2021 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners

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The winners of the 2021 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced. The awards were presented online, rather than as they usually are at the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo, France.

The jurors for the award were Joëlle Wintrebert (president), Jean-Luc Rivera (vice-president), Bruno Para (assistant secretary), Jean-Claude Dunyach (treasurer), Sylvie Allouche, François Angelier, Audrey Burki, Olivier Legendre, Sylvie Le Jemtel, Jean-Claude Vantroyen. The Secretary (not a member of the jury) is Pascal Patoz.

Roman francophone / Novel in French

  • Le Sanctuaire by Laurine Roux (Le Sonneur)

Roman étranger / Foreign Novel

  • Kra, Dar Duchesne dans les ruines de l’Ymr by John Crowley (Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr; L’Atalante)

Nouvelle francophone / Short Fiction in French

  •  “Toxiques dans les prés” by Claude Ecken (in Nos futurs, ActuSF)

Nouvelle étrangère / Foreign Short Fiction

  • La Fabrique des lendemains (collection) by Rich Larson (Tomorrow Factory; Le Bélial’ & Quarante-Deux)

Roman jeunesse francophone / Novels for youth in French

  • Steam Sailors, tomes 1 & 2, by E. S. Green (Gulf Stream)

Roman jeunesse étranger / Foreign novels for youth

  • La Trilogie de la Poussière, tomes 1 & 2, by Philip Pullman (The Book of Dust Vol 1-2 [La Belle Sauvage, The Secret Commonwealth]; Gallimard Jeunesse)

Prix Jacques Chambon de la traduction / Jacques Chambon Translation Prize

  • Jean-François Le Ruyet for Djinn City by Saad Z. Hossain (Agullo)

Graphisme: Prix Wojtek Siudmak  / Wojtek Siudmak Graphic Design prize

  • Vaderetro for Steam Sailors Vol 1-2 (French novels), by Ellie S. Green (Gulf Stream)

Essai / Nonfiction

  • Kaiju, envahisseurs & apocalypse. L’Âge d’or de la science-fiction japonaise by Fabien Mauro (Aardvark)

Prix special

  • Le Cycle des contrées, by Jacques Abeille (Le Tripode)

 [Thanks to JJ for title identifications and translations.]

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2 thoughts on “2021 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners”

  1. Yay, John crowley! I was a bit surprised Ka wasn’t more popular/critically successful back in the day. I think it’s his best fantasy novel. Which makes it pretty good.

  2. Translating “Oakley” into “Duchesne”? Is the reference to a tree so important here to change a personal name? Or is translating names standard when translating into French?

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