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15 June 2016 News flash

Reading Marathon - Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation

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The Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation has just launched its Reading Marathon, organised in connection with the Literary Awards.  This activity is an opportunity for lovers of contemporary literature to familiarise themselves with the authors shortlisted by the Literary Council for the 2016 Literary Award and Discovery Grant.

At its session on 4 May 2016, the Literary Council shortlisted the following authors for the Literary Award:

ADONIS – Charles Dantzig – Michel DEL CASTILLO

Denis TILLINAC – Michel TREMBLAY

The following were shortlisted for the Discovery Grant:

Stéphane BARSACQ, Le piano dans l’éducation des jeunes filles (The Piano in the Education of Young Girls)*, Albin Michel, 2016

Julien DONADILLE, Vie et œuvre de Constantin Eröd, (The Life and Work of Constantin Eröd), Grasset, 2016

Paul GRÉVEILLAC, Les âmes rouges (The Red Souls), Gallimard, 2016

Pascal MANOUKIAN, Les échoués (Stranded), Don Quichotte Editions, 2015

Garance MEILLON, Une famille normale (A Normal Family), Fayard, 2016

Séverine WERBA, Appartenir (Belonging),Fayard, 2015

All these works are available in the libraries in Monaco and on the Côte d'Azur that are taking part in the Reading Marathon.

Pupils from two Year 9 classes and one Year 10 class from the Collège Charles III will also be taking part in the Marathon, under the guidance of their Literature teachers.

The winners of the Prince Pierre Foundation Awards will be announced on Tuesday 4 October 2016.

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