Overview
- The Centre national du livre announced the decision on December 16 following a closed final deliberation by ten detained jurors in Paris.
- 'La Collision' recounts the 2012 death of Gasnier’s mother in Lyon caused by a young motorcyclist performing a wheelie, using the event to probe collective failings.
- Created in 2022, the prize is supported by the Culture and Justice ministries under the patronage of the Académie Goncourt to engage people in detention as active literary jurors.
- The nationwide selection involved about 600 jurors in 45 penitentiary establishments, including overseas territories.
- Published by Gallimard, the book is Gasnier’s first novel; he is a journalist on TMC’s Quotidien, and the title was both a rentrée sales success and a Goncourt des Lycéens finalist.