Recently, a meeting of the jury members was held in Paris at the Fontaine de Mars restaurant to choose the lucky winner of the 3rd edition of the prize awarded by the “Bibliotéca” to the best rugby book of the year.
The members of the jury are people very involved in the world of this sport.
The three founding members: Philippe Folliot, senator of Tarn, president of the parliamentary rugby association, Richard Escot, deputy editor-in-chief at L’Equipe, David Reyrat, senior rugby reporter at Le Figaro, surrounded themselves for the occasion , by Jean-Christophe Buisson, writer, by the former captain of the XV of France Pierre Berbizier, by the former French international Laura Di Muzio, by Emmanuel Massicard editor-in-chief of Midi Olympique, by Max Armengaud, artist-photographer, Jean Colombie and the writer Benoît Jeantet winner 2023.
Seven works were selected for the final stages and, after three rounds of deliberations, the winner was widely acclaimed.
The award ceremony will take place in the Senate on Thursday January 16 in the presence of the members of the jury, Didier Cavarot winner of 2022 and Benoît Jeantet.
This prize, supported by Le Figaro Magazine, is endowed with €2,000 and the 2024 winner will also be offered an artist residency at “la bibliotèca” in Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy, an original associative cultural center supported by the Petit Haricot association.
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