The members of the jury for the Inrockuptibles literary prize selected four works from among 50 titles competing in the five distinct categories of French novels or stories, first novels or stories, foreign novels or stories, essays and comics.
Created in 2020, this literary prize recognizes a title that appears not to have received sufficient attention or importance in the eyes of the editorial staff, as well as a deserving author who has not yet won a prize. Neige Sinnoauthor of sad tiger (POL) and last year’s winner, chairs the jury. She is accompanied byEmmanuel High, Carole Boinet, Vincent Brunner, Jean-Marie Durand, Nelly Kaprièlian, Jean-Marc Lalanne, Gérard Lefort, Pauline Le Gall et Sylvie Tanette. The awards ceremony will take place on October 24.
The works selected in the French novel or story category
- The collapse, Edward Louis (The Threshold)
- The Lost Children’s Club, Rebecca Lighieri (P.O.L)
- The convoy, Beata Mother Mairesse (Flammarion)
- Hit the epic, Alice Zeniter (Flammarion)
The works selected in the first novel or story category
- Higher than the Eiffel Tower, Kohndo Assogba -(JC Lattès/La Grenade)
- Constellucination, Louise Bentkowski (Values)
- Mythology of the .12, Célestin de Meeûs (Les éditions du Sous-Sol)
- A thousand images of Jérémie, Clement Ribes (Vertical)
The works selected in the novel or foreign story category
- Watchdogs, Dahlia de la Cerdatranslation of Lise Belperron(Les éditions du Sous-Sol)
- Well-being, Nathan Hilltranslation of Nathalie Bru (Gallimard)
- Blackouts, Justin Torrestranslation of Laetitia Devaux (Editions de l’Olivier)
- Crying at the supermarket, Michelle Zaunertranslation Laura Bourgeois (Christian Bourgois)
The works selected in the essay category
- Silicon Valley, Alain Damasio (The Threshold)
- Ordinary voters. Investigation into the normalization of the far right, Félicien Faury (The Threshold)
- So the Animal and us, Kaoutar Harchi (South Acts)
- The Red Prophet. Investigation of revolution, charisma and domination, Julie Pagis (The Discovery)
The works selected in the comics category
- The last one standing, Youssef Daoudi (drawing) and Adrian Matejka (poetry), translation Sidonie Van Den Dries (Futuropolis)
- King Medusa 1, Brecht Evens (Actes Sud BD)
- Impenetrable, Alix Garin (The Lombard)
- What they are, Sun Oterotranslation Anne Plantagenet (Editions ça et là)
