Grand prix de Poésie de l'Académie française

Grand prix de Poésie de l'Académie franç

Description

História e Fundação

O Grand Prix de Poésie da Académie française é um dos mais antigos e prestigiados prémios literários franceses, atribuído pela Académie française. Fundada em 1635 por iniciativa do Cardeal Richelieu, a Académie française tem como missão zelar pela língua francesa e pela sua pureza, e a atribuição de prémios literários faz parte das suas atividades desde o século XVII.

Objetivos e Critérios

O Grand Prix de Poésie, em particular, visa recompensar a obra de um poeta, distinguindo assim um corpo de trabalho que demonstre excelência, originalidade e um contributo significativo para a poesia de língua francesa. Ao contrário de muitos outros prémios que se focam num livro específico publicado num determinado ano, este grande prémio celebra a carreira e o conjunto da obra de um poeta.

Os critérios de seleção são rigorosos e baseiam-se na qualidade literária, na profundidade temática, na inovação estilística e na influência do poeta no panorama literário. A escolha é feita pelos membros da Académie française, que são eles próprios figuras proeminentes nas artes e nas letras.

Prestígio e Relevância

A relevância deste prémio reside na sua longa tradição e no prestígio conferido pela instituição que o outorga. A Académie française é vista como um guardião da língua e da cultura francesas, e os prémios que atribui carregam um peso simbólico considerável. Ganhar o Grand Prix de Poésie é, portanto, um reconhecimento de um estatuto de excelência e de um lugar consolidado na história da literatura francesa.

Laureados e Tradição

Ao longo dos anos, o prémio foi atribuído a alguns dos mais importantes poetas franceses, cujos nomes se tornaram sinónimo de poesia de alta qualidade. A lista de laureados inclui figuras incontornáveis que moldaram a poesia moderna e contemporânea.

Estrutura e Particularidades

Não existem categorias específicas dentro do Grand Prix de Poésie, sendo um prémio único que abrange toda a obra poética de um autor. No entanto, a Académie française atribui outros prémios de poesia que podem distinguir obras individuais ou autores emergentes, mas o Grand Prix é o mais elevado galardão poético da instituição.

Uma curiosidade é que, embora o prémio seja atribuído anualmente, a sua atribuição nem sempre é garantida; a Académie pode decidir não o atribuir se considerar que nenhum candidato atinge o nível de excelência exigido. Isto sublinha ainda mais o rigor e a importância do galardão.

Impacto Literário

A importância literária deste prémio é inegável. Ele não só confere reconhecimento e prestígio ao poeta laureado, mas também ajuda a manter viva a tradição da poesia de língua francesa, incentivando a leitura e a apreciação deste género literário. A sua longevidade e a reputação da Académie française solidificam o seu lugar como um dos pilares dos prémios literários internacionais, especialmente no que diz respeito à poesia.

Winners

2025
Phocion

Phocion --

Phocion (also called Phokion, c402 - c318 BC, nicknamed The Good) was an Athenian statesman and a Strategos

2024
Pia Fajelagutan

Pia Fajelagutan --

Biographies.net Pia Fajelagutan HEAVY METAL, COMPOSER 1993 – Little is known of the versatile teen who at a young age is an aspiring poet, musician, extremist, artist and such. Created heaps of Internet memes such as the Anti-Twilight movement and Team Tyler's Van to name a few. Is a popular forum user who spread popular quotations also introduced in an app in Facebook called "Benny Lava says...". Truly a natural poet. Mostly known as an advertisement model, skater, musician and a freestyle lyricist and poet. Current status is unknown.

2023
Phish

Phish --

Phish is an American jam band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, and cult following

2022
Phiroz Mehta

Phiroz Mehta --

Phiroz Dorab Mehta (October 1, 1902 - May 2, 1994) was an Indian-born writer and lecturer on religious topics. He also had many other interests including astronomy, poetry and philosophy

2021
Phylos the Tibetan

Phylos the Tibetan --

2020
Phineas Taylor Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum --

United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)

2019
Philo Vance

Philo Vance --

Philo Vance is a fictional character who starred in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright), published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. The novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine (who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books as well as the author)

2018
Philo Judaeus

Philo Judaeus --

Philo (20 BC - 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt

2017
Phillips Brooks

Phillips Brooks --

Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 - January 23, 1893), was a noted American clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s

2016
Phillip Stanhope

Phillip Stanhope --

Phillip Stanhope was the only son of Raleigh Stanhope and Helene Kimball Byington.

2015
Phillip Lubin

Phillip Lubin --

2014
Phyllis Theroux

Phyllis Theroux --

2013
Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate --

Phillip Lopate is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher.

