The Prix de la page 112 is a French literary award created in 2012 by the French editor and literary critic Claire Debru.[1]
Purpose edit
The name and the purpose of this award was inspired by Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters. In the film, actor Michael Caine tells a woman that she reminds him of a love poem on page 112 of a book of poetry written by e e cummings.[1][2] If an entire work is to be judged,[3] this principle assumes that page 112 is an index of quality since the beginning and the end of the work are subjected to a greater amount of attention by authors and editors,[1] whereas page 112 is the ventre mou or soft belly.[3] Thus, the jury members first read this page to determine if a book should be read to qualify for the award.[1][3]
Laureates edit
- 2012 : La Recherche de la couleur by Jean-Marc Parisis[4]
- 2013 : Les Evaporés by Thomas B. Reverdy[5]
- 2014 : No award
- 2015 : Berezina by Sylvain Tesson[6]
- 2016 : Basse Fidélité by Philippe Dumez
- 2017 : Sanglier by Dominique Rameau[7]
- 2018 : La Dernière France by Jacques Jouet[8]
Notes and References edit
- ^ a b c d "Un prix à la page". lemonde.fr. Retrieved November 23, 2012..
- ^ "Hannah and Her Sisters (4/11) Movie CLIP - A Poem of You (1986) HD". www.youtube.com. December 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
- ^ a b c David Caviglioli. "Peut-on juger un livre en n'en lisant qu'une page?". bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012..
- ^ Claude Combet. "Jean-Marc Parisis remporte le prix de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved December 12, 2012..
- ^ Claude Combet. "Thomas B. Reverdy remporte le Prix de la Page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved November 27, 2013..
- ^ Claude Combet. "Sylvain Tesson remporte le prix 2015 de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved March 12, 2015..
- ^ Claude Combet. "Dominique Rameau remporte le prix 2017 de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved March 29, 2017..
- ^ Claude Combet. "Jacques Jouet, lauréat 2018 du prix de la Page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved April 12, 2018..