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Literature
Welcome to our literary notes for Fall reading!
La rentrée littéraire: what does it mean?
In France, when late August comes around, everybody starts talking about la rentrée
littéraire. What does it mean? And why is anything literary on everybody’s mind,
especially in the age of social media? Well, it might simply be because French people
like to read (92 percent say they read at least one book in the past year vs. 54 percent of
Americans). In fact, they read prize-winning literature, and since the Fall is the season
for literary prizes, people keep up with the literary news!
Find out more about French literary prizes here.
The France Culture podcast series has information about the prizes, and a calendar of prize announcement dates can be found here.
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