ThePrix Combourg-Chateaubriand is a French literary award created in 1998 by Hervé Louboutin and Sonia de La Tour du Pin. It is awarded by the Académie Chateaubriand, under the presidency of Philippe de Saint Robert since 1999, in memory of the writerFrançois-René de Chateaubriand. The award ceremony takes place at theChâteau de Combourg inIlle-et-Vilaine, where Chateaubriand lived during a part of his youth.
TheDepartmental Council ofIlle-et-Vilaine sponsors the award with 600 euros annually. When the prize went to essayistÉric Zemmour in 2015, the localSocialist Party leader, Jean-Luc Chenut, protested against the jury's decision and blocked the transaction. Sonia de La Tour du Pin, co-founder of the prize, dismissed Chenut's reaction as "sectarian".[1][2]