There's the prix Goncourt -- the biggest of the French literary prizes -- and then there are a whole lot of secondary Goncourt-prizes -- le Goncourt des Lycéens; le choix de l'Orient; le choix serbe; etc. -- but runner-up in importance is surely the first-novel-Goncourt, the 'Goncourt du premier roman'.
Previous winners include Laurent Binet's HHhH and Françoise Dorner's The Woman in the Row Behind, as well as first novels by authors such as Jean-Christophe Rufin and Shan Sa -- and they've now announced this year's winner, Arden, by Frédéric Verger, which was actually a finalist for last year's big prize, the prix Goncourt itself.
See, for example, Françoise Dargent's report in Le Figaro, Frédéric Verger, Goncourt du premier roman.
Previous winners include Laurent Binet's HHhH and Françoise Dorner's The Woman in the Row Behind, as well as first novels by authors such as Jean-Christophe Rufin and Shan Sa -- and they've now announced this year's winner, Arden, by Frédéric Verger, which was actually a finalist for last year's big prize, the prix Goncourt itself.
See, for example, Françoise Dargent's report in Le Figaro, Frédéric Verger, Goncourt du premier roman.