Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine
Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine (American Literature Grand Prize) is a French literary award given each year to an American novel translated into French and published in that year starting January 1.[1] The first award was in 2015. The award was created by the bookseller and publisher Francis Geffard.[2] The jury consists of nine members: three literary critics, three publishers and three booksellers.[3]
Honorees
Blue ribbon (
) = winner. Book titles are of the original American publication, not the French title or its translation.
2015
The winner was announced November 8, 2015.[2][4]
- Laird Hunt, Neverhome
2016
The winner was announced November 8, 2016.[5]
- Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life
- Eddie Joyce, Small Mercies
- Molly Prentiss, Tuesday Nights in 1980
2017
The winner was announced November 13, 2017.[3]
- Vivian Cornick, Fierce Attachments
- Christian Kiefer, The Animals
- Richard Russo, Everybody's Fool
2018
The winner was announced November 12, 2018.[6]
- Dan Chaon, Ill Will
- Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
- Richard Powers, The Overstory
References
- Laure Besnier (October 6, 2017). "Les finalistes du Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine 2017". actualitte.com (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- "Laird Hunt reçoit le Grand prix de littérature américaine pour son roman "Neverhome"". Actes Sud (in French). 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- Pierre Georges (November 13, 2017). "Le Grand prix de littérature américaine revient à Richard Russo". Libres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- Anne-Laure Walter (November 8, 2017). "Laird Hunt, premier lauréat du Grand prix de littérature américaine". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- Bruno Corty (November 8, 2017). "Atticus Lish, Grand prix de littérature américaine 2016". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2017.
- Nicolas Turcev (November 12, 2018). "Richard Powers lauréat du Grand prix de littérature américaine 2018". Libres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved November 12, 2018.
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