The first edition of the Max Gallo Prize crowns Michel Moatti for his novel Darwin, the last chapter

The first edition of the Max Gallo prize crowned Michel Moatti this Friday, November 8 for his novel Darwin, the last chapter, published by Hervé Chopin. The jury, chaired by Emmanuel de Waresquiel, brought together
the writers and historians, Marielle Gallo, Maryvonne de Saint Pulgent, Henri-Christian Giraud, Jérémy Guedj, and Pascal Ory, from the Académie française. The prize will be presented to Michel Moatti by Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice at the Villa Masséna, art and history museum, on Friday December 6, 2024.

On the occasion of the creation of this new literary prize, Édith Leblond and Renaud Leblond, president and deputy general director of Éditions XO, explain: ““Forgetting is the devil’s trick”: this is how Max Gallo titled his autobiography, with a touch of irony. By creating a literary prize in his memory, the city of Nice – this city of Angels which saw him grow up and which he loved so much – seriously contradicts the maxim of the monk Rigord! Already immortal, academician Max Gallo will forever remain the great writer of French History. This award pays him the greatest tribute. May all those who worked to launch it – we are thinking in particular of Marielle Gallo, Christian Giraud and Christian Estrosi – be congratulated and thanked.”