The Goncourt Prize will be announced on Monday, November 30

The Académie Goncourt announces in a press release dated Friday, November 13, that it will proclaim the Prix Goncourt 2020 on Monday, November 30.

The Academicians who met this November 13 by videoconference took this decision "following the words of the Prime Minister of the day before".

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And the Academicians concluded their press release:

Fifteen days after having decided to postpone the proclamation of its price until the bookstores are open, the Goncourt Academy is putting strong pressure on the Government while taking note of the fact that some of the ministers - including Bruno Le Maire -is in favor of a reopening allowing traders heavily penalized by the confinement to make sales just before the holiday period.

This announcement should de facto lead to the awarding of the Renaudot prize, which is systematically awarded the same day as the Goncourt.

Awarded each year before the other major awards, the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française should also be positioned very quickly.

The Academicians have already met and have already voted on October 29, without revealing their winner.

Finally, the Interallié prize, which closes the grand prix season and has just announced its last selection, should also announce a date.

Remember that the Femina and Medici prizes did not wish to follow the other grand prizes and revealed their winners last week.

For the record, the four finalists for the Goncourt Prize are:

Djaïli Amadou Amal (

, Emmanuelle Colas),

Hervé Le Tellier (

, Gallimard),

Maël Renouard (

, Grasset) and

Camille de Toledo (

, Verdier).

The finalists of the Renaudot which will be awarded on the same day are:

Jean-Paul Enthoven (

, Grasset)

Irène Frain (

, Seuil)

Marie-Hélène Lafon (

, Buchet-Chastel)

Hervé Le Tellier (

, Gallimard)

Etienne de Montety (

, Stock)

Anthony Palou (

, Le Rocher).