Montrealer Éric Chacour has just added a new award to the thirty literary prizes awarded to his first novel, What I know about youhas won since its publication almost two years ago.
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The France-Quebec Literary Prize thus follows a list of distinctions ranging from the French Booksellers Prize to the Femina for high school students, including the Five Continents Prize and the Discovery Grant from the Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation.
The announcement was made live from the Montreal Book Fair by Antoine Tanguay, president and director of publishing at Alto, who represents the author alongside French publisher Philippe Rey. Éric Chacour is currently in Guadeloupe for the Festival Scripts of the Americas.
Published by Alto in early 2023, What I know about you tells an impossible love story in Cairo in the 1980s. It has already been translated into a dozen languages and has stood out even through its translations, ranking among others among the finalists for the prestigious Giller Prize.
Created in 1998, the France-Québec literary prize is accompanied by a grant of 5,000 euros (approximately 7,400 Canadian dollars) as well as a tour in France, and aims to distribute and promote Quebec titles in France. Last year, it was the author Alain Beaulieu who won for his novel The refuge, published by Druide.
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