La Tribune Book Prize: discover the final selection

2023-06-05 07:19:00

The members of the jury* gathered at the Hôtel Alfred Sommier established the final selection of the works competing in the four categories of the Prize the Tribune.

In the FICTION category:

The artificial links, by Nathan Devers (Albin Michel)

The Paymaster, by Yannick Haenel (Gallimard)

The poetry of the markets, by Anne-Laure Delaye (Albin Michel)

In the TRIAL category:

Give meaning to work. A revolutionary aspiration, by Thomas Coutrot and Coralie Perez (Seuil)

Bifurcations. Reinventing industrial society through ecology? by Pierre Veltz (Editions de l’Aube)

When the word destroys, by Monique Atlan and Roger-Pol Droit (Editions de l’Observatoire)

In the ENGAGED category:

Slow down or perish. The economics of decline, by Timothée Parrique (Seuil)

The couple and the money. Why men are richer than women by Titiou Lecoq (The Iconoclast)

Ecology is not a consensus. Overcome indignation, by Francois Gemenne (Fayard)

In the HYBRID category:

A pas de deux, by Javier Santiso (Gallimard)

strange heights, by Laurent Seyer (Finitude)

An untitled man, by Xavier Le Clerc (Gallimard)

On the evening of June 28 at the Hôtel de l’Industrie (registrations within the limit of available places) place Saint Germain in Paris, the winners will be revealed. An evening introduced by his godfather, the neuropsychiatrist and essayist Boris Cyrulnikand informed by a debate between the philosopher Cynthia Fleury et Alexandre Viros, Chairman of Adecco Group France. All will bring to light the words (that we read or that we write) as revealers of who we are.

Value creation and affirmation of values

As a reminder, this first edition of the Prix du livre the Tribune rewards novels, stories, essays, manifestos (published between August 31, 2022 and March 30, 2023) that explore business issues; who question the functioning of the economy; who delve into the challenges of transformation – including managerial, social – to which all the company (and its stakeholders), all the economy (global and territorial) and therefore all society are facing.

The winning works stimulate and enrich theexercise responsible economy ; they offer singular and useful material for any conscience in general and any decision-maker in particular in search of a ethical exercise demanding of its responsibilities ; they outline the contours of a world that combines the creation of value in the singular and the affirmation of values ​​in the plural.

*Members of the jury: Tatiana de Francqueville, general manager of the Tribune ; Joel TronchonEuropean CSR Director of L’Oréal; Mathieu Souquiereauthor, former ministerial adviser, associate expert with the Jean Jaurès Foundation; Dominique Favariobusiness manager, president of the Festival Livres en Marches; Salome Berlioux, founder of the association Chemins d’Avenir; Isabelle Boccon-Gibod, independent director and photographer; Sylvain Blankets, investment director at Latour Capital ; Marie-Catherine Boinaybusiness angel and independent director; Mathieu Menegauxauthor and director of Brighthouse (BCG); Olivier MoussonPresident of the National Industry Encouragement Society; Karine Dognin-SauzeGeneral Delegate of the IFA, Cecile Daclin-Bodet, director of public affairs RTE AURA.

The jury is chaired by Denis Lafay (journalist, editorial adviser to the Tribune in charge of its Ideas – Society division, novelist and essayist); Catherine Farin (agent and literary scout, senior advisor pool administrators of Bpifrance) is general secretary.