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(Paris, November 03. EFE) .- The writer Mathias Énard today won the Goncourt prize in 2015 for his work “Boussole” a scholar poetic review that aims to dismantle ” clichés “about East , organizers said today.
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The 43-year writer happens to the winners of the prestigious award to the author Lydie Salvayre, who won the prize with “Pas pleurer”, set in the Spanish Civil War.
Narrated from the voice of Franz Ritter, an Orientalist university musicologist who lives in Vienna and is suffering from a serious disease that leads to . smoke opium to ease the pain, the work evokes memories of childhood
With long, poetic phrases, lyrical narration recalls in some ways the Chilean Roberto Bolaño; Not surprisingly, the protagonist called his beloved “wild detective” another evocation of the author.
Enard beat three other finalists, including Hédi Kaddour, big favorite with his “Les prépondérants” which last week had received the prize from the French Academy.
In winning the Goncourt, Kaddour would have become the third author in the history of award that would provide the same year the two major literary awards in the country .
The other two finalists were Tobie Nathan, for “Ce qui te ressemble pays” and Nathalie Azaoulai for “Titus n ‘Bérénice aimait pas “.
The Renaudot prize, another prominent literary award fails the same day and in the same place as the Goncourt, went to Delphine de Vigan, the only female finalist, for “Cartoon D’après join vraie” .
The booksellers believe that the impact of the Goncourt, which has a symbolic prize of 10 euros, translates into 400,000 books sold and the Renaudot, 200,000 .
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