Prix ​​Médicis: Nathacha Appanah, Emmanuel Carrère, Laurent Mauvignier in the first selection

On Friday, September 12, the Médicis Prize jury selected 14 French novels in its first selection, including those by writers Nathacha Appanah, Emmanuel Carrère and Laurent Mauvignier, driving forces of the literary season.

Chaired by Pascale Roze and composed of nine members, all writers, the jury also published a list of 14 foreign novels. The Prix Médicis, renowned for its literary excellence, will be awarded on November 5, the day after the Goncourt Prize.

Second, narrowed lists are expected on October 16, as well as a first trial list.

• Julien d'Abrigeon, Who falls from the stars (Le Quartanier)
• Nathacha Appanah, Night in the Heart (Gallimard)
• Emmanuel Carrère, Kolkhoz (POL)
• Ghislaine Dunant, Infinite Love (Albin Michel)
• Victor Jestin, The Bad Player (Flammarion)
• Laurent Mauvignier, The Empty House (Midnight)
• Céline Minard, Tovaangar (Rivages)
• Anya Nousri, I Was Glanced (The Astral Beaver)
• Kevin Orr, Laure (Seuil)
• Marie Richeux, Radio Officer (Sabine Wespieser)
• Louise Rose, The Projectiles (POL)
• Anne Serre, Vertu and Rosalinde (Mercure de France)
• Julia Sintzen, Sporen (Corti)
• Laura Vazquez, The Forces (Editions du Sous-Sol)

• Nina Allan, Good Neighbors (Tristram)
• Jen Beagin, Suissexe (Mercure de France)
• Natasha Brown, The Universalists (Grasset)
• Javier Cercas, The Madman of God at the End of the World (Actes Sud)
• Carys Davies, Clearing (The Round Table)
• Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos (Gallimard)
• Percival Everett, James (The Olivier)
• Gerard Guix, Doppelgänger (At the Forges de Vulcain)
• Sao Ichikawa, The Hunchback (Globe)
• Micha Lewinsky, Ben or the Art of Escape (Phébus)
• Péter Nádas, What Shines in the Darkness (Black on White)
• Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerable (Stock)
• Tommy Orange, The Wandering Stars (Albin Michel)
• Dizz Tate, Brutes (L'Olivier)