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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".

Laureates

  • 1998: Philippe de Saint Robert for Le Secret des jours
  • 1999: Philippe Barthelet for Saint Bernard
  • 2000: Gérard Leclerc for L'Amour en morceaux ?
  • 2001: Jean d'Ormesson for Voyez comme on danse
  • 2003: Régis Debray for God: An Itinerary (Dieu : un itinéraire)
  • 2004: Marc Fumaroli for Chateaubriand, poésie et terreur
  • 2005: Jean-Christian Petitfils for Louis XVI
  • 2006: Francis Huré for Portraits de Pechkoff
  • 2007: Jean-Maurice de Montremy for Rancé, le soleil noir
  • 2008: Jean Raspail for his entire oeuvre
  • 2009: Michel David-Weill for L'esprit en fête
  • 2010: Marguerite Castillon du Perron for Montalembert et l'Europe de son temps
  • 2011: Christophe Barbier for Les Derniers Jours de François Mitterrand
  • 2012: Reynald Secher for A French Genocide: The Vendée (Le Génocide franco-français : La Vendée-Vengé)
  • 2013: Jean-Marie Rouart for Napoléon ou la Destinée
  • 2014: Alain Finkielkraut for L'Identité malheureuse
  • 2015: Éric Zemmour for The French Suicide (Le Suicide français)
  • 2016: François Sureau for Je ne pense plus voyager

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    Prix Combourg-Chateaubriand Wikipedia
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