The Montaigne Prize is a substantial cash award given to Yale students of French for proficiency in speaking and writing French. It is awarded on the basis of a brief written and oral examination. The prize is restricted to Juniors and Seniors whose French has not been chiefly acquired abroad, and who have not spent more than one academic year in France or another francophone country or region. Previous recipients are not eligible.
Past Recipients
- Felix Leonhardt (1st place-tie)
- John Weber (1st place-tie)
- Caroline Utermann (2nd place)
- Michael Zhao (2nd place)
- Sida Chen (3rd place-tie)
- Victoria Guerrier (3rd place-tie)
- Ethan Levinbook (1st place-tie)
- Ester Luna (1st place-tie)
- Costanza Mancini (2nd place)
- Diana Yang (3rd place-tie)
- Rachel Zhu (3rd place-tie)
- Megan Niu (1st place-tie)
- Isabel Prioleau (1st place-tie)
- Zoe Pian (2nd place-tie)
- Stuart Baker (2nd place-tie)
- Hugo Wang (3rd place)
- Alette Wells (1st place)
- Xavier Blackwell-Lipkind (2nd place)
- Luna Li (3rd place)
- Chloe Papai (1st place)
- Sasha Kolesnikova (2nd place-tie)
- Fiona O’Brien (2nd place-tie)
- Yilin Chen (3rd place-tie)
- Yusra Mohamed (3rd place-tie)
- Sara Luzuriaga (1st place-tie)
- Lynn Nguyen (1st place-tie)
- Phoebe Campbell (2nd place-tie)
- Zifeng Zeng (2nd place-tie)
- Blanca Tallaj (3rd place)