Simon Chevrier won the Goncourt of the first novel on Tuesday with Photo on requesta self -fiction on a student who exercises as “escort boy”.
Simon Chevrier won the Goncourt Prize for the first novel on Tuesday with Photo on requestself -fiction on a year like “escort boy”.
This novel, published in January at Stock, is signed by one of the students of the Master of Literary Creation in Le Havre, who has given other young writers since its creation in 2012.
“Extremely affected, super happy,” wrote the winner on Instagram.
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The Goncourt of the news was attributed to Gaël Octavia for The strangeness of Mathilde T. and other news (Gallimard). This is the first collection of this Martinican, author of two novels and many plays.
Poetry and biography
The Goncourt of poetry Robert Sabatier crowned James Sacré, for the whole of his work.
Finally, the Goncourt of the Edmonde Charles-Roux biography goes to Anca Visdei for Coran or the gay despair (Editions of the archipelago).
The so -called “spring” Goncourt prizes are awarded by the same jury than the famous Goncourt Prize, more prestigious French literary awards, at the end of October or early November.
