After the Goncourt and the Renaudot on Monday, the Femina on Tuesday, the harvest of literary prizes continues. The 2024 Medici Prize was awarded on Wednesday November 6 to Julia Deck for an autobiographical novel dedicated to her mother, Ann of Englandpublished by Seuil.
“I am very moved to have this prize”declared the winner at the La Méditerranée restaurant in Paris. The author won with five votes to Thomas Clerc’s four, in the third round.
Julia Deck succeeds Quebec writer Kevin Lambert, awarded last year for his novel May our joy remain, recounting the fall of an architect accused of driving the poor out of Montreal.
Eduardo Halfon also rewarded
The Medici Prize for the foreign novel went to the Guatemalan Eduardo Halfon, for Tarantula (Quai Voltaire editions). He received four votes against two for the Austrian Josef Winkler in the eighth round.
“I am happy, shocked to arrive at this very official ceremony”commented the winner.
The Medici essay prize was awarded to the German Reiner Stach for the third volume of his biography of Franz Kafka, The years of youth. It took only one round, where he received six votes.
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