French writer Emmanuel Carrère wins the Medicis Literary Prize culture

The Prix Médicis jury announced on Wednesday that French writer Emmanuel Carrère won this prestigious literary award, known for its high standards, for his novel “Kolkhoze,” published by POL Publishing House.

Author Nina Allan also won the Medicis Prize for Foreign Fiction for her novel Les Bons Voisins, published by Tristram. In the literary essay category, Fabrice Gabriel won the award for his work “Au cinema Central,” published by the publishing house Mercure de France.

This award was awarded the day after other major French literary awards were distributed. Laurent Mauvignier won the Prix Goncourt for his novel, La maison vide, published by Minuit, while Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre won the Prix Renaudot for her novel, I Wanted to Live. voulais vivre” published by Grasset.

On Monday, Nathacha Appanah won the “Prix Femina” for her novel “The Heart of Women” (“Le coeur des femmes”), published by Gallimard.

It is noteworthy that Emmanuel Carrère, 67 years old, was also shortlisted for the Goncourt Prize for his novel “Kolkhoze”. It is a family saga extending over 560 pages, in which the writer tells the story of 4 generations of one family, the family of his mother, historian Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, who lived an exceptional life.

Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Emmanuel Carrère has published 17 books, in addition to a large number of newspaper articles and about 20 screenplays and films. He particularly attracted attention with novels such as “The Mustache” (“La mustache”), “The Adversary” (“L’adversaire”), “A Russian Novel” (“Un roman russe”), and “A Life Other than Mine” (“D’autres vies que la mienne”).

The writer previously won the “Prix Femina” in 1995 for his novel “La classe de neige,” and the “Prix Renaudot” in 2011 for his novel “Limonov.”

In 2024, the Prix Médicis was awarded to Julia Deck for her novel, Ann d’Angleterre, published by Seuil.