Five authors remain in the running for the Goncourt des lycéens which will be awarded this Thursday, November 28, 2024 in Rennes. After more than two months of diligent reading, Sandrine Collette, Rebecca Lighieri, Thibault de Montaigu, Abdellah Taïa and the successful thriller author Olivier Norek still have a chance of winning this prize created in 1988 in Rennes.
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The five finalists are Sandrine Collette (“Madelaine avant l’Aube”, JC Lattès), Rebecca Lighieri (“The Club of Lost Children”, POL), Thibault de Montaigu (“Heart”, Albin Michel), Abdellah Taïa (“The bastion of tears”, Julliard) and Olivier Norek, who abandoned his usual genre, for “The Winter Warriors” (ed. Michel Lafon).
“After more than two months of diligent reading of the 14 novels in the running, from the first selection of the Académie Goncourt, the high school students delegates from each region deliberated behind closed doors. the organizers said in a press release.
Thirteen high school student delegates, designated during regional deliberations organized in six cities (Lyon, Metz, Poitiers, Nîmes, Paris and Rennes), will meet Thursday morning in the Breton capital, behind closed doors, “for the great national deliberation”, specifies the press release.
These delegates must announce the winner around 1:10 p.m. at Rennes town hall while the award ceremony will take place in the early evening at the Ministry of National Education, in Paris, according to the same source.
Very influential in terms of sales, the Goncourt for high school students can represent several hundred thousand copies sold in certain years.
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Little brother of the Goncourt for adults, the Goncourt for high school students, created in Rennes in 1988 and organized by Fnac and the Ministry of National Education, takes place every year from September to November.
It allows young readers to discover contemporary literature and promote a taste for reading in their establishments.
In 2023, the Goncourt prize for high school students was awarded to Neige Sinno for her novel “Triste tigre”, published by POL, while in 2022 Sabyl Ghoussoub won the prize for her novel “Beyrouth-sur-Seine” (ed. Stock).
Neige Sinno won the 2023 Goncourt prize for high school students, awarded like every year in Rennes. • © P. Queyroux / France Télévisions
