For this fifth edition of the Les Inrockuptibles Literary Prize, the jury selected 50 works in 5 different categories: French novels or stories; first novels or stories; foreign novels or stories; essays; comics.
French novels and stories:
Legal entityJustine Augier, Actes Sud
The last days of the Socialist Party, Aurélien Bellanger, The Threshold
Sister-ship, Elisabeth Filhol, POL
Here begins a loveSimon Johannin, Allia
The collapse, Edouard Louis, The Threshold
The Lost Children’s Club, Rebecca Lighieri, POL
The open sky, Nicolas Mathieu, Actes Sud
Men lack courage, Mathieu Palain, The Iconoclast
The convoy, Beata Mother Mairesse, Flammarion
Hit the epic, Alice Zeniter, Flammarion
First novels and stories:
Higher than the Eiffel Tower, Kohndo Assogba, JC Lattès / La Grenada
Faïel and the stories of the world, Paolo Bellomo, The Tripods
Constellucination, Louise Bentkowski, Values
Challah the danceDalya Daoud, The New Attila
Mythology of the .12Célestin de Meeûs, The Underground Editions
The Coolidge Tube, Sonia Hanihina, JC Lattès / La Grenade
Escapes, Manon Jouniaux, Grasset
A thousand images of Jeremiah, Clement Ribes, Verticals
After thatEliot Ruffel, Les Éditions de l’Olivier
Blue does not damage, Anouk Schavelzon, Le Seuil
Foreign novels and stories:
Toxic season for fetuses, Vera Bogdanova, Actes Sud
The devil of the provinces, Juan Cardenas, The Atinoir
Guard dogs, Dahlia of the Cerda, The Underground Editions
The little sister, Mariana Enriquez, The Underground Editions
Five girls lost forever, Kim Fu, Heliotrope
Well-being, Nathan Hill, Gallimard
History of a domesticationCamila Sosa Villada, Metalwork
Hexes, Agnieszka Szpila, Les Éditions noir sur blanc /Notabilia
Blackouts, Justin Torres, Olivier Editions
Crying at the supermarket, Michelle Zauner, Christian Bourgois
Tests:
Universalize. For a dialogue of cultures, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Albin Michel
The art of taking action, Léa Bismuth, PUF
Towards the Ecology of War. An Environmental History of Peace, Pierre Charbonnier, The Discovery
Silicon Valley, Alain Damasio, The Threshold
Ordinary Voters: An Investigation into the Normalization of the Far RightFélicien Faury, The Threshold
So the Animal and us, Kaoutar Harchi, Actes Sud
The Double. Journey into the Mirror WorldNaomi Klein, Actes Sud
Big Teeth. Investigation into a Little MisunderstandingLucile Novat, Zones
The Red Prophet. An Investigation into Revolution, Charisma and Domination, Julie Pagis, The Discovery
Admire. Praise of a feeling that makes us grow.Joëlle Zask, First parallel
Comics:
My Infractus, Hervé Bourhis, Glénat
The Last One Standing, Youssef Daoudi and Adrian Matejka, Futuropolis
Philiations, volume 1, Gwen de Bonneval, Dupuis
King Medusa 1, Brecht Evens, Actes Sud BD
Impenetrable, Alix Garin, Le Lombard
The Harde, Marijpol, Atrabile
Shubeik Lubeik, Deena Mohamed, Steinkis
What they areSole Otero, Here and there
It’s Lonely at the Centre of Earth, Zoe Thorogood, Hi Comics
Despite everything I am here, Silki, L’Association
The jury is composed of: Emmanuel Hoog, Carole Boinet, Vincent Brunner, Jean-Marie Durand, Nelly Kaprièlian, Jean-Marc Lalanne, Gérard Lefort, Pauline Le Gall and Sylvie Tanette.
Neige Sinno, winner of the 2023 Les Inrockuptibles Prize for sad tiger published by POL, will chair the jury, following Lola Lafon in 2023, Christine Angot in 2022, Éric Reinhardt in 2021 and Christophe Honoré in 2020.
Find the list of French and French-speaking literary prizes
Photo credits: Seuil Editions
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