The Grand prix du roman métis is a French
literary award
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established in 2010 by the city of
Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion.
It rewards a
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in ...
novel published less than a year ago and which emphasizes the values of
multiracialism
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,
multiculturalism
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and
humanism
Humanism is a philosophy, philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and Agency (philosophy), agency of human beings, whom it considers the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry.
The me ...
. The institution also awards each year the ''Prix du roman métis des lycéens'' and the ''Prix du roman métis des lecteurs de la ville de Saint-Denis''. Each prize is worth 5000 euros.
Jury
The jury comes from the book world and includes the winners of the previous year’s award.
List of winners
Grand prix du roman métis
Prix du roman métis des lycéens
Prix du roman métis des lecteurs de la ville de Saint-Denis
Special mentions
* 2018 : Jury special mention
for ''Un océan, deux mers, trois continents'' by
Wilfried N'Sondé
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,
Actes Sud
Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members.
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* 2019 : Jury special mention for ''Là où les chiens aboient par la queue'' by
Estelle-Sarah Bulle,
éditions Liana Levi.
La Réunion des Livres, ''Grand Prix du Roman Métis''
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References
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External links
La Réunion des livres
French literary awards
Awards established in 2010
French-language literary awards