His novel will undoubtedly be one of the bestsellers of the end of the year with big sales in perspective. Succeeding Neige Sinno, Sandrine Collette won the Goncourt prize for high school students this Thursday for her novel Madelaine before dawn published by JC Lattès.
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“What an adventure!” It must be one of the rare times when words fail me, I think my heart is beating a little too fast, it doesn't reflect my joy, otherwise I would be jumping around saying a lot of bad words, I'm going to avoid… Thank you very much! », Reacted the novelist, contacted by telephone by the jury meeting at Rennes town hall.
Already winner of the Renaudot for high school students
The novel by Sandrine Collette, 54 years old, who entered literature through the thriller, has the appearance of a dark peasant chronicle, until the irruption of Madelaine, a hungry and wild little girl from the forests who comes to question the order of things. In 2022, his previous novel We were wolves was awarded the Jean Giono prize and the Renaudot prize for high school students.
Five finalists were in the running for this prize, which is very influential in terms of sales, which is traditionally announced in Rennes where this little brother of Goncourt was created in 1988.
