2025 Prix Goncourt

The 2025 Prix Goncourt was awarded on Tuesday 4 November to Laurent Mauvignier for his novel ‘La maison vide’ (The Empty House), in which the author reinvents his family's history over four generations in a polyphonic and hypnotic story. Created in 1892 by the two brothers Jules and Edmont de Goncourt, and awarded for the first time in 1903, the Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious French literary prize.

For the 2025 edition, ‘La maison vide’ was in competition with ‘La nuit au coeur’ by Natacha Appanah, which won the Prix Femina the day before, ‘Kolkhoze’ by Emmanuel Carrère, which won the Prix Médicis the day after, and ‘Le Bel Obscur’ by Caroline Lamarche.

The Prix Renaudot was awarded to Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre for her novel ‘Je voulais vivre’ (I wanted to live).