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 Reims
1980: Claude Ollier for Marrakch Medine
1981: Gilbert Lascault for Boucles et Nœuds and La Destinée de Jean Simon Castor
1982: Patrick Reumau for Jeanne aux chiens
1983: Catherine Weinzaepflen for Portrait et un rêve
1984: Jean Tortel for Feuilles tombées d'un discours and Pierre Michon for Vies minuscules
1985: Emmanuel Hocquard for Aerea dans les forêts de Manhattan
1986: Jacques Roubaud for Quelque chose noir
1987: Rabah Belamri for Regard blessé
1988: Bernard Noël for Journal du regard
1989: Gérard Macé for Le Dernier des Égyptiens
1990: Claude Roy for L'Étonnement du voyageur and all his work
1991: Claude Esteban for Soleil dans une pièce vide
1992: Jean-Christophe Bailly for Description d'Olonne
1993: Paule Thévenin for Antonin Artaud, ce désespéré qui vous parle
1994: Jean-Loup Trassard for L'Espace antérieur
1995: Pierre Bergounioux for Miette
1996: Claude Lucas for Suerte
1997: Jean-Pierre Milovanoff for La Splendeur d'Antonia
1998: Pascal Quignard for Vie secrète
1999: Jean-Louis Schefer for Figures peintes
2000: Christian Gailly for Nuage rouge
2001: Jean Hatzfeld for Dans le nu de la vie
2002: Dominique Rolin for Le Futur immédiat
2003: Olivier Rolin for Tigre en papier
2004: Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt for Le Poing dans la bouche
2005: Christine Angot for Les Désaxés and Une partie du cœur
2006: The prize is replaced by the Prix France Culture/Télérama
