Georges Govy (1913 in Yevpatoria, Crimea â 18 January 1975 in Paris) was a French writer, journalist, and winner of the 1955 Prix Renaudot.
His father was a famous painter, died during the Russian Revolution. He was a seaman, and settled in Paris. He was a foreign correspondent during the Spanish Civil War, and became friends with André Malraux. He was a volunteer during World War II. In 1942, he joined the Mouvement de la jeunesse sioniste MJS (Zionist youth movement), in Grenoble, led by Toto Giniewski.