Name: US Goncourt Prize Selection Ceremony
Start: 2022-04-30T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-04-30
Location: Albertine

US Goncourt Prize Selection Ceremony

Villa Albertine

Join us for the launch of the first edition of the Choix Goncourt US (US Goncourt Prize Selection)!

Albertine

Find out which book won the first edition of the Choix Goncourt US (US Goncourt Prize Selection) during an exciting event at Albertine featuring a conversation with student jurors moderated by Honorary Chair Siri Hustvedt and followed by a cocktail reception.In 2022, the Académie Goncourt is proud to present the first annual Choix Goncourt US (US Goncourt Prize Selection), organized and supported by Villa Albertine. French literature students from five distinguished American universities (Duke, Harvard, NYU, Princeton, and Yale) have spent months studying the nine books shortlisted in the second round of the 2021 Prix Goncourt. They will convene in New York to deliberate and select their winner —join them to celebrate after their deliberation at 5pm on April 30! The 9 shortlisted books :<ul><li>Le voyage dans l&#x27;Est, by Christine Angot, published by Editions Flammarion</li><li>La carte postale, by Anne Berest, published by Editions Grasset et Fasquelle</li><li>Enfant de salaud, by Sorj Chalandon, published by Editions Grasset et Fasquelle</li><li>Milwaukee blues, by Louis-Philippe Dalembert, published by Editions Sabine Wespieser</li><li>L&#x27;éternel fiancé, by Agnes Desarthe, published by Editions de L&#x27;Olivier</li><li>S’adapter, by Clara Dupont-Monod, published by Editions Stock</li><li>Le voyant d’Etampes, by Abel Quentin, published by Editions de L’Observatoire</li><li>La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, published by Editions Philippe Rey and Jimsaan Publishing House</li><li>La fille qu’on appelle, by Tanguy Viel, published by Editions de Minuit</li></ul>Special thanks to Philippe Claudel, Secretary General of the Académie Goncourt, for his virtual introduction.Proof of vaccination is required and will be checked at the door. The US Goncourt Prize Selection is organized and supported by Villa Albertine, in partnership with the Académie Goncourt, Albertine Bookstore, and Duke, Harvard, NYU, Princeton, and Yale. The event will be streamed live on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Albertinebooks" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>.

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