Tag: Literary awards
Close-up on the first winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1903: John-Antoine Nau
Who was John-Antoine Nau, winner of the first Goncourt prize in 1903? An adventurer as much at home in San Francisco as in Martinique. A poet keen on freedom and…
Giuliano da Empoli wins the Grand Prize for the Novel of the French Academy
The French Academy awarded Thursday, October 27 its Grand Prize to a first novel by the Italian-Swiss writer Giuliano da Empoli who has been snapping up in bookstores for six…
Frenchwoman Marie-Aude Murail receives the Andersen Prize
With millions of copies sold and nearly a hundred books published, French author Marie-Aude Murail has been a leading figure in world children’s literature for decades. His work has now…
One land, one author: in Congo-Brazzaville with Fann Attiki, “Voices of Africa” prize
The “Voix d’Afriques” literary prize initiated by RFI, Lattès editions in partnership with the Cité Internationale des Arts returns for a second edition. After a call for writing from young…
In Saint-Malo with Gwenaële Robert and Patrick Chamoiseau
At the Saint-Malo festival where the 32nd edition of the “Étonnants Voyageurs” festival takes place from June 4 to 6, 2022, meeting on site with the Saint-Malo novelist Gwenaële Robert…
Sylvain Prudhomme, 2019 Femina Prize
Born in 1979, Sylvain Prudhomme is the author of several award-winning reports and novels translated abroad, including There, Bahi had said., The big ones as well as Legend. With his…