Prix Littéraire du Cercle Gaulois

Françoise Levie, winner of the Cercle Royal Gaulois Literary Prize 2024.

Brussels, 12 March 2025 – Chaired by its oldest member, Baron Jacques Franck, the jury for Cercle Gaulois 2024 Literary Prize has chosen L’Architecte fantôme. A la recherche d’Octave Van Ryssemberghe, by Françoise Levie (Les Impressions nouvelles).
In the opinion of the jurors, the resurrection of this little-known and elusive creator of Art Nouveau stood out for being both passionate and fascinating, given the author’s commitment to research that has produced a nuanced portrait of an era that was a kind of Silver Age for Belgium.
The jury is composed of Baron J. Franck, Messrs J.-B. Baronian, V. Dujardin, F. Saenen and C. Gérard.
Cercle Royal Gaulois, Artistique et Littéraire literary prize is worth €4,000.

Previous winners

Mr Jean-Philippe ALTENLOH

President of Artists

Mr Christopher GERARD

Secretary of the Gallic Literary Prize

Mr Philippe COPPIETERS de GIBSON

Honorary President of Artists (2008 – 2010)

Mr Ferdinand PIRE

Honorary President of Artists (2011 – 2018)