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
 * 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
 * 2021: -
 * 2022: Jean-François Sivadier
 * 2023: Alexandra Badea
 * 2024: Florian Zeller