Prix de la Page 112

The Prix de la page 112 is a French literary award created in 2012 by the French editor and literary critic Claire Debru.[1]

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][2] If an entire work is to be judged,[3] 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,[1] whereas page 112 is the ventre mou or soft belly.[3] Thus, the jury members first read this page to determine if a book should be read to qualify for the award.[1][3]

Laureates

Notes and References
  1. "Un prix à la page". lemonde.fr. Retrieved November 23, 2012..
  2. "Hannah and Her Sisters (4/11) Movie CLIP - A Poem of You (1986) HD". www.youtube.com. December 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  3. David Caviglioli. "Peut-on juger un livre en n'en lisant qu'une page?". bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012..
  4. Claude Combet. "Jean-Marc Parisis remporte le prix de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved December 12, 2012..
  5. Claude Combet. "Thomas B. Reverdy remporte le Prix de la Page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved November 27, 2013..
  6. Claude Combet. "Sylvain Tesson remporte le prix 2015 de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved March 12, 2015..
  7. Claude Combet. "Dominique Rameau remporte le prix 2017 de la page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved March 29, 2017..
  8. Claude Combet. "Jacques Jouet, lauréat 2018 du prix de la Page 112". livreshebdo.fr. Retrieved April 12, 2018..
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