Under the presidency of Pierre Assouline, academician, and with David Foenkinos as guest of honor, this 4th edition already offers renowned authors, including the last winner of the Goncourt Kamel Daoud Prize, Metin Arditi, Nicolas Fez, Sarah Jollien-Fardel, Gaëlle Josse, Vicktor Lazlo, Christine Orban or Marc Voltenauer. It will be placed this year under the theme of Hope, a common thread of the demonstration. Over 90 writers are expected.
In addition to around fifty meetings and conferences favoring a strong interaction with the authors, exceptional moments will enhance the event, including an exclusive interview with the former president of the Confederation Joseph Deiss, a tribute to Bernard Pivot with Cécile Pivot, the participation of the Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier or Thierry Capezzone the illustrator of Petzi.
Initiated during the 2024 edition, the youth space will be enlarged with the creation of two new dedicated spaces, under sponsorship again by Philippine de Gréa.
The festival is also the moment chosen to reveal the winners of the Award of the YOUC, the Gonet Prize and the Favorite Montblanc.
The Prix du Vorte aims to honor a French -speaking talented author in Switzerland. Its originality is to crown a writer whose theme of the work is related to that chosen for the festival each year, that is to say for the 2025 edition. The winner is designated among six preselected works subject to a jury of a hundred readers.
Here is the 2025 selection:
Badjensby Delphine Minoui (Seuil)
THE MASOO BARQUEfrom Antoine Choplin (Buchet-Chastel)
A red sparkleby Clémentine Biano (Calmann-Lévy)
Better lifeby Etienne Kern (Gallimard)
La honey to Kyivfrom Stéphanie (Récamier)
Patagonia embersby Delphine Grouès (Le Cherche Midi)
Partner of the therec festival from its creation in 2021, Banque Gonet & Cie Sa wished to expand its commitment by creating a Gonet literary prize rewarding an original French -speaking work, of any literary kind and in connection with the societal issues of our time. Contributing to the cultural influence of the festival, this prize is awarded in an independent spirit, sensitive to both the entertaining character of the award -winning work and its openness to an original awareness.
Selection 2025
The invisible womanfrom Maïtena Biraben (Grasset)
Surfaceby Luca Brunoni (finitude)
The longDe Sarah Jollien-Fardel (Sabine Wespieser)
Two girlsby Michel Layaz (Zoé)
Spring will come backfrom Nour Malowé (recammer)
Montblanc favorite
True to his vocation to encourage writing and personal expression, Montblanc will reward a writer and his work by awarding him the crush Montblanc. In 2024 this award was awarded to Alexandre Duyck for his work With you I don’t fear anything published by Actes Sud.
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