# The Prix Goncourt winners of the 1970s

The ten novels awarded the Prix Goncourt from 1970 to 1979, including Émile Ajar's (Romain Gary's) The Life Before Us.

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- Nov 14, 2019 · Damien Gautier
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## Top 10

1. **The Erl-King — Michel Tournier** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1970. A Parisian mechanic in Nazi Prussia.
2. **Les Bêtises — Jacques Laurent** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. A nested novel about a writer.
3. **The Sparrow Hawk of Maheux — Jean Carrière** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1972. A peasant family in the Cévennes.
4. **The Ogre — Jacques Chessex** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. A teacher crushed by his father; the first Swiss winner.
5. **The Lacemaker — Pascal Lainé** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1974. A shy girl and a student.
6. **The Life Before Us — Émile Ajar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1975. Momo and Madame Rosa in Belleville; Romain Gary, a 1956 winner, under a pen name.
7. **Les Flamboyants — Patrick Grainville** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1976. A delirious African king.
8. **John l'Enfer — Didier Decoin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1977. A Cheyenne window cleaner in New York.
9. **Missing Person — Patrick Modiano** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1978. An amnesiac detective investigates his own past.
10. **Pélagie: The Return to Acadie — Antonine Maillet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. Deported Acadians return home; the first Canadian winner.

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