Created in 1994, this prize distinguished last year volume 3 of Hakim’s Odyssey, From Macedonia to France from Fabien Toulme, telling the story of a young Syrian leaving his country accompanied by his son on a three-year journey to reach France.
This year, we find in the jury Jean-Philippe Baille (director of franceinfo) but also Armêl Balogog (journalist agency franceinfo), Melanie Delaunay (presenter), Stephane Dufour (editor-in-chief), Aude Lambert (journalism at the image center), Xavier Monferran (sports journalist), Jean-Christophe Ogier (Comic strip specialist), Gabriel Pereira (editor-in-chief) and Delphine Surreau (Editor in Chief).
Discover the list of the eleven albums in the running:
At the women’s house, Nicolas Wild (Delcourt)
Flic, from Valentin Gendrot and Thierry Chavant (The Golden Drop)
Whistleblowers, from Flore Talamon and Bruno Loth, (Delcourt)
Hong Kong, fallen city, Kwong-Shing Lau, (Street of the chessboard)
The cell, from Nicolas Otero and Soren Seelow (The arenas)
A History of Corsican Nationalism, Benjamin Adès (The cartoon-Dargaud review)
The Endless World, from Christophe blain and Jean-Marc Jancovici (Dargaud)
Law of the soil, d’Etienne Davodeau (Futuropolis)
Factory output, from David lopez (Steinkis)
A corner of humanity, from Cake (First)
All these titles will be presented by Jean-Christophe Ogier on Sundays January 2 and 9, 2022 at 7:55 am, 11:25 am and 1:55 pm in his program “BD Bande dessinées” as well as on the franceinfo.fr site
Eleven nominees who shed light on ecological and social issues. We will particularly remember The Endless World as well as Law of the soil, who are both also selected for the brand new Eco-Fauve Raja prize at the Angoulême International Festival
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