A first list of novels selected by the Goncourt jury has been officially communicated: among the 15 authors selected is the next winner.
The Goncourt Academy officially communicated its first selection of novels selected, this Tuesday, September 6, 2022. The jury has drawn up a list of 15 novels, now in the running to win the most prestigious French literary prize. This first list will be reduced first on October 5, then in a second time on October 26. The 2022 Goncourt prize will be awarded on Thursday 3 November. Here is the list of selected authors and novels:
- Muriel Barbery, An hour of fervorSouth Acts
- Gregory Bouillier, The heart does not give inFlammarion
- Nathan Devers, The artificial linksAlbin Michael
- Giuliano daEmpoli, The Mage of the KremlinGallimard
- Carole FivesSomething to tell youGallimard
- Sabyl Ghoussoub, Beirut-sur-SeineInventory
- Brigitte Giraud, live fastFlammarion
- Sarah Jollien-Fardel, His favoriteSabine Wespieser
- Cloe Korman, Almost SistersThreshold
- Makenzy Orcel, A human sumShores
- Yves Ravey, TaorminaEditions de Minuit
- Pascale Robert Diard, The little liarThe Iconoclast
- Emanuel Ruben, The MediterraneanInventory
- Monica Sabolo, The clandestine lifeGallimard
- Anne SerreOur dear old lady authorMercury of France