This distinction values the transmission of memory, historical rigor, and narrative innovation, ensuring that the winning works demonstrate a commitment to the memory and understanding of the struggles for freedom.
The Grand Prix Valérien 2024 de la Résistance, the culmination of this selection, is awarded among five works from the following categories:
Documents for History
Research books exploring resistance, deportations, liberation and contemporary conflicts.
Landing – LiberationEmmanuel Thiébot, Armand Colin
Sentenced to deathFabien Lostec, CNRS
We had to help themFrançois-Guillaume Lorrain, Flammarion
Find Estelle MouflargeBastien François, Gallimard
Trials for the future
Critical reflections on the Second World War, the new faces of conflicts and the issues of memory.
Are we ready for war?Jean-Dominique Merchet, Robert Laffont
From hero to victim: the contemporary metamorphosis of the sacredFrançois Azouvi, Gallimard
Who asks the memory questions?Sarah Gensburger, CNRS Éditions
Waiting for victoryVincent Duclert, Claire Andrieu and Guillaume Piketty, Unpublished Folio
Testimonials:
singular voices of witnesses or transmitters, illuminating History from a personal perspective.
Germaine Tillion, A certain idea of the ResistanceLorraine de Meaux, Perrin
They were newGwen Strauss, Women
Words. A silence, Patrice Béghin & Michel KneubüblerThe Free Rumor
To look and not to see, Louis Gillet a witness at the heart of the dark yearsJérôme Prieur, Seuil
Fictions
works of fiction, ranging from historical frescoes to intimate stories, which transpose memory into literary creation.
The Constellation NetworkClaude d’Abzac, New World
The name on the wallHervé Le Tellier, Gallimard
The Ritz BartenderPhilippe Collin, Albin Michel
Winter WarriorsOlivier Norek, Michel Laffont
Comics and graphic works
Visual stories making history accessible through images.
The competing works must have been published between July 30, 2023 and September 1, 2024 and are judged on specific criteria such as the originality of the thesis, accessibility to the general public and the quality of the narration.
The Izieu roundupPascal Bresson & Giulio Salvadori, The Bubble Box
The Lost EscapesThomas Legrand & François Warzala, Rue de Sèvres
Companions of the Liberation: GrenobleJean-Yves Le Naour and Philippe Tarral, Bamboo
PutzLouison and Thomas Snégaroff, Futuropolis
The selection is carried out in several stages: three refined lists are established in September, October and November by cultural mediators, before the final selection. On November 15, the five winning books are announced, and the Grand Prize is awarded during the Resistant Book Fair in December in Paris.
The jury, made up of mediators from the HLMN-IdF, members of the ONaCVG and the association of Friends of the Resistance Foundation, is expanded to include recognized personalities, such as historians, critical journalists, as well as Guy Birenbaum, publisher and honorary president, who presents a “surprise report” before the final announcement of the Grand Prix.
Photo credits: The 2024 Grand Prix Valérien de la Résistance
By Clotilde Martin
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