Kevin Lambert and his novel Let Our Joy Remain were selected among the eight finalists for the Medici Prize.

Among the other finalists for the prize this year is also the novel Sarah, Susanne and the Writer, by Éric Reinhardt (Gallimard), as well as Sad Tiger, by Neige Sinno (P. O. L.).

This is not the first time that a novel by Kevin Lambert has been noticed by the Médicis jury: You will love what you have killed was among the finalists in 2021, and Querelle de Roberval, in the first selection of the prize in 2019.

The writer is also one of the four finalists for the December Prize, which will be awarded on October 31 in Paris. He was also selected in the first Goncourt list at the beginning of September, but was not included in the second list. He is still in the running for the Goncourt for high school students.

May Our Joy Remain tells of the turmoil into which an internationally renowned architect finds herself, accused of accelerating the gentrification of neighborhoods. This third title by the author has caused a lot of ink to flow over the months, finding itself at the heart of a controversy involving François Legault last summer. The Prime Minister earned harsh criticism from Kevin Lambert after complimenting him on his book.

Then, at the beginning of September, Kevin Lambert was again at the center of a controversy after his selection at Goncourt, criticized this time by the French writer and Goncourt 2018 Nicolas Mathieu who criticized him for having used a sensitive reader in the process of rereading his novel.

The winners of the three categories of the Médicis Prize will be revealed on November 9, in Paris.