Grand prix du théâtre (Académie française)
# Grand prix du théâtre (Académie française)

The grand prix du théâtre is a theatre award established in 1980 by the Foundation Le Métais-Larivière and awarded annually to a playwright in recognition for his/her body of work. The Académie française is responsible for selecting the winner.

## Laureates

* 1980: Jean Anouilh
* 1981: Gabriel Arout
* 1982: Georges Neveux
* 1983: Marguerite Duras
* 1984: Jean Vauthier
* 1985: René de Obaldia
* 1986: Raymond Devos
* 1987: Rémo Forlani and Jean-Claude Brisville
* 1988: Loleh Bellon
* 1989: Edric Caldicott and François Billetdoux
* 1990: Jean-Claude Brisville
* 1991: Jean-Claude Grumberg
* 1992: non attributed
* 1993: Fernando Arrabal
* 1994: non attributed
* 1995: Roland Dubillard [es; fr; gl; ht; no]
* 1996: non attributed
* 1997: Didier Van Cauwelaert
* 1998: Romain Weingarten
* 1999: non attributed
* 2000: Yasmina Reza
* 2001: Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
* 2002: Jean-Michel Ribes
* 2003: Victor Haïm
* 2004: non attributed
* 2005: Jean-Marie Besset
* 2006: Michel Vinaver
* 2007: Valère Novarina
* 2008: non attributed
* 2009: Wajdi Mouawad
* 2010: Philippe Minyana
* 2011: Denise Chalem
* 2012: Marie NDiaye
* 2013: Armand Gatti
* 2014: Éric Assous
* 2015: Joël Pommerat
* 2016: Pascal Rambert
* 2017: Philippe Caubère
* 2018: Hélène Cixous
* 2019: Édouard Baer
* 2020: Enzo Cormann
