The pandemic has completely changed literary life and therefore the prizes awarded in principle in November.
The closing of bookstores provoked a violent reaction among the Goncourts that could be summed up by this slogan: no bookstore, no price!
The Goncourt offensive of October 29 was followed the same day by the French Academy which voted but kept secret, until yesterday its verdict, by the Renaudot, the Goncourt of high school students and the Interallié, all affirming their solidarity with booksellers.
The ladies of Femina did not wish to join this movement.
They presented their prize to Serge Joncour on November 2 and the winner uploaded a video.
Four days later, the Medici awarded its prize to Chloé Delaume with, in the wake, a zoom meeting.
Yesterday, the French Academy chose to give the name of its winner at 2:30 p.m. on Teams.
Likewise, the jury for the Best Foreign Book Award voted by email to elect Colum McCann (
Apeirogon
, Belfond), in the novel category,
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