The Grand Prix de la francophonie is presented annually by the Académie française at the initiative of the Canadian Government to a personality who contributes to the development of the French language throughout the world.
Laureates 1986: Georges Schehadé 1987: Yoichi Maeda 1988: Jacques Rabemananjara 1989: Hubert Reeves 1990: Albert Cossery 1991: Léon-Joseph Suenens 1992: Khac Vien Nguyen and Maurice Métral and Stig Strömholm 1993: Henri Lopes 1994: Mohammed Dib 1995: Salah Stétié 1996: Abdou Diouf 1997: Abdellatif Berbich 1998: Jean Starobinski 1999: Gunnar von Proschwitz 2000: Giovanni Macchia 2001: François Cheng 2002: Bronislaw Geremek 2003: Édouard J. Maunick 2004: Albert Memmi 2005: Jane Conroy 2006: Roland Mortier 2007: Élie Barnavi 2008: Lide Tan 2009: Thomas W. Gaehtgens 2010: Jean Métellus 2011: Abdellatif Laâbi and Dariush Shayegan 2012: Dariush Shayegan and Michèle Rakotoson 2013: Qiang Dong and Boualem Sansal 2014: Georges Banu and Fouad Laroui 2015: Gabriel Garran and Aminata Sow Fall 2016: and Stromae 2017: François Boustani and Tierno Monénembo 2018: Kamel Daoud and Michel Tremblay 2019: Petr Král and Abdeljalil Lahjomri and Jean Pruvost 2020: Lise Gauvin and Alexandre Najjar 2021: Frankétienne and Abdourahman Waberi 2022 Trinh Xuan Thuan and French-language daily newspaper “L’Orient-Le Jour” 2023 Thomas Pavel and Camille Limoges 2024 Abdelfattah Kilito and Edwin M. Duval
External links Grand prix de la francophonie on the site of the Académie française Règlement du Grand Prix de la Francophonie Grand prix de la francophonie on Babelio Grand prix de la francophonie on Prix littéraires.net Grand prix de la francophonie on Écrire en Océanie Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2015 on VIVIFAO