« At a time when the last direct witnesses to the Shoah are disappearing, it seems necessary to create this prize dedicated to literary works. », share the leaders of this initiative.
Eligible works are those published between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024, written or translated in French, which may include books by international authors subject to a French translation published in France. Literary works in the form of testimonies are accepted, while academic essays and works by historians are excluded.
Below, the first selection of the Odette and Léon Chertok Literary Prize:
The women of Auschwitz-Birkenauby Chochana Boukhobza, Flammarion
Last on the listby Grégory Cingal, Grasset
A man without wordsby Carlo Greppi, JC Lattès (translated by Marc Lesage)
Migraine, a story of guiltbut Tamás Gyurkovics, Viviane Hamy (trans. Natalia Zaremba-Huzsvai et Charles Zaremba)
Vivreby Ken Krimstein, Christian Bourgois (trans. Gaïa Maniquant-Rogozyk)
The convoy, de Beata Mother Mairesse, Flammarion
The award ceremony will take place on Monday January 13, 2025 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Shoah Memorial located at 17, rue Geoffroy l’Asnier, 75004 Paris. The winner will receive a cash reward.
The members of the jury for this edition are: Emmanuel Carrère, Cécile Chertok, Grégoire Chertok, Sarah Chiche, Jean Hatzfeld, Haïm Korsia, Rebecca Marder, Valérie Toranian and Nathalie Zajde.
Find the list of French and French-speaking literary prizes
Photo credits: Odette and Léon Chertok Literary Prize
By Hocine Bouhadjera
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