Big French literary prize number two was announced yesterday (though of course all attention will be on the Goncourt today ...): the not-quite-so-storied prix Médicis -- which also suffers slightly from being a tripartite set of awards: domestic, foreign, and essai (non-fiction, more or less); see, for example, the (French) report by Siegfried Forster at RFI.
- The French prize went to Féerie générale, by Emmanuelle Pireyre.
- The foreign prize went to חסד ספרדי (well, Rétrospective) by A.B.Yehoshua; English translation forthcoming next year; see also Michal Shmulovich's report, Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua wins prestigious French literary award in The Times of Israel.
- And the essai prize went to Congo, by David van Reybrouck; see also the Dutch Foundation for Literature information page -- this one should be coming out in a year or two in English, too, and I'm very much looking forward to it.
- The French prize went to Féerie générale, by Emmanuelle Pireyre.
- The foreign prize went to חסד ספרדי (well, Rétrospective) by A.B.Yehoshua; English translation forthcoming next year; see also Michal Shmulovich's report, Israeli author A.B. Yehoshua wins prestigious French literary award in The Times of Israel.
- And the essai prize went to Congo, by David van Reybrouck; see also the Dutch Foundation for Literature information page -- this one should be coming out in a year or two in English, too, and I'm very much looking forward to it.