The Femina Prize goes to Serge Joncour for “Human Nature”

Serge Joncour at the Book Fair in 2019. -

The Femina prize for the French novel fell, and it was Serge Joncour who won it, Monday, November 2, with his book entitled

, announced the Flammarion editions, which publish the book.

[Prix Femina 2020]

Congratulations to @sergeJONCOUR who won the #PrixFemina 2020 with his novel “Human Nature”.

Find the book on the websites of your bookstores!

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- Editions Flammarion (@Ed_Flammarion) November 2, 2020

Three novelists and two novelists were in the final for the Femina prize for French novel.

The Femina eliminated two successful books among the juries of the autumn literary awards,

 by Lola Lafon and

 by Miguel Bonnefoy.

The novels of Thierry Clermont, Olivia Elkaim, Marie-Hélène Lafon, and Diane Mazloum have been rejected.

Six works were also in the final for the Femina prize for the best essay, won by Christophe Granger, for

.

“An extraordinary destiny that leads us from #Bordeaux to the Marquesas Islands, from a whaling ship to fairs in Europe”, according to journalist Xavier Mauduit.

Deferred prices

The Goncourt awards, which were to be awarded on November 10, and Interallié, scheduled for the 18th, have been postponed.

“The Goncourt Prize is awarded at an indefinite date since on November 10 the bookstores will not be open.

For academics there is no question of handing it over so that it benefits other sales platforms, ”wrote the Goncourt prize in a press release.

Conversely, the price Femina had advanced to Monday late morning the announcement of its price, initially scheduled for Tuesday.

The jury invoked, in a press release, "the conviction that literary prizes help support cultural life, booksellers, publishers, readers and authors seriously affected by the containment measures".

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