2012
Phillip K. Dick

Phillip K. Dick --

2011
Phyllis Mcginley

Phyllis Mcginley --

Phyllis McGinley was a Pulitzer Prize winning American author of children’s books and poetry. Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life.

2010
Phillip Earl Stanhope

Phillip Earl Stanhope --

Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope FRS (30 January 1805 - 24 December 1875), styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was a British politician and historian

2009
Phillip C. McGraw

Phillip C. McGraw --

2008
Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus

Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus --

German (Swiss-born) alchemist & physician (1493 - 1541)

2007
Philippians 413 Bible

Philippians 413 Bible --

2006
Phyllis George

Phyllis George --

Phyllis Ann George Brown (born 25 June 1949) is an American businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971

2005
Philippians 24 Bible

Philippians 24 Bible --

2004
Phyllis Diller

Phyllis Diller --

Phyllis Diller (born Phyllis Driver, July 17, 1917) is a Golden Globe-nominated American comedienne, considered to be one of the pioneers of female stand-up comedy

2003
Philippians 13 NIV Bible

Philippians 13 NIV Bible --

2002
Philip Wylie

Philip Wylie --

2001
Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler --

2000
Philip Skelton

Philip Skelton --

Philip Skelton was an Irish Protestant clergyman and writer.

1999
Philip Dormer Stanhope

Philip Dormer Stanhope GB

1998
Philip Sheridan

Philip Sheridan --

1997
Phyllis Bottome

Phyllis Bottome --

Phyllis Forbes-Dennis (May 31, 1884 - August 22, 1963) was a British novelist and short story writer who wrote under her birth name, Phyllis Bottome. She was born in Rochester, Kent to an American clergyman, Rev. William Macdonald Bottome and Mary (Leatham) Bottome. She married A.E. Forbes-Dennis in 1917

1996
Philip Saltier

Philip Saltier --

1995
Philip Robinson

Philip Robinson --

Philip Robinson is an English conductor, arranger and music educator

1994
Phyllis Battone

Phyllis Battone --

1993
Philip R. Zimmermann

Philip R. Zimmermann --

1992
Philip Powell

Philip Powell --

Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell, usually known as Philip Powell, was an English post-war architect.

1991
Phyllis

Phyllis --

Phyllis is a character in Greek mythology. Daughter of Lycurgus, King of Thrace, she married Demophon, King of Athens and son of Theseus, while he stopped in Thrace on his journey home from the Trojan war

1990
Philip Massinger

Philip Massinger --

Philip Massinger was an English dramatist.

1989
Philip K. Dick

Philip K. Dick --

Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982) was an American science fiction novelist and short story writer. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments, and altered states. In his later works, Dick's thematic focus strongly reflected his personal interest in metaphysics and theology. He often drew upon his own life experiences and addressed the nature of drug use, paranoia and schizophrenia, and mystical experiences in novels such as A Scanner Darkly and VALIS

1989
Philip Lewis-Jones

Philip Lewis-Jones --

Swansea born Philip Lewis-Jones is the lead singer and songwriter for the band Bark Prelude.

1988
Philip James Bailey

Philip James Bailey --

1988
Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson --

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906- January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades

1988
Philip Jose Farmer

Philip Jose Farmer --

Philip Jose Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent much of his life in Peoria, Illinois, where he currently lives

1987
Philip Gulley

Philip Gulley --

1986
Philander Johnson

Philander Johnson --

1986
Philemon

Philemon --

Philemon; was an Athenian poet and playwright of the New Comedy.

1986
Philip

Philip --

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

1986
Philip Adams

Philip Adams --

Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams AO (born 12 July 1939) is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, humanist, social commentator, satirist, left-wing pundit and atheist. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The Australian. Adams is on the Advisory Board of Wikileaks

1986
Philip Barry

Philip Barry --

Philip James Quinn Barry was an American dramatist best known for his plays Holiday and The Philadelphia Story.

1986
Philip Caldwell

Philip Caldwell --

Philip Caldwell (born January 27, 1920, in Bourneville, Ohio), as the first person to run the Ford Motor Company who was not a member of the Ford family, orchestrated one of the most dramatically successful turnarounds in business history

1986
Philip Crosby

Philip Crosby --

1986
Philip Dormer Stanhope

Philip Dormer Stanhope GB

1986
Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield --

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (22 September 1694 - 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters

1986
Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Philip Elmer-DeWitt --

Philip Elmer-DeWitt (born September 8, 1949) is an American writer and editor. He was Time 's first computer writer -- producing much of the magazine's early coverage of personal computers and the Internet -- and for 12 years its science editor. He is currently a contributor to Fortune magazine, which publishes his online column about Apple Inc. (see Apple 2.0)

1986
Philip G. Hamerton

Philip G. Hamerton --

1986
Philip Guedalla

Philip Guedalla --

Philip Guedalla (March 12, 1889 - December 16, 1944) was a British barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. He is remembered now mainly for a biography of the Duke of Wellington, and his wit and epigrams, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface," another being "History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other." He also was the originator of a now-common theory on Henry James, writing that "The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender"

1986
Philip Gulley

Philip Gulley --

1986
Philip Henry Gosse

Philip Henry Gosse --

1986
Philip Howard

Philip Howard --

Philip Howard is a Liverpudlian street preacher in London's Oxford Circus.

