Goncourt 2026: first list of sixteen novels unveiled
The Académie Goncourt has named the sixteen novels competing for France's most prestigious literary prize, with the winner to be announced on 3 November.
The jury of the Académie Goncourt revealed on Wednesday its first selection for the 124th edition of the prize, according to Livres Hebdo. Sixteen novels made the initial cut.
Among the authors named in the selection are Philippe Jaenada, Sonia Devillers and Anne Godard, according to Télérama. No further details of the list's contents were given in the announcements.
The Académie will proceed through further rounds before the prize is awarded on 3 November at the restaurant Drouant in Paris, the traditional site of the announcement, per Livres Hebdo.
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