It’s not every day that Chantal Ladesou appears complicit alongside her husband Michel Ansault in the face of photographers – he who remains generally aloof from the star life led by the actress – although he has done a surprise appearance in Mask Singer last September while his sweetheart participated in the show as an investigator. In any case, this Monday, November 7, the two lovebirds did not hesitate to pose proudly together on the occasion of the first edition of the Castel Literary Prizeorganized in the private club-restaurant of the same name, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
She was on the guest list, as were Martin Lamotte and his wife Sophie, – with whom she also posed, as well as with her husband – actresses Arielle Dombasle, Caroline Loeb, Anne Parillaud and Elodie Navarre, the filmmaker Patrick Mille, journalists Bernard de La Villardière, David Pujadas and Cyril Viguier and writer Catherine Millet, the big winner of this competition. The 74-year-old writer was rewarded for her book Beginnings (Éditions Flammarion), who was elected by the jury in the second round, with 5 votes, against 4 for Misconduct by Emma Becker (Editions Albin Michel).
Great rewards
“After a dream childhood, Catherine Millet continues in the autobiographical vein with the story of her beginnings in the world of contemporary art. Her personal story, her encounters with friends and lovers, her transition to adulthood, are closely intertwined with the discovery of this environment which she chose to make her profession. In doing so, she paints the portrait of an era and a generation, marked by artists whose careers have continued until today.“, could we read in a press release from the agency Marie-Jacquier, who is also the author of Catherine M’s sex life (2001), by day of suffering (2008) and more recently from A dream childhood (2014).
She thus won the sum of 5,000 euros, a membership card of Castle, as well as the possibility, for one year, of being, with the person of their choice, invited by the institution whenever they wish. A plaque will include “engraved with his name and affixed in the library” of the establishment.