The Renaudot prize was awarded this Wednesday to Belgian author Amélie Nothomb for
Premier sang
(ed. Albin Michel), fictitious memories of her father who died in 2020. A prize announced, as in tradition, a few seconds after the Goncourt.
“There, really, I want to say: daddy, we have the price!
»Exclaimed Amélie Nothomb, at the Drouant restaurant in Paris, where the Goncourt and Renaudot awards were announced.
The successful novelist was elected in the second round, with 6 votes, against 3 for
La Carte postale
d'Anne Berest (Grasset).
An almost constant popular success
The Renaudot of the essay was awarded to
Dans ma rue there were three shops
(Presses de la Cité) by Anthony Palou, said Franz-Olivier Giesbert, one of the Renaudot jurors.
Since her first book,
Hygiène de l'Assassin,
in 1992, the Belgian writer has been writing tirelessly, publishing every year in August and with the same frenzy a work of almost constant popular success.
55-year-old Amélie Nothomb says she writes between three and four novels a year and only publishes one.
“Others will never be accepted.
I have made testamentary arrangements for this.
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Prix Goncourt 2021: Discover “The most secret memory of men” by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, in paper or epub format at Decitre
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