academie goncourt

< /pri; English pri/, an annual award of money made by a French literary society (Académie Goncourt) for the best prose work of the year.

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