Prix de Mai
Introduction The '''Prix de Mai''' was a short-lived French literary award, founded by Alain Robbe-Grillet and first awarded to ''Moderato Cantabile'' by Marguerite Duras in 1958.The jury included Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Roland Barthes, Marthe Robert, Dominique Aury.Subsequent prizes went to such works as ''Le traître,'' (The traitor) by André Gorz, ''La Gana'' by Fred Deux (under pseudonym Jean Douassot), and ''Je'' by Yves Velan (1960), which did not meet with popular success, and the prize disappeared in short order.
References * '' L’entretien: Alain Robbe-Grillet,'' Friday 12 January 2001, Livres Hebdo n° 408