A major award for Writers-author Antoine Volodine !
The prize ? The Prix de la Page 111, now in its third year, the winner selected after 111 minutes of deliberation from eight finalists that included Patrick Deville's Viva and Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83 (which will be available in English from Deep Vellum).
As the headline for that last link suggests -- "Le prix littéraire le plus absurde revient !" -- this isn't quite your usual literary prize. Indeed, the name kind of explains it too -- 'Page 111' isn't a corporate sponsor but rather refers to what gets judged: this is a prize for the best page 111 in a book -- which, of course, cruelly excludes books that don't make it that far .....
The podcast/page honoring the winning title, Terminus radieux, can be found here; see also the Seuil publicity page
The prize ? The Prix de la Page 111, now in its third year, the winner selected after 111 minutes of deliberation from eight finalists that included Patrick Deville's Viva and Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83 (which will be available in English from Deep Vellum).
As the headline for that last link suggests -- "Le prix littéraire le plus absurde revient !" -- this isn't quite your usual literary prize. Indeed, the name kind of explains it too -- 'Page 111' isn't a corporate sponsor but rather refers to what gets judged: this is a prize for the best page 111 in a book -- which, of course, cruelly excludes books that don't make it that far .....
The podcast/page honoring the winning title, Terminus radieux, can be found here; see also the Seuil publicity page