The premiere selection of Prix Fragonard De Litterature Etrangere 2025 was announced on Monday, December 9, 2024.
Prix Fragonard de Littérature étrangère (English: Fragonard Prize for Foreign Literature) is a French literary prize that rewards a book written by a woman, translated into French and published in France, to give more visibility to foreign women’s literature, by supporting non-French-speaking authors, as well as their translators. The aim of the award, created by the perfume house Fragonard in 2022, is to open up to other cultures and highlight female talents. In that first year, Chika Unigwe made the second selection.
The 2024 jury is comprised of writer and translator Jakuta Alikavazovic, NGO Elise Care founder Élise Boghossian, writer, editor and journalist Clara Dupont-Monod, model and actress Liya Kebede, writer and journalist Olivia de Lamberterie, director and screenwriter Maria Larrea, writer and journalist Mathieu Palain, librarian Danielle Cillien-Sabatier, Fragonard CEO Agnes Costa, Fragonard Director of Culture and Communication Charlotte Urbain, and literary director Alina Gurdiel. This jury announced the longlist or premier selection of ten non-French-speaking female writers whose translations were published between August 2024 and February 2025. The writers of African descent on that list are;
- La fille qui ne voulait pas se taire, Abi Daré, Harper Collins France, translated by Laura Derajinski
- Le désastre de la maison des notables, Amira Ghenim, Editions Philippe Rey, translated by Souad Labbize
- Les égarés, Ayana Mathis, Editions Gallmeister, translated by François Happe
- Dire Babylone, Safiya Sinclair, Editions Buchetchastel, translated by Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj
The winner will be announced on April 3, 2025.
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