The literary awards season continues. After the Goncourt, the Renaudot and the Femina, the Médicis Prize was awarded this Wednesday, November 6, 2024. The Jury, chaired by Anne Françoise Garréta, awarded Julia Deck for her autobiography novel Ann of England . “I am very moved to have this prize”declared the winner, quoted by theAFP.
Halfon for the foreign novel prize, Stach for the essay prize
Nine novels were shortlisted for the second prize selection. Among them, those of Miguel Bonnefoy, Abdellah Taïa, and Emmanuelle Lambert.
The Medici Prize for the foreign novel went to the Guatemalan Eduardo Halfon, for Tarantula (Quai Voltaire editions). He received four votes against two for the Austrian Josef Winkler in the eighth round. “I am happy, shocked to arrive at this very official ceremony”commented the winner.
The Medici essay prize was awarded to the German Reiner Stach for the third volume of his biography of Franz Kafka, The years of youth. It took only one round, where he received six votes.
Julia Deck succeeds Kevin Lambert
As tradition dictates, the prize was presented from the restaurant La Méditerranée, Place de l’Odéon, in Paris.
Last year, Kevin Lambert was rewarded for his novel May our joy remain . On the foreign side, the prize went to South Korean Han Kang for Impossible goodbyes and the Portuguese Lidia Jorge for Misericordia. Finally, the essay awarded by the jury was Proust, roman familialby Laure Murat.
