Created in 1998, the Paul Langevin Literary Prize offers voluntary middle school students from 9th and 10th grades the opportunity to form a jury, read six young adult novels, discuss their reading, and award a literary prize at the end of the year to their favorite book. This year, 286 students from 19 schools in the Alpes-Maritimes are participating in this prize.
For several years now, at the initiative of the Departmental Media Library, the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes has given greater importance to this day by inviting an author or a collection director and offering each student a book.
This Friday, May 24, Mr. Eric Ciotti, Deputy, President of the General Council of the Alpes-Maritimes, will attend the awarding of the Paul Langevin Literary Prize, in the presence of the publisher Soazig Le Bail and 9th and 10th grade students.
Raising awareness among young people about reading
The novels offered to the students are selected by a committee made up of librarians, documentalists, and booksellers, from recent publications written by both French and foreign authors.
