Prix Femina

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French literary prize literary award

The Prix Femina is a prestigious French literary prize, awarded annually by an all-female jury to outstanding works of literature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Prix Femina étranger	5
Prix Femina canonical	2
Prix Femina (main prize)	1
Prix Femina des lycéens	1
Prix Femina essai	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French literary prize ⓘ literary award ⓘ
awardedFor	novels ⓘ outstanding literary works ⓘ prose literature ⓘ
awardType	monetary prize and recognition ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
culturalSignificance	highlights women’s role in literary criticism ⓘ influences book sales in the French-speaking world ⓘ
eligibility	primarily French-language works ⓘ published in the year preceding the award ⓘ
field	literature ⓘ
firstAwarded	1905 ⓘ
foundedBy	La Vie heureuse ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestrictionForJury	women only ⓘ
genderRestrictionForLaureates	none ⓘ
hasCategory	Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prix Femina (main prize) Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prix Femina des lycéens Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prix Femina essai Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prix Femina étranger
hasJurySize	around a dozen members ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus	private prize ⓘ
hasReputation	prestigious French literary distinction ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Paris ⓘ
inception	1904 ⓘ
juryComposition	all-female jury ⓘ
languageOfAwardedWorks	French ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	Paris ⓘ
mediaCoverage	French national press ⓘ
namedAfter	Femina magazine ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	created as an alternative to the male-dominated Prix Goncourt ⓘ
organizer	jury of women writers and critics ⓘ
originalName	Prix Vie heureuse ⓘ
relatedAward	Prix Goncourt ⓘ Prix Médicis ⓘ Prix Renaudot ⓘ
scope	primarily French literary market ⓘ
selectionCriterion	contribution to contemporary literature ⓘ literary quality ⓘ originality of work ⓘ
selectionProcess	jury deliberation ⓘ
sponsor	various French cultural and media organizations ⓘ
typeOfJury	independent jury ⓘ
typicalAwardMonth	November ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jorge Semprún → awardReceived → Prix Femina ⓘ

Joyce Carol Oates → awardReceived → Prix Femina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina étranger

French literature → hasAward → Prix Femina ⓘ

Torgny Lindgren → award received → Prix Femina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina étranger

Sofi Oksanen → awardReceived → Prix Femina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina étranger

Prix Femina → hasCategory → Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina (main prize)

Prix Femina → hasCategory → Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina étranger

Prix Femina → hasCategory → Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina essai

Prix Femina → hasCategory → Prix Femina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prix Femina des lycéens

Joyce → awardReceived → Prix Femina ⓘ

subject surface form: Joyce Carol Oates

this entity surface form: Prix Femina étranger