The France-Quebec literary prize was awarded on Wednesday to Tristan Malavoy for his second novel, The Eye of Jupiter, published last year by Boréal.
The author, who is also a poet, musician and publisher, tells the story of a professor at the Montreal CEGEP who leaves his post and lands in New Orleans where, in a bar in the French Market, he meets ‘a woman who expresses herself in indefinable French. Their encounters, placed under the sign of alcohol and desire, take on the appearance of a crossover where everyone protects their secrets.
His first novel, The Stone Nest (Boréal, 2015), found itself on Radio-Canada’s list of “100 books that best tell about their time”.
The other finalists for this year’s France-Quebec Prize were Theo forever, by Louise Dupré (published by Héliotrope), and My brother Paul, by Marité Villeneuve (Éditions Del Busso). It was awarded in 2020 to Michel Jean for his novel Kukum.
This award, which comes with a scholarship of 5,000 euros ($ 7,100), is awarded by a jury from Quebec and French book circles and aims to promote Quebec literature in France.
Tristan Malavoy will also be at the Montreal Book Fair on Saturday, November 27 for a signing session at the Éditions du Boréal kiosk.