The 2015 Goncourt Prize is a choice in favor of the East. The course on the destruction of stereotypes Automatic translate

PARIS. Matthias Enard’s book on the East helped him become the winner of the 2015 Goncourt Prize.

Before Enard, the owners of the oldest literary prize in France in different years became Huelbeck, Barbius, Proust, Trois, Druon. The number of votes given to the winner this year turned out to be similar to the result of 1903. The fate of the first Gonkurovskaya awarded to John Antoine But for the book "Hostile Strength" about the psychiatric clinic, escape from it and love, was decided by six out of ten academics. A naturalistic and frank study of the human psyche was fully consistent with the principles of the founders of the award, the creators of the impressionist style in literature, the Goncourt brothers.

You can become the winner of Prix Goncourt once. Only Romain Gary managed to get around the strict charter. He completed the winning double after 19 years, using the pseudonym Emil Azhar. None of the names are genuine. The life of Roman Katsev, born to a Jewish family in the city of Vilna, writer, diplomat, film director, pilot and great mystifier, who committed suicide 35 years ago, can itself become the plot for an adventure novel with elements of drama. Making an adventurous decision about the prize, Gary was guided by no means financial considerations. Her cash collateral is symbolic, and currently stands at € 10. The main preferences are an increase in fees, increased circulation and the fame of a remarkable writer.

Mathias Énard received an award for the Boussole novel (Compass), which tells what the Middle East really is. Without myths, conjectures and fears. A Frenchman living in Barcelona is familiar with this topic firsthand due to his long stay in Beirut, Tehran, Damascus, command of Arabic and Persian languages, and visits to areas of military conflict.

The current attempt to conquer the French literary Olympus is not the first in his biography. The novel about Michelangelo “Tell them about the battles, kings and elephants” brought him in 2010 an alternative Goncourt Prize for lyceum students. There is a special scholarship from the French Academy in the luggage of the winner, guaranteeing a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome, and other literary awards. In addition to active literary activities, Enard is teaching Arabic at the University of Barcelona.

Elena Tanakova © Gallerix.ru