Media library presenting an exhibition on the Goncourt brothers and all the works awarded the famous "Prix Goncourt".
Edmond and Jules Huot de Goncourt, the writers behind the Académie Goncourt.
These two brothers grew up in a small village in Haute-Marne: Goncourt. In this corner of France, where Champagne and Lorraine meet on the banks of the Meuse, the Goncourt brothers put down roots and spent their childhood and teenage holidays. A family building, the Papeterie, acquired in 1786 by their great-grandfather, bears witness to this family past, which is also linked to the neighbouring commune of Bourmont.
A former fortress perched on a high hill, this county town was the birthplace of Jean-Antoine Huot de Goncourt (1753-1832), who went on to become a magistrate with the Imperial Sureté in Neufchateau.
His sons were Pierre-Antoine Huot de Goncourt (1783-1867), an artillery officer under the Empire and deputy for the Vosges in the National Assemblies of 1848 and 1849, and Marc-Pierre Huot de Goncourt, father of Edmond and Jules.
Jules (1830-1870) and Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) rubbed shoulders with everyone who mattered in the world of letters in the second half of the 19th century.
Other prominent figures from the area include Nicolas-Médard Audinot (1741-1783), theatre director; Edmond Haraucourt (1856-1941), poet, novelist and playwright; and Albin Michel (1873-1943), founder of the publishing house that bears his name. In nearby Montigny-le-Roi, the astronomer Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) was born.
Médiathèque Goncourt Histoire et Patrimoine
