At the Salon du livre they awarded this year's prix Mac Orlan to La langue des oiseaux by Claudie Hunzinger (see the Grasset publicity page); see, for example, the Livres Hebdo report
Maybe not one of the major French prizes -- though the € 5000 prize-money isn't bad -- but how can one not admire a prize named after -- and awarded to a work in the spirit of -- A Handbook for the Perfect Adventurer-author Mac Orlan !
Maybe not one of the major French prizes -- though the € 5000 prize-money isn't bad -- but how can one not admire a prize named after -- and awarded to a work in the spirit of -- A Handbook for the Perfect Adventurer-author Mac Orlan !