: Armelle Lebras-Chopard, Le zoo des philosophes

* Prix Médicis French: Les Sept Noms du peintre-Philippe Le Guillou

* Prix Goncourt: Pascale Roze, Le Chasseur Zéro

* Prix Goncourt: Andreï Makine, Le Testament français

* Prix Médicis French: Vassilis Alexakis, La Langue maternelle and Andreï Makine, Le testament français

David attempted to win the Prix de Rome, an art scholarship to the French Academy in Rome, five times.

Finally, in 1774, David won the Prix de Rome.

" His father-in-law provided the money he needed for the trip, and David headed for Rome with his wife and three of his students, one of whom, Jean-Germain Drouais ( 1763 – 1788 ), was the Prix de Rome winner of that year.

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The Monaco Grand Prix () is a Formula One motor race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco.

The principality's first Grand Prix was organised in 1929 by Anthony Noghès, under the auspices of Prince Louis II, through the Automobile Club de Monaco ( ACM ).

The first Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco was an invitation only event, but not all of those invited decided to attend.

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* David Harvey ( born 1935 ), world's most cited academic geographer and winner of the Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, also noted for his work in critical geography and critique of global capitalism.

From there, Clark went on to Paris, France, where in 1863, a group of racing enthusiasts had formed the French Jockey Club and had organized the Grand Prix de Paris, which at the time was the greatest race in France.

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His album Danses et Rythmes de la Turquie d ' hier à aujourd ' hui was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque by the Charles Cros Academie in Paris, France with Moğollar.

From 1960 to 1964, he had a television series, It's a Square World, which won a BAFTA award in 1962 and Grand Prix de la Presse at Montreux in 1963.

Tours is home to François Rabelais University, the site of one of the most important choral competitions, called Florilège Vocal de Tours International Choir Competition, and is a member city of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing.

* May 31 – The first Prix de l ' Arc de Triomphe horse race is held.

Nuvolari driving Alfa Romeo P3 at the 1935 Grand Prix de Pau.

In the Paris of the 1860s, although he was a Prix de Rome laureate, Bizet struggled to get his stage works performed.

* The Prix de Rome Scholarship is established for students of the arts.

In 1982 Patrese moved to Brabham and gained a lucky win at that year's Monaco Grand Prix when there were five leaders including Andrea de Cesaris and then Didier Pironi who both ran out of fuel whilst leading the final lap.

After his sponsors stopped paying him before the 2005 German Grand Prix, Patrick Friesacher was to be replaced by Dutch Jordan test driver Robert Doornbos to create the first all-Dutch driver line-up in Formula one since Carel Godin de Beaufort and Ben Pon drove together for the Ecurie Maarsbergen team at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

The competition for the French Prix de Rome prescribed that each candidate submit a cantata.

Within three years Boucher had already won the elite Grand Prix de Rome, although he did not take up the consequential opportunity to study in Italy until four years later.