The Interallié Prize awarded Thursday to Irène Frain

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The Interallié prize was awarded Thursday to Irène Frain for

(Seuil), a story in which the 70-year-old author recounts the consequences of the murder of her older sister.

Irène Frain obtained six votes, against three for

 by Jean-Paul Enthoven (Grasset) and two for

 by Thibault de Montaigu.

 relates how the novelist will try to shake up the investigation into the death of this sister, killed in her pavilion in the Paris suburbs in 2018, who is moving only extremely slowly.

"The important thing is to live"

The winner is used to success in bookstores, with a loyal following, but less Parisian literary prizes.

“Joy is a feeling that had deserted me for two years.

And the joy of this award is to find this feeling again, ”she told the press when the award was handed over, in front of a (closed) restaurant in Paris.

“This book, it was not written for literary awards.

It was my editors (…) who decided, and I admit that it frightened me, ”she added.

“Maybe we didn't quite see who I was, that there was a misunderstanding.

But that's okay, life is made up of misunderstandings: the important thing is to live ”.

Another literary prize awarded Thursday, the Nicolas-Bouvier Etonnants voyageurs prize, which rewards an escape book, went to the Bulgarian Kapka Kassabova for "Lisière" (Marchialy), a story on the borders of Europe, on the border of his country with Greece and Turkey.

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