On Friday, June 13, the Nice Baie des Anges Book Prize will be awarded by Christian Estrosi, Deputy Mayor of the City of Nice and President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, at the opening of the 19th edition of the Nice Book Festival (June 13, 14, and 15), which will be held under the presidency of Mr. Edgard Morin.
It is on Thursday, May 22, that the announcement of the winner will take place at Villa Masséna following deliberations, with the elected winner succeeding Valérie Tong Cuong, who was crowned last year for L’Atelier des miracles.
Eight novels have been selected by the jury, presided over by Franz-Olivier Giesbert, for the 19th Nice Baie des Anges prize.
Sponsored and awarded by the capital of the Côte d’Azur, this literary prize honors a novel published in the twelve months preceding the Nice Book Festival.
The selection:
– Sigmaringen, Pierre ASSOULINE (Gallimard)
– Dernières nouvelles du Martin-Pêcheur, Bernard CHAMBAZ (Flammarion)
– Réparer les vivants, Maylis de KERANGAL (Verticales/Gallimard)
– La petite communiste qui ne souriait jamais, Lola LAFON (Actes Sud)
– L’année des volcans, François-Guillaume LORRAIN (Flammarion)
– Sans Faille, Valentin MUSSO (Le Seuil)
– S’abandonner à vivre, Sylvain TESSON (Gallimard)
– Une Sainte, Émilie de TURCKHEIM (Héloïse d’Ormesson)
The 2014 jury is composed of Franz-Olivier Giesbert, Paule Constant, Irène Frain, Aurélie Hustin de Gubernatis, Didier van Cauwelaert, Laurent Seksik, Jean-Luc Gagliolo (Municipal Councilor delegated to Heritage, Fight against Illiteracy, Theater, Culture, and the Niçoise Language), and Olivier Biscaye (editorial director of the Nice-Matin daily).
Selected by writers and journalists from Nice-Matin, a partner of the Nice Baie des Anges prize, a popular jury of ten readers, who are passionate about books and words, is involved in the deliberations.
