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The Prix Goncourt is a prestigious literary prize awarded by the Académie Goncourt, an organization founded in 1903 by Edmond de Goncourt. The prize is awarded annually to the French novel deemed to be the best of the year. Patrick Modiano is a French novelist who has won the Prix Goncourt twice, in 1972 for La Place de l'étoile and in 1985 for L'Horizon.