The Prix France Culture is a former literary award created in 1979 by the radio station France Culture.
In 2006, it was renamed Prix France Culture/Télérama, and its name was used from 2007 replacing the "Prix Arlequin", cinematographic prize awarded in parallel to the Grand prix du meilleur scénariste.
The prize was created in 1979 to reward important authors whose work was still unknown to the general public. It was awarded in early spring, on the occasion of the Salon Livre Paris. This prize was not endowed financially but the book was promoted on the radio. In 2006, the radio joined the cultural weekly Télérama and transformed the prize into Prix France Culture/Télérama awarded under the same conditions.
1979: Roger Laporte for Souvenirs de Reims1980: Claude Ollier for Marrakch Medine1981: Gilbert Lascault for Boucles et Nœuds and La Destinée de Jean Simon Castor1982: Patrick Reumau for Jeanne aux chiens1983: Catherine Weinzaepflen for Portrait et un rêve1984: Jean Tortel for Feuilles tombées d'un discours and Pierre Michon for Vies minuscules1985: Emmanuel Hocquard for Aerea dans les forêts de Manhattan1986: Jacques Roubaud for Quelque chose noir1987: Rabah Belamri for Regard blessé1988: Bernard Noël for Journal du regard1989: Gérard Macé for Le Dernier des Égyptiens1990: Claude Roy for L'Étonnement du voyageur and all his work1991: Claude Esteban for Soleil dans une pièce vide1992: Jean-Christophe Bailly for Description d'Olonne1993: Paule Thévenin for Antonin Artaud, ce désespéré qui vous parle1994: Jean-Loup Trassard for L'Espace antérieur1995: Pierre Bergounioux for Miette1996: Claude Lucas for Suerte1997: Jean-Pierre Milovanoff for La Splendeur d'Antonia1998: Pascal Quignard for Vie secrète1999: Jean-Louis Schefer for Figures peintes2000: Christian Gailly for Nuage rouge2001: Jean Hatzfeld for Dans le nu de la vie2002: Dominique Rolin for Le Futur immédiat2003: Olivier Rolin for Tigre en papier2004: Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt for Le Poing dans la bouche2005: Christine Angot for Les Désaxés and Une partie du cœur2006: The prize is replaced by the Prix France Culture/Télérama