Prix de la Page 112
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
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
- 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
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