The Medici Prize to Julia Deck and Eduardo Halfon

The Medici Prize was awarded on Wednesday 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. She won with five votes to Thomas Clerc’s four, in the third round.

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.

The Medici Prize was awarded on Wednesday to Julia Deck for an autobiographical novel dedicated to her mother, Ann of England, published by Editions du Seuil. “I am very moved to have this prize,” declared the winner at the La Méditerranée restaurant in Paris. She won with five votes to Thomas Clerc’s four, in the third round.

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