'Lost Generation' novel wins top French literary prize France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded on Monday to Pierre Lemaitre for a fast-moving adventure-tragedy about the lost generation after World War I. It was the first Goncourt win for longtime crime writer Lemaitre and his first non-genre work after a series of successful thrillers.
Nov. 4, 2013 - AFP via Yahoo! News
Marie NDiaye in BBC News I am very happy to be a woman receiving the Goncourt,said NDiaye at the awards ceremony, which by tradition took place in a Parisian restaurant.
François Mitterrand in AsiaOne Writers who are awarded the Goncourt Prize have the right to say what they want,Mitterrand told France-Bleu Isere radio on Thursday.