The literary prize was to be awarded on November 10.

But bookstores having to close due to the coronavirus epidemic, the general delegate of the Goncourt Academy announced its postponement "out of solidarity". 

The Goncourt prize, which was to be awarded on November 10, has been postponed indefinitely out of "solidarity" with bookstores, forced to close due to the coronavirus epidemic, announced to AFP the general delegate of the Académie Goncourt Françoise Rossinot.

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Jurors had threatened to postpone the award if bookstores were not open by November 10.

A closure confirmed Thursday evening by the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot during the government press conference detailing the containment measures.