Brive’s Prix de la langue française honours Chantal Thomas
The writer and Académie française member received the award for her body of work at the opening of the Foire du livre.
Chantal Thomas received the Prix de la langue française on the evening of 6 November at the opening of the Foire du livre in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. The city magazine Brivemag reported on the presentation on 7 November. Created by the city in 1986, the prize recognises the writer’s body of work rather than a single book from this season.
Jury member Jérôme Garcin recalled Thomas’s affinity for the eighteenth century and the range of figures who appear in her books, from Sade to Virginia Woolf. In her speech, Thomas paid tribute to Colette. The fair, chaired by Dominique Bona, runs until 8 November. Fiction is hosted in the expanded Halle Brassens, while comics and books for young readers have their own space in the Trois Provinces area.