The fantasies of Shehan Karunatilaka
What does Shehan Karunatilaka really take seriously? In Les Sept Mondays by Maali Almeida, the Sri Lankan writer imagined a funny hero dealing with the painful subject of the conflict that devastated his country for 26 years: Maali Almeida, homosexual war photographer, ailing poker player addicted to psychotropic drugs and, above all, dead among the […]
Quebecer Kevin Lambert was rewarded for “Let Our Joy Remain.”
The Medici Prize was awarded on Thursday, November 9th to Canadian author Kevin Lambert “Let our joy remain”, to once again pay homage to this rising star of Quebec literature. The 31-year-old author had already won the December Prize at the end of October, another of the fall’s prestigious literary prizes, with this story of […]
Jean-Baptiste Andrea was crowned for “Watch Over Her.”
As every year, the jurors of the Goncourt Prize gathered at the Drouant restaurant in Paris and awarded their prize to Jean-Baptiste Andrea on Tuesday November 7th take care of her (The Iconoclast). The novel, which tells a love story during the time of fascism in Italy, is one of the favorites of The cross. […]
the list of winning books since 2018
On Tuesday November 7th, after their traditional meeting at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, the jurors of the Goncourt Prize will announce the name of the lucky winner of the Prize for 2023. A look back at the winners from the last five years. ► Prix Goncourt 2022: “Live Fast” In 2022, it took the […]
Neige Sinno rewarded for “Sad Tiger”.
The Femina Prize was awarded on Monday November 6th to Neige Sinno for her novel sad tiger, Story of the incest she was a victim of as a child and essay on sexual violence. Neige Sinno, who was considered the favorite for this award and is also a finalist for the Goncourt Prize, received 9 […]
Zoom in on the winning books from the last five years
The Femina Prize, awarded by an all-female jury, will announce its winners on November 6, 2023. It was launched in 1904 by around twenty female contributors to the magazine Happy life, This prize honors three writers each autumn for a French novel, a foreign novel and an essay. ► 2022: A dog at my table, […]
Which books sold best last year?
The 2023 literary awards season is in full swing. The opportunity to measure the success of the prizes awarded in 2022 in bookstores. This is the Académie Française Grand Novel Prize 2022The Magician of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli, which takes first place among the literary prizes sold, ahead of the Prix Goncourt. ► […]
the list of four finalists selected by the jury
Four novelists who were widely considered favorites for the 2023 Goncourt Prize have been selected as finalists for the prestigious prize, the jury announced on Wednesday, October 25, in Krakow, Poland: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Gaspard Koenig, Éric Reinhardt and Neige Sinno. At this point, it is difficult to predict who will be in the lead and […]
Jon Fosse, a Nobel Prize “for Literature”
When he learned on Thursday, October 5 that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, 64-year-old Norwegian Jon Fosse wanted to make sense of the Swedish Academy’s choice. “It is a reward for literature, which wants to be literature above all else without any consideration.”, he states in a press release. In fact, he […]