(Paris) The novels by Kevin Lambert and Neige Sinno, among the most discussed of the literary season, are in the running for the Médicis Prize, which unveiled its first selection on Thursday.
Kevin Lambert is also in the running for the December Prize and the Goncourt with his book Let Our Joy Remain.
As for Neige Sinno, she stands out among the authors most appreciated by the juries of the fall awards. She is in the running for Goncourt, Femina, Décembre and Flore with the story of the incest she suffered, Sad Tiger.
This first selection includes 15 novels written in French, and 17 translated books, not all strictly speaking novels. Thus The Book of Daniel by the Belgian Chris de Stoop and The Castaways of the Wager by the American David Grann are stories resulting from journalistic investigations.
After a second selection scheduled for October 18, the Medici Prize must be awarded on November 9, two days after the Goncourt Prize.