Literature: Gabriella Zalapi remains in the running for the Medici

Thursday 10th October 2024 11:10 PM

– Gabriella Zalapi remains in the race for the Prix Médicis

The author published by Zoé is on the shortlist for one of the big prizes of the fall, alongside Miguel Bonnefoy and Julia Deck.

Published: 10.10.2024, 2:13 p.m.

Gabriella Zalapì

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After receiving the Blù Jean-Marc Roberts Prize for “Ilaria or the conquest of disobedience”, Gabriella Zalapi is confirmed in the narrow selection of the Prix Médicis, alongside Miguel Bonnefoy, Thomas Clerc, Julia Deck, Shane Haddad, Emmanuelle Lambert, Abdellah Taïa, Félicia Viti and Cécile Wajsbrot. Will she succeed Kevin Lambert, distinguished for “Let our joy remain”?

The Swiss, English and Italian author who grew up in Geneva is published since its beginnings by the French-speaking house Zoé. The winning book will be known on November 6.

Caroline Rieder has been a journalist in the culture-society section since 2013. She deals in particular with French-speaking literature, but also looks with interest at children’s literature, and various cultural and societal subjects. More info @caroline_rieder

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