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Initial shortlist for the 2020 Orange Book Prize
The panel of judges met on 12 May by videoconference and shortlisted 21 novels. Discover the full list at lecteurs.com. The six finalists will be announced on 15 June.
2nd edition of the Orange Book Prize in...
Launched in October 2019, the Orange Book Prize in Africa selects a novel written in French by an African author that was published between 1 November 2018 and 30 October 2019 by a publisher based on the African continent. For this 2nd edition of the prize, 38 novels were entered by 28...
The Orange Book Prize in Africa is back for a...
In 2020, we bring you the second Orange Book Prize, first launched in Africa in 2019.Books entering the 2020 competition can be submitted from now until the end of November. The event, held with the support of the Institut Français, is our way of helping new literary talent and bringing it to a...
Jean-Baptiste Maudet, winner of the 2019...
For its 11th edition, the Orange Book Prize went to Jean-Baptiste Maudet for his novel "Matador Yankee", published by Le Passage. The jury was chaired by Jean-Christophe Rufin and made up of authors: Joachim Schnerf (winner in 2018 for his novel, “Cette Nuit, Zulma”), Geneviève Brisac, Jean-Luc...