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Novel on Hitler’s rise wins France’s top book award
November 7 , 2017
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- The Prix Goncourt was awarded to Eric Vuillard's book "L'Ordre du jour" (in English "Agenda") by the 10 members of the Academy Goncourt in Paris for his story on how German industry and finance backed Adolf Hitler.
- The Prix Renaudot award, which is often seen as a consolation prize for those not shortlisted for the Goncourt, went to “The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” by Author Olivier Guez, which describes about the secret post-Holocaust life of the Nazi war criminal.
- The academy was founded by the 19th-century French literary figure Edmond de Goncourt to encourage new talent in French literature.
- The Prix Goncourt has been awarded every year since 1903, in honor of Edmond's brother Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt, considered as the most prestigious in the French-speaking world.
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