The Goncourt and Renaudot prizes will be awarded on November 30, said the two jury on Friday, which invited the French to support the bookstores, closed since the reconfinement. 

The Goncourt and Renaudot awards will be presented on November 30, with the hope that bookstores will then be reopened or on the verge of reopening, the two juries announced on Friday.

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"The Goncourt academics met this Friday, November 13 in the morning by videoconference and, following the words of the Prime Minister the day before, announce that they will proclaim the Goncourt 2020 prize on Monday November 30," said the Goncourt Academy in a press release .

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- Académie Goncourt (@AcadGoncourt) November 13, 2020

On Thursday, the head of government Jean Castex hinted at the possibility of reopening "non-essential" businesses from December 1.

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The Goncourt academics wanted to anticipate a happy outcome for the booksellers.

"Everyone wants everyone to be able to buy books for the end of year celebrations. This date of November 30, which should precede - finally - the essential reopening of bookstores, will allow booksellers to be supplied on time" , they added.

Le Renaudot decided to follow.

"As is customary, the Renaudots will announce their winners on the same day as the Goncourts," the president of the jury, Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud told AFP.

Goncourt prize giving postponed 

The Goncourt, the most prestigious of French literary awards, was initially due to be awarded on November 10.

But on October 29, on the eve of the start of a second confinement which meant the obligation for bookstores to close their doors, the Goncourt Academy had indicated that it was postponing it "to an undetermined date".

"For academics there is no question of handing it over so that it benefits other sales platforms," ​​she said.

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Among the other prizes, some have followed this line, such as the Renaudot or the Interallié, as well as the Goncourt des lycéens.

But others preferred to maintain their date, and the Femina and the Medici, for example, were awarded on November 2 and 6 respectively.

Encourage "click and collect"

The jury of the Interallie, traditionally one of the last prizes awarded, told AFP on Friday that it was still considering the date.

Booksellers have the right to sell pre-ordered books by mail order or on their doorstep.

"In the meantime, thank you to readers for favoring, for their book purchases, the click and collect bookstores," said the Académie Goncourt.