2014 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire

Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire is the oldest, still running award dedicated to the French speculative fiction. The first of the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire was awarded in 1974 and initially it was named “Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction Française”, but in 1992 they were baptized with the current name to include fantasy and horror titles and to better reflect the genre works on the French market. On May 30^th the winners of the 2014 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire have been announced:

FRENCH NOVEL:

“Anamnèse de Lady Star” (Lady Star’s Anamnesis) by L.L. Kloetzer (Denoël, Lunes d’Encre)

FOREIGN NOVEL:

“L’Homme qui savait la langue des serpents” (The Man Who Knew the Language of Snakes) by Andrus Kivirähk (Le Tripode)

FRENCH SHORT FICTION:

“7 secondes pour devenir un aigle” (7 Seconds to Become an Eagle) collection by Thomas Day (Bélial)

FOREIGN SHORT FICTION:

“Complications” (The Silver Wind) collection by Nina Allan (Tristram)

YOUNG ADULT FRENCH NOVEL:

“Animale. La Malédiction de Boucle d’or” (Animal. The Curse of Golidlocks) by Victor Dixen (Gallimard Jeunesse)

YOUNG ADULT FOREIGN NOVEL:

“Une Planète dans la tête” (Maggot Moon) by Sally Gardner (Galimard Jeunesse)

JACQUES CHAMBON AWARD FOR TRANSLATION:

Bernard Sigaud for “Complications” (The Silver Wind) collection by Nina Allan (Tristram)

WOJTEK SIUDMAK AWARD FOR GRAPHICS:

Didier Graffet for “Steampunk – De vapeur et d’acier” (Steampunk – Steam and Steel) with Xavier Mauméjean (Le Pré aux clercs)

COMICS:

“Souvenirs de l’empire de l’atome” (Memories of the Atom Empire) by Alexandre Clerisse and Thierry Smolderen (Dargaud)

MANGA:

“The Arms Peddler” (Volumes 1 to 6) by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Night Owl (Ki-oon)

ESSAY:

“Souvenirs de futur. Les Miroirs de la Maison d’Ailleurs” (Memories of the Future. The Mirrors of Maison d’Ailleurs) edited by Marc Atallah, Frédéric Jaccaud and Francis Valéry (Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes)

SPECIAL AWARD:

“L’Intégrale Stefan Wul” (The Complete Stefan Wul) published by Bragelonne and “Univers de Stefan Wul” (The Universe of Stefan Wul) published by Ankama, for adaptations of the novels to comics by D. Cassegrain, M. Hawthorne, D. Lapiere, J.-D. Morvan, M. Reynes, O.Vatine, Yann…

Congratulations to all the winners!