Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco - 2017 Prizewinners

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From left to right:  Zabou Breitman, winner of the High School Students' Favourite Choice, Gilles Marchand, Blandine Rinkel, winner of the Discovery Grant, Michel Tremblay, winner of the Literary Prize and Admir Shkurtaj, winner of the Young Music Fans' Favourite Choice 

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The Prince Pierre Foundation's 2017 Prizewinners have just been announced:

- Winner of the Literary Prize

Michel Tremblay, for the whole of his work

- Winner of the Discovery Grant

Blandine Rinkel, for L'abandon des pretentions (Abandoning Pretensions)*, Fayard, January 2017

- High School Students' Favourite Choice

Gilles Marchand for Une bouche sans personne (A Mouth Without Anyone), Aux Forges de Vulcain, August 2016

- Young Music Fans' Favourite Choice

Admir Shkurtaj for his opera Katër i Radës - Il Naufragio

- The Musical Springboard

Harry Vogt, producer of new music at the WDR (Westdeutsche Rundfunk)

- Prize for a Critical Essay on Contemporary Art

Shanay Jhaveri, for his article As Visible from the Outside - Filmmakers and India.

* Translations provided for information purposes only