While the week of literary prizes began Monday with the awarding of the Femina Prize to Philippe Lançon for The flap at Editions Gallimard, before the Tuesday of the Médicis to Pierre Guyotat, the prestigious Goncourt and Renaudot were awarded this Wednesday, shortly before 1 pm .
Who to succeed Eric Vuillard for his book The Order of the Day , Goncourt 2017, and Olivier Guez for The Disappearance of Joseph Mengele , Renaudot 2017? The question, which agitated all the literary milieu these last days, found its answer this Wednesday, shortly before 1 pm. The awards were proclaimed at the restaurant Drouant, not far from the Paris Opera.
The Goncourt for Nicolas Mathieu
While four contenders were in the running for the 2018 Goncourt, the most prestigious of literary awards and the most awaited too, is awarded this year to the writer Nicolas Matthieu, for his book Their children after them , published at Actes Sud.
The other three authors, previously selected by the members of the Goncourt Academy, were: David Diop, 52, for Brother of Soul (Seuil), Paul Greveillac, 37, for Masters and Slaves (Gallimard) and Thomas B. Reverdy, 44, for The Winter of Discontent (Flammarion).
The price Goncourt has a check of ten euros, but the stake is otherwise more important. An award-winning novel runs, depending on the case, from 200,000 to 500,000 copies.
Renaudot for Valérie Manteau
Just a few minutes after the announcement of the Goncourt prize, Louis Gardel, who is presiding over the Renaudot jury this year, awarded the prize to Valérie Manteau for her work, Le Sillon .
In addition to the main Renaudot prize, there is also a Renaudot prize for high school students, awarded by young readers, a Renaudot prize for the essay and a Renaudot prize for the paperback.
The Renaudot runs on average to more than 250,000 copies.