Award ceremony for the 2026 RIA Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction

The €10,000 prize for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction will be announced and awarded at this event in the Royal Irish Academy on 01 October 2026. The ceremony will also feature a lecture by last year’s winner, Fabrice Humbert, and a reception afterwards.

The Michel Déon Prize, which is funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, will be awarded to the author of the book that the judging committee consider to be the best work of non-fiction published in the previous two years from the eligible categories: autobiography, biography, cultural studies, history, literary studies, philosophy and travel. The winning author will deliver the Michel Déon Lecture in France in 2027.

Eolas faoi Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann

Is cumann léannta neamhspleách, uile-oileáin é Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann, a bunaíodh sa bhliain 1785. Tacaíonn an tAcadamh le scoláireacht agus taighde sna heolaíochtaí, sna daonnachtaí agus sna heolaíochtaí sóisialta. Tá tuairim is 680 comhalta tofa ann agus 80 ball foirne, agus déanann siad ionadaíocht ar son na hÉireann go hidirnáisiúnta, cuireann siad comhairle shaineolach ar fáil don rialtas, déanann siad taighde, déanann siad deontais taighde a riaradh, eagraíonn siad comhdhálacha agus léachtaí poiblí, cuireann siad leabhair agus irisí acadúla i gcló, agus déanann siad cúram de leabharlann taighde.

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About the Royal Irish Academy

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA), established in 1785, is an all-island, independent learned society and academic body that champions research by supporting and promoting scholarship in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. Its elected membership of approximately 680 individuals and 80 staff represent Ireland internationally, provide expert advice to government, carry out research, administer research grants, organise conferences and public lectures, publish academic books and journals, and maintain a research library.

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