French Embassy in the U.S. Announces 2019 Nominees for the Albertine Prize: $10,000 Reader's Choice Award for French Fiction in English

NEW YORK, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Showcasing this year the extraordinary diversity and creativity of contemporary French writing, the five Albertine Prize nominated books map a literary journey that spans three continents and encompasses the outbreak of a civil war and the Rwandan genocide ("Small Country", by Gaël Faye, tr. Sarah Ardizzone); the epic journey of a family over three generations between Teheran and Paris and eastern and western cultures ("Disoriental", by Négar Djavadi, tr. Tina Kover); the creation and destruction of a family in a southwestern village in France ("Waiting for Tomorrow", by Nathacha Appanah, tr. Geoffrey Strachan), the ambivalent and tragic relationship between a family and a nanny ("The Perfect Nanny", by Leïla Slimani, tr. Sam Taylor), a narrative analysis of WWII outbreak and Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria ("The Order of the Day", by Éric Vuillard, tr. Mark Polizzotti).

"Now in its third year, the Albertine Prize has become an important annual literary event," said Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in the United States. "It is a unique and engaging way for the English speaking readers across the U.S. to discover the vibrant French literary scene. We hope that this prize continues to expand to new audiences, and to shed light on the immense value of reading translated literature."

From now until April 30, 2019, readers nationwide can vote online at Albertine.com for their favorite book. The author and translator of the prize-winning book will be rewarded with a $10,000 prize at a ceremony, in the presence of the Prize's Honorary Chairs, acclaimed author and translator Lydia Davis and French literary critic and TV and radio host François Busnel, at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy on June 5th, 2019. The author will receive $8,000 and the translator will receive $2,000. The Albertine Prize selection committee is composed of the Albertine Prize Honorary Chairs, the staff at the Albertine bookstore.

Albertine, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy's a reading room and bookshop located in New York City, brings to life French-American intellectual exchange. A permanent venue for free events and debates, the space offers more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from over 30 French-speaking countries around the world. Visit http://www.albertine.com.

To vote for the Albertine Prize, please visit http://www.albertine.com/albertine-prize-2019.

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SOURCE Cultural Services of the French Embassy