Prix de la Page 112 explained

The Prix de la page 112 is a French literary award created in 2012 by the French editor and literary critic Claire Debru.

Purpose

The name and the purpose of this award was inspired by Woody Allen's film Hannah and Her Sisters. In the film, actor Michael Caine tells a woman that she reminds him of a love poem on page 112 of a book of poetry written by e e cummings.^[1] If an entire work is to be judged, this principle assumes that page 112 is an index of quality since the beginning and the end of the work are subjected to a greater amount of attention by authors and editors, whereas page 112 is the ventre mou or soft belly. Thus, the jury members first read this page to determine if a book should be read to qualify for the award.

Laureates

• 2012 : La Recherche de la couleur by Jean-Marc Parisis^[2]
• 2013 : Les Evaporés by Thomas B. Reverdy^[3]
• 2014 : No award
• 2015 : Berezina by Sylvain Tesson^[4]
• 2016 : Basse Fidélité by Philippe Dumez
• 2017 : Sanglier by Dominique Rameau^[5]
• 2018 : La Dernière France by Jacques Jouet^[6]

Notes and References

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hannah and Her Sisters (4/11) Movie CLIP - A Poem of You (1986) HD. www.youtube.com. December 7, 2016. January 20, 2019.
2. Web site: Jean-Marc Parisis remporte le prix de la page 112. Claude Combet. livreshebdo.fr. December 12, 2012. .
3. Web site: Thomas B. Reverdy remporte le Prix de la Page 112. Claude Combet. livreshebdo.fr. November 27, 2013. .
4. Web site: Sylvain Tesson remporte le prix 2015 de la page 112. Claude Combet. livreshebdo.fr. March 12, 2015. .
5. Web site: Dominique Rameau remporte le prix 2017 de la page 112. Claude Combet. livreshebdo.fr. March 29, 2017. .
6. Web site: Jacques Jouet, lauréat 2018 du prix de la Page 112. Claude Combet. livreshebdo.fr. April 12, 2018. .