Prix Médicis めでぃしすしょう
Edition 38 (1995, held 3 times in year)
Fiction (French-language works)Translated works (Prix Médicis étranger)Essay/Non-fiction (Prix Médicis essai)
Winners
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Vassilis Alexakis
Winner
A novel by a writer divided between Greek and French that revisits the problem of language and belonging. The return to a mother tongue and the experience of migration quietly reshape the self.
A journey around the mother tongue reshapes belonging and identity.
188 pages
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