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Communiqué, 27 November,
November, 2012
MarieMarie-Pierre Rey, Yves Bruley, Daniel Propper with Olivier Feignier
Fondation Napoléon 2012 History Prize Winners
The Fondation Napoléon History Prizes are awarded annually for work related to
the history of the two French empires, and this year’s winners were:
Marie-Pierre Rey
L’effroyable tragédie, une nouvelle histoire de la campagne de Russie,
Book published by Editions Flammarion
Fondation Napoléon 2012 History Prize – First Empire
Yves Bruley
Le quai d’Orsay Impérial,
Book published by Editions A. Pedone
Fondation Napoléon 2012 History Prize - Second Empire
Daniel Propper and Olivier Feignier,
L’écho des batailles,
CD produced by Forgotten Records
Fondation Napoléon 2012 History Prize – Open Prize
Each prize is worth 5,000 Euros
The jury also awards six PhD research grants of 7,500 Euros for theses on subjects
related to the two Empires. For the first time this year, and for 5 years, one of these
grants will be called the “Mme Minou Amir-Aslani Grant”, as a result of a
convention agreed between the Fondation and the lawyer Ardavan Amir-Aslani.
The jury which awards the Fondation Napoléon History Prizes and Research Grants comprises the
following members: V.-A. Masséna, Prince d'Essling (President), Jean-Claude Lachnitt (Secretary
general) and Anne Muratori-Philip, Prince Gabriel de Broglie (Chancelier of the Institut, member of
the Académie française), Jean-Marie Rouart, of the Académie française, Jean Favier, of the Institut,
Professor Jean Tulard, of the Institut, Professor Bruno Foucart, Professor Jacques-Olivier Boudon
(president of the Institut Napoléon) Jacques Jourquin, Dr Jean-François Lemaire, and Laurent
Theis.
Further information
Details concerning the jury, previous winners, and application instructions can be found on
napoleon.org .
Press Contact: Thierry Lentz, Peter Hicks +33 1 56 43 46 00 [email protected]
Fondation Napoléon, 7 rue Geoffroy SaintSaint-Hilaire , 75005 Paris,
Paris, France