{"id":60103,"date":"2023-03-23T21:11:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T21:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/events\/2023-us-goncourt-prize-selection-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:45:08","slug":"2023-us-goncourt-prize-selection-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/2023-us-goncourt-prize-selection-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 US Goncourt Prize Selection Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prix Goncourt is France\u2019s most prestigious literary prize. International Goncourt Selections\u2014established for the first time in 1998 in Poland and now made by university students in more than 20 countries\u2014are a global literary barometer, gauging how the Goncourt Prize shortlist resonates with different young audiences around the world. This year, the International Goncourt Selection comes back to the United States, presented once again by Villa Albertine in partnership with the Acad\u00e9mie Goncourt.<\/p>\n

The jurors are French literature students from eight distinguished American universities: Duke, Harvard, NYU, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Columbia, and the University of Virginia. They have spent months studying the six books shortlisted for the second US Goncourt Prize Selection.<\/p>\n

On April 29th at Villa Albertine, they will convene, debate, and select their winner.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Honorary Chair Anne Berest, winner of last year\u2019s US Goncourt Prize Selection, the ceremony will begin at 5pm and will be followed by a cocktail reception.<\/p>\n

The 6 shortlisted books are as follows:<\/p>\n