The Prix Jean-Freustié is a French literary prize created in 1987 by Christiane Teurlay-Freustié, second wife of writer and publisher Jean Freustie (1914–1983) to which it pays tribute, and his friends Nicole and Frédéric Vitoux as well as writer Bernard Frank.
[1] It rewards a French-speaking writer for a prose work: a novel, short story, autobiography, biography or essay.
The Prix Jean Freustié Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, was created thanks to the generosity of Christiane Teurlay-Freustié, her founder who died in 2010.
The annual grant is 20,000 euros.
As of 2016, the members of the jury are: Charles Dantzig, writer; Jean-Claude Fasquelle, former director of the éditions Grasset; Annick Geille, journalist; Henri-Hugues Lejeune, writer; Éric Neuhoff, president of the jury, critic at Le Figaro and writer; Anthony Palou, writer and columnist at Le Figaro; Jean-Noël Pancrazi, writer, also a member of the prix Renaudot; Frédéric Vitoux of the Académie française, writer; Anne Wiazemsky, writer and member of the prix Médicis.