An entirely feminine jury distinguished this novel which has the city of Le Havre.
France Télévisions – Culture writing
Published the 06/05/2025 17:05 Reading time: 1min
The Les Closerie des Lilas Literary Prize, the Jury and the exclusively female winners, was awarded Tuesday, May 6 in Florence Seyvos, 58, for A magnificent loserthe portrait of a man as flamboyant as it is fragile.
This novel, published in January 2025 at the Olivier editions, won with seven votes against four for The parlor of Paule du Bouchet. Among the jurors, the novelist Valérie Perrin praised in a press release “An unforgettable life story“And actress Catherine rubs a”Portrait of a fragile and dangerous man, a big book full of paradoxes“.
This novel, which is part of Le Havre in the 1980s, was praised by criticism as one of the most successful in January’s literary school year. Born in 1967, Florence Seyvos first published a story, Gratiaat Éditions de l’Olivier, then a first novel, in 1995, Appearances.
He earned him The Goncourt Prize for the first novel and the France Télévisions Prize in 1995. She then wrote L’Abandon in 2002 and The unbreakable boy In 2013. She is also a book for youth books and screenwriter.
The winner is the guest for a year (up to 3,000 euros) from the famous brewery on boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris.
Created in 2007, the Prix de la Closerie des Lilas A “for mission to support and promote quality female literature“, With a jury renewed partly each year,”for the sake of independence and opening“.
