Four authors stood out this Tuesday, October 8 among the ten in the first selection for the Grand Prize for American Literature.
This prize, which is celebrating its tenth edition, has the mission of “ crown an American novel, which stands out for its first-rate literary qualities in order to offer a benchmark to the readers who appreciate this literature in large numbers and the writers who animate it », According to a press release.
The name of the winner will be announced on November 12. He will succeed Aleksandar Hemondistinguished in 2023 for A world of sky and earth (Calmann-Lévy).
The selected works:
- Martyr !of Kaveh Akbartranslated by Stéphane Roques (Scribes-Gallimard)
- Fool’s paradiseof Richard Fordtranslated by Jose Kamoun (The Olivier)
- Well-beingof Nathan Hilltranslated by Nathalie Bru (Gallimard)
- Absolutiond’Alice McDermotttranslated by Cécile Arnaud (The Round Table)
The jury is made up of booksellers Sylvie Loriquer (The Catcher in the Rye), Geraldine Mausservey (Paris Bookstore), Jean-Christophe Millois (The Bookstore School), Pascal Thuot (Millepages), journalists Oriane Jeancourt, Nicolas Carreau et Philippe Chevilleyas well as publishers Caroline Ast, Juliette Ponce et Francis Geffard.
