To celebrate its 90th anniversary, the Deux Magots prize, created in 1933 following the three other eminent French literary awards, the Goncourt (1902), the Femina (1904) and the Renaudot (1926), has decided to assert itself . Presented until now in January, it will now be awarded on the last Monday of September, a way of opening the fall prize ball. The jury, chaired by Étienne de Montety, director of literary Figaro and writer, met last night in the mythical café of Deux Magots to deliberate. Among the authors chosen during the first deliberations and whose list had been revealed last July, they retained four. An original selection that goes off the beaten track:
Guy Boley, To my sister and only (Grasset)
Nicolas Chemla, the Abyss (Le Cherche Midi)
Julie Héraclès, You know nothing about me (JC Lattès)
Gaspard Koenig, Humus, (the Observatory)
The name of the winner will be announced on September 25 at the Café des Deux Magots, a center of French literary life in the 20th century, frequented by the greatest writers. The Prix des Deux Magots jury brings together, in addition to its president Étienne de Montety, Laurence Caracalla, Isabelle Carré, Jean Chalon, Jean-Luc Coatalem, Eric Deschodt, Pauline Dreyfus, Clara Dupont-Monod, Benoit Duteurtre, Pierre Kyria, Marianne Payot, Abel Quentin.
