Good news! Two Quebec authors are among the finalists for the Five Continents Prize!
So, The Tarantula Nebulaby Mélissa Verreault, published by XYZ, and Bloodskinby Audrée Wilhelmy, published by Leméac chez nous and by Tripode in France, both shine on the list of ten finalists for the Five Continents Prize. The novel Adrien’s violin by Gary Victor, published by Mémoire d’encrier, also makes it onto this eminent list.
The other finalists, from the French-speaking world of five continents, are as follows:
The fisherman’s dreamby Hemley Boum (Gallimard)
Soon the livingd’Amina Damerdji (Gallimard)
Repatriationby Eve Guerra (Grasset)
It still shinesby Bénédicte Lotoko (Les impressions nouvelles)
Red skinby Gyslain Ngueno (The Talking Bird)
The private life of oblivionby Gisèle Pineau (Philippe Rey)
Adikouby Raphaëlle Red (Grasset)
Since 2001, the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie has honored French-speaking literature in all its diversity and enabled its dissemination throughout the world. Created by the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF), the prize has a grant of 15,000 euros (a little over $22,000) and also offers the winner the opportunity to meet their readers and its readers in several book fairs or international literary festivals. Among the winners, there are compatriots, such as Éric Chacour in 2024, Monique Proulx in 2022, Gilles Jobidon in 2019 and Jocelyne Saucier in 2011.
It is during the International Day of La Francophonie, on March 20, that the winner will be revealed.
