Goncourt

American  

[gawn-koor, gon-koor] / gɔ̃ˈkur, gɒnˈkʊər /

noun

1. Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.

2. Prix Goncourt an annual award of money made by a French literary society Académie Goncourt for the best prose work of the year.

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Goncourt British  

/ ɡɔ̃kur /

noun

1. Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de (ɛdmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃twan yo də), 1822–96, and his brother, Jules Alfred Huot de (ʒyl alfrɛd), 1830–70, French writers, noted for their collaboration, esp on their Journal , and for the Académie Goncourt founded by Edmond's will

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Example Sentences

Kamel Daoud was awarded the Goncourt prize earlier this month for his novel Houris, a searing account of Algeria’s 1990s civil war in which up to 200,000 people were killed.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Daoud has written two previous novels, one of which - the much-praised Meursault Investigation - was a rewriting of Albert Camus’s The Stranger and was shortlisted for the Goncourt in 2015.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

Slimani’s debut, “The Perfect Nanny,” was an American bestseller and earned France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt — the first for an author of Moroccan origin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2023

Then, I felt the need to bring in the novelist Marie Ndiaye, who won the Prix Goncourt for "Three Strong Women."

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

He took rooms in Paris, at 29 Rue de Luxembourg, and he penetrated easily into the very exclusive literary society which at that time revolved around Flaubert and Edmond de Goncourt.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund