Grand prix de la francophonie

The Grand Prix de la francophonie is presented annually by the Académie française at the initiative of the Canadian Government to a personality who contributes to the development of the French language throughout the world.

Laureates

 * 1986: Georges Schehadé
 * 1987: Yoichi Maeda
 * 1988: Jacques Rabemananjara
 * 1989: Hubert Reeves
 * 1990: Albert Cossery
 * 1991: Léon-Joseph Suenens
 * 1992: Khac Vien Nguyen and Maurice Métral and Stig Strömholm
 * 1993: Henri Lopes
 * 1994: Mohammed Dib
 * 1995: Salah Stétié
 * 1996: Abdou Diouf
 * 1997: Abdellatif Berbich
 * 1998: Jean Starobinski
 * 1999: Gunnar von Proschwitz
 * 2000: Giovanni Macchia
 * 2001: François Cheng
 * 2002: Bronislaw Geremek
 * 2003: Édouard J. Maunick
 * 2004: Albert Memmi
 * 2005: Jane Conroy
 * 2006: Roland Mortier
 * 2007: Élie Barnavi
 * 2008: Lide Tan
 * 2009: Thomas W. Gaehtgens
 * 2010: Jean Métellus
 * 2011: Abdellatif Laâbi and Dariush Shayegan
 * 2012: Dariush Shayegan and Michèle Rakotoson
 * 2013: Qiang Dong and Boualem Sansal
 * 2014: Georges Banu and Fouad Laroui
 * 2015: Gabriel Garran and Aminata Sow Fall
 * 2016: Takeshi Matsumura and Stromae
 * 2017: François Boustani and Tierno Monénembo
 * 2018: Kamel Daoud and Michel Tremblay
 * 2019: Petr Král and Abdeljalil Lahjomri and Jean Pruvost
 * 2020: Lise Gauvin and Alexandre Najjar
 * 2021: Frankétienne