ALBERTINE | Albertine Prize 2018

Albertine Prize

Not One Day

By Anne Garreta
Translated by Emma Ramadan Published by Deep Vellum Publishing

Not One Day begins with a maxim: “Not one day without a woman.” What follows is an intimate, erotic, and sometimes bitter recounting of loves and lovers past, breathtakingly written, exploring the interplay between memory, fantasy, and desire. “For life is too short to submit to reading poorly written books and sleeping with women one does not love.” Anne Garreta, author of the groundbreaking novel Sphinx (Deep Vellum, 2015), is a member of the renowned Oulipo literary group. Not One Day won the Prix Medicis in 2002, recognizing Garreta as an author “whose fame does not yet match their talent.”

Anne Garréta’s stunning prose brings to life the mind of a writer, mired in a…

2018 Shortlist

VOTING FOR THE ALBERTINE PRIZE 2018 HAS CLOSED

The Albertine Prize, co-presented by Van Cleef & Arpels and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, recognizes American readers’ favorite French-language fiction title that has been translated into English and distributed in the US within the preceding calendar year (January 1 through December 31, 2017).

The Albertine Prize selection committee is composed of the Albertine Prize Honorary Chairs, acclaimed author and translator Lydia Davis and French literary critic and TV and radio host François Busnel, the staff at the Albertine bookstore, and the Book Department at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Readers were invited to discover a shortlist of five works and vote for their favorite titles before May 1, 2018.

Voting took place online at Albertine.com between December 2017 and April 2018. A lively book battle brought together five champions to debate the merits of the nominated titles on April 12. Throughout the five months, Albertine and Cultural Services staff explained why they loved the shortlisted titles, a monthly book club explored the books in question, and LitHub and Bookwitty interviewed the nominated translators and authors.

A $10,000 prize will be split between the author and translator of the winning title at a ceremony held at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

How to Vote

Voting will take place online at Albertine.com from December 6, 2017 through May 1, 2018. Participants may vote once for one or more of the 2018 shortlisted titles. Voters must provide an email address and vote from within the United States in order for their vote to register. Voters are not required to read the entire selection of the books and they may vote for one or several titles.

Calendar

December 6, 2017: Launch Party
April 10, 2018: Book Battle
May 1, 2018: Vote Ends
June 6, 2018: Award Ceremony

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