The first Méduse prize was awarded to Blandine Rinkel pour Towards violence (Fayard). This third novel by the 31-year-old Nantes girl, also a journalist, actress and musician, presents a girl’s view of her father. His first work, Abandonment of claims (Fayard, 2017) already focused on intergenerational relationships, this time with the mother. ” It would be necessary above all to write of this text the absolute accuracy (…), of the grace with which the novelist somehow knows how to place herself at the right distance from the sword and the bull “, evoked Olivier Mony in his published review on our site in July.
Opening of the literary season
Wanting to be the opening of the literary season, the new Méduse prize ” highlights a French-language novel or story intended to mark the season “. It is endowed with €5,000 and a writing residency. It will be given to him by the Association Friends of Literature of Saint-Tropez, on August 27, in the Var city. Chaired by David Frechethe jury consists of Anne Berest, Raphael Haroche, Lilia Hassaine, Marc Lambron, Simon Liberati, Thibault de Montague, Maria Pourchet, Vanessa SchneiderBruno de Stabenrath et Gaël Tchakaloff.