2023 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2023 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire, honoring the best SF/F work published in France in 2022, has been announced:

French Novel

  • Capitale du Sud (Volumes 1 & 2), Guillaume Chamanadjian (Aux forges de Vulcain)
  • Les Temps ultramodernes, Laurent Genefort (Albin Michel)
  • Les Flibustiers de la mer chimique, Marguerite Imbert (Albin Michel)
  • Composite, Olivier Paquet (L’Atalante)
  • Les Reines, Emmanuelle Pirotte (Le Cherche Midi)

Foreign Novel

  • Andrea Cort tomes 1 & 3 [Andrea Cort series], Adam-Troy Castro (Albin Michel)
  • L’Île de silicium [Waste Tide], Qiufan Chen (Rivages)
  • La Cité des nuages et des oiseaux, [Cloud Cuckoo Land] Anthony Doerr (Albin Michel)
  • Terra Ignota tomes 1 à 5 [Terra Ignota series], Ada Palmer (Le Bélial’)
  • Jusque dans la terre [Follow Me To Ground], Sue Rainsford (Aux forges de Vulcain)
  • Ou ce que vous voudrez [Or What You Will], Jo Walton (Denoël)

French Short Fiction

  • “Histoire de la ville d’Aurée”, Claire Duvivier (Hypermondes 9/22)
  • Opexx, Laurent Genefort (Le Bélial’)
  • Dix légendes des âges sombres (collection), Jean-Marc Ligny (L’Atalante)
  • Splines (collection), luvan (La Volte)

Foreign Short Fiction

  • Enfants de sang [“Bloodchild”], Octavia Butler (Bifrost 10/22)
  • L’Obscurité est un lieu, Ariadna Castellarnau (L’Ogre) [collection of stories translated from Spanish by Guillaume Contré]
  • Un psaume pour les recyclés sauvages [A Psalm for the Wild-Built], Becky Chambers (L’Atalante)
  • La Millième nuit [Thousandth Night], Alastair Reynolds (Le Bélial’)
  • Collatéral, [“Collateral”] Peter Watts (Bifrost 10/22)

French YA Novel

  • La Dragonne et le Drôle, Damien Galisson (Sarbacane)
  • La Princesse sans visage, Ariel Holzl (Slalom)
  • Bayuk, Justine Niogret (404 Editions)

Foreign YA Novel

  • L’Ogresse et les orphelins [The Ogress and the Orphans], Kelly Barnhill (Anne Carrière)
  • La Lumière des profondeurs [Deeplight], Frances Hardinge (Gallimard Jeunesse)
  • Rookhaven tomes 1 & 2 [Rookhaven series], Pádraig Kenny (Lumen)
  • Iron Widow [Iron Widow], Xiran Jay Zhao (La Martinière)

Jacques Chambon Translation Prize

  • Lise Capitan for Analog/Virtuel, Lavanya Lakshminarayan (Hachette Heroes)
  • Hélène Charrier & Yoko Lacour for Blackwater tomes 1 à 6, Michael McDowell (Monsieur Toussaint Louverture)
  • Christophe Claro for Mordew, Alex Pheby (Inculte)
  • Philippe Forget for Dans la nuit, E.T.A. Hoffmann (Typhon)
  • Gwennaël Gaffric for L’Île de Silicium, Qiufan Chen (Rivages)
  • Laurent Queyssi for La Trilogie neuromantique tomes 1 à 3, William Gibson (Au diable vauvert)

Wojtek Siudmak Award for Art

  • Kévin Deneufchatel for Sous la lune brisée, Anne-Claire Doly (Mu)
  • Josan Gonzales for La Trilogie neuromantique tomes 1 à 3, William Gibson (Au diable vauvert)
  • Didier Graffet for Les Temps ultramodernes, Laurent Genefort (Albin Michel)
  • Stephan Martinière for Maître des djinns, Phenderson Djèlí Clark (L’Atalante)
  • Pedro Oyarbide for Blackwater tomes 1 à 6, Michael McDowell (Monsieur Toussaint Louverture)

Non-Fiction

  • Utopie radicale, Alice Carabédian (Seuil)
  • Vampirologie, Adrien Party (ActuSF)
  • Neuro-Science-Fiction, Laurent Vercueil (Le Bélial’)

Prix Spécial

  • The publisher Monsieur Toussaint Louverture for the rediscovery and publication in French of the six volumes of Blackwater by Michael McDowell
  • Callidor Editions for the quality of their works, in particular the reissue of Abraham Merritt’s Habitants du mirage
  • The anthology Hypermondes #02 Utopies (Les Moutons électriques)
  • The completed Galaxiales of Michel Demuth, finished by nine authors gathered by Richard Comballot from the plan and initial synopsis (Le Bélial’)

Winners will be announced during the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo, France to be held May 27-29, 2023. For more information, see the official website.

[Via FIle 770]


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One thought on “2023 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Shortlist

  • April 23, 2023 at 12:30 am
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    Not a very strong shortlist, once again.
    “Les Temps ultramodernes” is a “meh” Genefort.
    And Olivier Paquet’s partner is a member of the jury, for years now. How could he even compete?

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