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Martine Delvaux is in the running in the essay category for “It Could Have Been a Film”.
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The test It could have been a movie by Martine Delvaux is among the finalists for the second selection of the prestigious French Medici literary prize, unveiled on Wednesday. The book is also in the running for the Prix des libraires du Québec and the new Janette-Bertrand Prize.
The work of the Quebec writer is thus among the 28 works still in the running for the Medici, i.e. 9 French-speaking novels, 9 foreign novels and 10 essays.
It could have been a movie is interested in the romantic relationship between two emblematic figures of painting, Joan Mitchell and Jean Paul Riopelle, through the eyes of the American painter Hollis Jeffcoat, who found herself in the middle of the couple. Martine Delvaux thus tells the story of a passionate investigation, which began in Paris in the 1970s, in order to bring the artist out of the shadows.
Last year, the Medici Prize was also awarded to a Quebecer, Kevin Lambert, now known as Kev Lambert, for his novel May our joy remain.
The winners of the Medici Prize, the Foreign Medici Prize and the Medici Essay Prize will be announced on November 6 in Paris.
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