1985
Phil McGraw

Phil McGraw --

1984
Hobart Brown

Hobart Brown --

Hobart Ray Brown, (February 27, 1934 - November 7, 2007) was an American sculptor and the founder of Kinetic Sculpture Racing

1983
Phil Jackson

Phil Jackson --

Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is a former American professional basketball player and the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jackson is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His reputation was established as head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 through 1998; during his tenure, Chicago won six NBA titles. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won three consecutive NBA titles from 2000-2002. In total, Jackson has won 9 NBA titles as a coach, a record shared with Red Auerbach

1982
Phil Gramm

Phil Gramm --

William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942, in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA) is an American politician who served as a Democratic Congressman (1978-1983), a Republican Congressman (1983-1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985-2002)

1981
Peter Goldie

Peter Goldie --

British philosopher

1980
Phil Donahue

Phil Donahue --

Phillip John "Phil" Donahue is an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of The Phil Donahue Show.

1979
Jane Hamilton

Jane Hamilton --

Jane Hamilton (born 13 July 1957) is an American novelist

1978
Phil Condit

Phil Condit --

1977
F. Hansen

F. Hansen --

1977
Peter York

Peter York --

Peter York, real name Peter Wallis, is a British management consultant, author and broadcaster most famous for co-authoring Harpers & Queen's The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He is also a columnist for The Independent on Sunday, GQ and Management Today

1977
Phaedrus

Phaedrus --

Phaedrus (c. 15 BC - c. AD 50), Roman fabulist, was probably a Thracian slave, born in Pydna of Macedonia (Roman province) and lived in the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius and Claudius. He is recognized as the first writer to Latinize entire books of fables, using the iambic metre Greek prose of the Aesop tales

1976
Petrarch

Petrarch --

an Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)

1975
Petra Stefankova

Petra Stefankova --

Petra Štefanková is a Slovak illustrator, digital artist, designer and art director. She has worked in animation, advertising and publishing industry.

1974
Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law --

1973
Peter's Almanac

Peter's Almanac --

1972
Peter York

Peter York --

Peter York, real name Peter Wallis, is a British management consultant, author and broadcaster most famous for co-authoring Harpers & Queen's The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He is also a columnist for The Independent on Sunday, GQ and Management Today

1971
Phylicia Rashad

Phylicia Rashad --

Phylicia Rashed (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen on June 19, 1948) is a Tony Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable in the 1980s television series The Cosby Show

1970
Joseph Hall

Joseph Hall --

Joseph Hall was Mayor of Adelaide from 1854 to 1855.

1969
Peter Walker

Peter Walker --

1968
Hartley Coleridge

Hartley Coleridge --

Hartley Coleridge (September 19, 1796 - January 6, 1849) was an English writer. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1968
Rena Harmon

Rena Harmon --

1967
Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox --

Annie Lennox (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish musician, vocalist and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999. Rolling Stone magazine also named her as one of their 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Both as a solo artist and with Eurythmics, Lennox has sold over 80 million records. Her vocal range is contralto

1966
Jan Ashford

Jan Ashford --

1964
Phoenix Flame

Phoenix Flame --

1963
Peter T. McIntyre

Peter T. McIntyre --

1962
James Barrett Scotty Reston

James Barrett Scotty Reston --

James Barrett Reston (1909-95) was an American journalist

1961
Phoebe Cary

Phoebe Cary --

Phoebe Cary (September 4, 1824 - July 31, 1871) was an American poet, and the younger sister of poet Alice Cary (1820-1871). The sisters co-published poems in 1849, and then each went on to publish volumes of her own. After their deaths in 1871, joint anthologies of the sisters' unpublished poems were also compiled

1960
Peter Steiner

Peter Steiner --

Peter "Cool Man" Steiner (January 22, 1917 - November 12, 2007) was a Swiss man who became famous during the 1990s as a music-making advertising character called "Cool Man"

1959
Peter Stack

Peter Stack --

1958
Ren G. Torres

Ren G. Torres --

1957
Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers --

English comic actor (1925-1980)

1950
Jan Ashford

Jan Ashford --

1947
Peter S. Prescott

Peter S. Prescott --

1944
Phocylides

Phocylides --