Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand

The Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand is a French literary award created in 1998 by Hervé Louboutin and Sonia de La Tour du Pin. It is awarded by the Académie Chateaubriand, under the presidency of Philippe de Saint Robert since 1999, 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.

Laureates

Controversy

The Departmental Council of Ille-et-Vilaine sponsors the award with 600 euros annually. When the prize went to essayist 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]

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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