2024-10-22 10:00:00
Jacaranda by Gaël Faye e Hours by Kamel Daoud are among the finalists of the most prestigious French literary prize. It will be awarded on November 4th.
The four finalists of the Goncourt, the most prestigious French literary prize, were revealed on Tuesday in Bucharest during a press conference at the National Museum of Romanian Literature.
Jacaranda by Gaël Faye e Hours by Kamel Daoud are among the finalists with Madelaine before dawn by Sandrine Collette e Archipelagos by Hélène Gaudy.
The Goncourt Academy had to choose between eight titles, designated three weeks ago. And among these four finalists, a single winning novel must now be designated, on November 4, at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, as is tradition.
A check for ten euros
The Goncourt finalists are now being announced in the main cities of the countries with which France cultivates ancient cultural ties. In 2022 he was in Beirut and in 2023 in Krakow.
The Goncourt prize allows you to win a check for ten euros, but promises the winner sales of hundreds of thousands of copies.
In 2023, to crown Watch over her of Jean-Baptiste Andrea, as in 2022 to be elected Live fast by Brigitte Giraud, the jury had to resort to the maximum of 14 rounds foreseen by the statute in the end.
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