The Who's Who prize pays tribute to Antoine Hébrard, one of its directors for 39 years. Seven works were selected by the jury, made up of authors and literature enthusiasts.
The award ceremony will take place on May 14 at Lapérouse. The seven works selected are Life and Death of Vernon Sullivan, Rose's book, The Shadow of a Tra Tra Tra, and Life and Death of Vernon Sullivan: A vast fresco likely to serve as a reference for future generations. It could be fiction, a biography, an essay, or a story. For this first edition, the jury of writers and personalities passionate about literature will select among the seven works in the running (published between August 2023 and January 2024), the book which will best illustrate what is said about the work of Balzac: "A vast fresco likely to serve as a reference for future generations." The prize is open to writers of French-speaking descent, as well as non-French-speaking citizens.